ny pianist extraordinaire aaron parks now hosting wkcr musician show

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the youthful talented aaron parks is a great personal favorite-------

Tune in to the Musician's Show this Wednesday, June 12 from 6-9pm as we welcome pianist Aaron Parks. Admitted to the Manhattan School of Music at age 16, Parks was already recording and touring with Terence Blanchard's band by the time of his graduation. Since then, he has played with such artists as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman, Matt Penman, and Eric Harland, and has celebrated his Blue Note release, Invisible Cinema. Parks has also been the recipient of several renowned jazz awards, including Third Place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and First Place as the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association. To find out more about Aaron Parks, visit www.aaronparks.com.

http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/tonight-aaron-parks-musicians-show-wednesday-may-12-6-pm

Edited June 12, 2013 by alocispepraluger102

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parks mentioned loving slow music, and owning a device on his phone which slows music from 3 to 20 per cent-------- a lad after my own heart. (kind of a reverse lennie tristano)

Edited June 13, 2013 by alocispepraluger102