Jair-Rohm Parker Wells

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Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells at a concert in Sweden 2010

Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells (born October 13, 1958 in Tacoma ) is an American jazz bassist and composer .

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Parker Wells grew up in southern Germany before moving to New York in 1978. After a year-long tour of the United States, he studied at Tulane University in New Orleans . There he worked with local jazz and rhythm & blues musicians; he was also a member of the Tulanians University Ensemble . He had lessons from Richard Payne , who introduced him to the music of Harry Partch . In 1980 he continued his studies with Ken Simon in New York and studied the music of Anthony Braxton . In 1982 he founded the experimental band Glass Thought Theater Ensemble ; 1982/83 he was composer in residenceat the New York Theater Ensemble. In 1983 he received a grant from the Meet the Composer Foundation . 1984/85 he worked in New Jersey; He was a founding member of the New Brunswick Jazz Musician's Collective , for which he composed. In the late 1980s he played in the band Machine Gun , which also included Thomas Chapin , Robert Musso , Bill Bryant and John Richey . Until 2010 he lived in Sweden; In the 2000s he was a member of the trio 3 Bandidos , with Tobias Schmitt and Tomislav Bucalic (album Sympathy for the Donkey ). Parker Wells released his debut album Exquisite Noise in 2004 , followed by Inside of Outside (with Cyndi Dawson , 2008) and Brotherly Love in Philadelphia on the Swedish label Ayler Records , on which Elliott Levin and Eric Slick participated. In the field of jazz he was involved in 13 recording sessions between 1988 and 2008. a. with Red Rodney and the formation Decision Dream ( Steamroom Variations ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 19, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Wells, Jair-Rohm Parker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Tacoma