The New Jason Parker Quartet CDs are in Transit!
This picture is just about the most beautiful thing in the world to me right now! At long last the new Jason Parker Quartet CDs are in transit and should arrive on my doorstep tomorrow. I have been able to listen to the music for a while now and you can too by visiting my [...]
Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble: “Birth of the Cool” Tribute
I’m thrilled to be part of the debut of the Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble tomorrow night at Lucid Jazz Lounge in Seattle. My good friends Michael Owcharuk and Nate Omdal put this group together after the very successful Slava concert last February. They have brought together some of the finest musicians and composers in the [...]
Amazing News!
I have been applying for grants for years for a number of different projects. There are many wonderful organizations out there willing to fund arts projects but many, many more artists applying for those grants. I’m always disappointed when I don’t get funded, but even more amazed at all the quality artists out there who [...]
Keepin’ Time with Jason Parker Music – May 2009
Each month I send out a newsletter to update folks on gigs I’m playing and news from the trenches. I use a great company called Constant Contact, who now gives each newsletter its own unique URL as well. To view the May edition of Keepin’ Time with Jason Parker Music click here. Click here to [...]
Jason Parker Music Newsletter
Each month I send out a newsletter to update folks on gigs I’m playing and news from the trenches. I use a great company called , who now gives each newsletter its own unique URL as well. To view the April edition of Keepin’ Time with Jason Parker Music click here. Click here to be [...]
Slava! Ukrainian Carols in February?
My good friend Michael Owcharuk put together a wonderful and ambitious project called Slava! Ukrainian Carols and New Christmas Music that was snowed out during the big storm last December. We rehearsed it and were ready to go, and everyone was disappointed when we had to call it. Thankfully, the composers and musicians involved all [...]
The All New Jason Parker Music.com!
Welcome to the all new Jason Parker Music.com! I am in the process of teaching myself WordPress, so bear with me while I figure it all out. Soon you will find information, recordings, videos, concert calendars and musings about my career as a working musician in Seattle, WA. I hope you’ll check back often for [...]
Waterfront Bridal Show
Josh and I have been invited to play and exhibit at the Waterfront Bridal Show on the famed Skansonia Ferry Boat on Lake Union in Seattle. The show takes place this Sunday, February 22nd from 11:00-3:00 and will feature many of the area’s finest and most sought-after wedding vendors and professionals. If you’re planning your [...]
Lisa Dupar Catering Open House
Josh and I had the pleasure of playing at the Lisa Dupar Company open house last night and had a blast. Lisa, Jonathan and Co. have a beautiful production kitchen in Issaquah, and each year they open it up to their friends, clients and prospective clients for a bash. Having the party in their kitchen [...]
JPQ to play Tula’s in April!
Tula’s Restaurant & Nightclub is the place all the local jazz musicians want to play. It’s the room you have to play to make a name for yourself in Seattle. It’s even been praised by Wynton Marsalis! The JPQ played a Hurricane Katrina benefit there back in 2005, and I’ve sat in with friends like [...]
Recording Date Set!
I’m pleased to announce that I have scheduled studio time for the second JPQ recording! Josh, Evan, D’Vonne and I will be hunkering down at MOUSe Studios in Seattle on April 8th to lay down the tracks that will make up our new CD. I have four original compositions I want to put down, plus [...]
ArtZone Broadcast Date
As mentioned below, the JPQ is excited to be the featured performer on Nancy Guppy’s program ArtZone on the Seattle Channel. We’ll be featured on the the episode that airs on Comcast Cable channel 21 at 8:00pm on Thursday, March 5th. They rebroadcast the show all weekend long if you miss the premiere, and it [...]
Lisa Dupar Catering Open House
If you’re planning your wedding and haven’t yet settled on a caterer, you should be sure to check out Lisa Dupar Catering. One of Seattle’s top caterers for 25 years, Lisa and her team are wildly talented, creative, and a pleasure to work with. Each year they open the doors of their huge kitchen in [...]
ArtZone taping March 3rd!
Nancy Guppy’s program ArtZone on the Seattle Channel is a weekly 30 minute show devoted to the art scene here in Seattle. The JPQ will be the featured performer on an upcoming show, and we’ll be taping on March 3rd. Check back soon for the air date!
JPQ Returns to Egan’s
Egan’s Ballard Jamhouse is everything a Jazz club should be…intimate, friendly and a great sounding room. We haven’t played there since October, and we’re happy to be returning on Tuesday, February 24th. Join us as we debut a few new tunes that we plan to record for our next CD in April, and a few [...]
I Just Had To Share
My birthday was last month, and my present from my wonderful girlfriend was this original drawing of one of my heroes, Miles Davis. Pretty cool, right?!?!
JPQ on TV – ArtZone
If you are a lover of the Seattle art scene, you have probably seen Nancy Guppy’s show ArtZone on the Seattle Channel. Each week Guppy, of Almost Live! fame, spotlights three or four local artists, galleries, musicians, authors, movies and more. I’m proud that we’ve been asked to appear as a musical guest on an [...]
Two shows at Seattle’s newest jazz club!
I was thrilled to hear that Seattle was getting a new jazz club. Lucid opened in the University District just a few months ago and has already gained a reputation for being a real top-notch listening room. The owner, David, has put a ton of work into the space and made it into an inviting [...]
New Years at The Showbox with Devotchka!
OK, so this isn’t technically JPQ news, but I just had to share the wonderful experience I had on New Years Eve. A few years back I toured the country with Crooked Fingers, and on the first leg of the tour our opening band was Devotchka, an amazing band from Denver. If you haven’t heard [...]
Seattle Wedding Show
We had a great time playing at the Seattle Wedding Show yesterday at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. We played two sets in the registration area and got a chance to showcase our talents, meet dozens of brides-to-be (and some husbands-to-be as well), and even saw some old friends. It was nice to [...]
I Don’t Like New Years Resolutions…
I don’t really believe in New Years Resolutions for two reasons: 1) because I almost always break them, and 2) because I feel if you want to do something you shouldn’t need an arbitrary time marker to make it so. That being said, I’m going to make a commitment, that just happens to be around [...]
Get Hitched, Give Hope
We were honored and thrilled to be a part of Get Hitched, Give Hope, a wonderful wedding event and fundraiser for the Making Memories Foundation at Seattle’s Arctic Club Hotel. The Dome Room was spectacular, the vendors and attendees were dressed to the 9′s, and the event raised $30,000 for terminally ill breast cancer patients. [...]
Jason Parker Quartet now available at iTunes!
Our debut CD The Jason Parker Quartet is now available for download at iTunes! For $9.99 (or $0.99 per track) you can have high-quality digital downloads of all your favorite JPQ tunes! Visit the iTunes Store today.
"Bashert" by The Jason Parker Quartet featured in a radio ad!
The Jason Parker Quartet is performing for the 4th year in a row at Farestart’s Guest Chef on the Waterfront on July 9th. KMTT, The Mountain. is a sponsor of the event, and they are running an ad featuring my composition “Bashert”. Click here to check out the ad. GCOW brings together the finest chefs, [...]