{"title":"Horace Parlan","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn Horace Louis Parlan on 19 January 1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At age five he contracted polio, resulting in partial paralysis of his right hand and leg. He began piano lessons at age eight as a form of physical therapy. He studied with James Miller, who also taught Ahmad Jamal. Miller encouraged Parlan to develop his left hand. Through church organist studies he discovered jazz. He adapted his playing style to his disability, developing particularly pungent left-hand chord voicing style for melodies and harmonic foundations, while comping with highly rhythmic, angular phrases with the right hand using his pinky, pointer, and thumb. His style was infused with blues, gospel, and R\u0026amp;B influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 he moved to New York and was quickly hired by Charles Mingus, joining the Mingus Jazz Workshop from 1957 to 1959. He appeared on Mingus's landmark albums \u003cem\u003eBlues \u0026amp; Roots\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMingus Ah Um\u003c\/em\u003e, both from 1959. On \u003cem\u003eMingus Ah Um\u003c\/em\u003e his driving piano helped propel \"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat\", \"Fables of Faubus\", \"Boogie Stop Shuffle\", and \"Better Git It in Your Soul\". A stint with Lou Donaldson's band followed. In 1960, while still working with Donaldson, he recorded \u003cem\u003eMovin' and Groovin'\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of seven albums as leader for Blue Note between 1960 and 1963. The follow-up, \u003cem\u003eSpeakin' My Piece\u003c\/em\u003e, reunited Parlan with fellow Pittsburghers Stanley and Tommy Turrentine. By the mid-1960s he freelanced with Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry, Coleman Hawkins, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Booker Ervin. In 1973 he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. He recorded extensively for the Copenhagen-based SteepleChase label. He recorded two highly regarded gospel-imbued duet albums with Archie Shepp, \u003cem\u003eGoin' Home\u003c\/em\u003e (1977) and \u003cem\u003eTrouble in Mind\u003c\/em\u003e (1980). In later years he developed diabetes and lost his eyesight. His final recording, \u003cem\u003eMy Little Brown Book\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in 2007. He died on 23 February 2017 at a nursing home in Naestved, Denmark, aged 86.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"horace-parlan-headin-south-1983-japanese-blue-note-bnj-71007-promo-lp","title":"Horace Parlan - Headin' South (1983 Japanese Blue Note BNJ-71007 Promo LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorace Parlan - \u003cem\u003eHeadin' South\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1983 Japanese Blue Note Promo Reissue (BNJ-71007, Modern Piano Collection, Toshiba EMI Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorace Parlan was born in Pittsburgh in 1931 and contracted polio as a child, which left the fingers of his right hand partially paralysed. He compensated by building an unusually powerful left hand and a sparse, rhythmically concentrated right-hand approach. By 1957 he was in Charles Mingus's band; by 1960 he was recording four albums for Blue Note in a single year, all at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeadin' South\u003c\/em\u003e was the last of those four 1960 sessions, cut on 6 December with George Tucker on bass and Al Harewood on drums — the same rhythm section from the \u003cem\u003eUs Three\u003c\/em\u003e date in April — plus Ray Barretto on congas for five of the eight tracks. Barretto was deep in his Afro-Cuban jazz period at this point, recording prolifically with Blue Note and Prestige artists. His congas on \"Headin' South,\" \"The Song Is Ended\" and \"Summertime\" push the pocket of Harewood's drumming sideways. \"Congalegre\" — the title is Parlan's invented portmanteau of conga and allegre — features Harewood and Tucker without Barretto, the trio alone at pace. Parlan's piano on the ballads is deliberate and spare, as on \"Prelude to a Kiss\" and \"My Mother's Eyes.\" Tucker died in 1965 at thirty-eight from a stroke mid-performance; Harewood lived to ninety. This 1983 Japanese pressing is a promo issue from the Blue Note Modern Piano Collection series, manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43407831007291,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6538.jpg?v=1775807846"},{"product_id":"horace-parlan-quintet-speakin-my-piece-2023-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series-vinyl-lp","title":"Horace Parlan Quintet - Speakin' My Piece (2023 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorace Parlan Quintet - \u003cem\u003eSpeakin' My Piece\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 2023 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series 180g (4859550, Kevin Gray\/Cohearent Audio, Optimal Media GmbH)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorace Parlan had spent 1959 inside Charles Mingus's band, appearing on \u003cem\u003eMingus Ah Um\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlues \u0026amp; Roots\u003c\/em\u003e. By 1960 he was leading his own Blue Note dates. \u003cem\u003eSpeakin' My Piece\u003c\/em\u003e, his third for the label, brought in Tommy and Stanley Turrentine on trumpet and tenor — brothers from Pittsburgh, where Parlan had grown up. Alfred Lion produced; Rudy Van Gelder engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix tracks, each running between six and eight minutes. Three are Parlan originals: \"Wadin',\" \"Up in Cynthia's Room\" and the title track. \"Borderline\" is by Stanley Turrentine; \"Rastus\" by Tommy. \"Oh So Blue,\" the ballad that anchors Side B, is by Leon Mitchell. The register throughout stays unhurried and blues-grounded. Parlan had limited mobility in his right hand from childhood polio, and it shaped his playing into something economical and direct — heavy on left-hand figures, with the right used precisely where it lands hardest. Stanley Turrentine's large tone fills the space Parlan's piano opens up. Tommy's trumpet is harder-edged. George Tucker on bass and Al Harewood on drums hold everything steady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin Gray mastered this Classic Vinyl Series edition at Cohearent Audio from the original analog master tapes; Optimal pressed on 180g vinyl in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43429389697083,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/602448595508.jpg?v=1776411727"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/horace-parlan.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}