Longineu Parsons

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Longineu Parsons II (* 1950 in Jacksonville ) is an American jazz musician ( trumpet , also recorders, vocals, composition).

Live and act

Parsons learned classical trumpet from the age of eleven; In 1966 he did his first workshop with Richard Bowles at the University of Florida , before completing his bachelor's degree at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University . In addition, he initially performed with R&B acts and switched to jazz at the age of 19. He played in the Sun Ra orchestra , toured Europe with Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre and moved to Paris, where he released his first self-published album.

In 1982 he returned to the United States, where he completed a master's degree in classical composition at the University of Florida and played in the Contemporary Composers' Orchestra . Parsons has performed with Nat Adderley , Cab Calloway , Doc Severinsen , Herbie Mann , Archie Shepp and Branford Marsalis . He was active in musical productions such as Satchmo or Forever Swing . In 1993 he played with Cecil Taylor in Berlin ( Always a Pleasure , FMP ).

He then worked as an associate professor at the University of Florida . The drummer Longineu Parsons III is his son.

He has been a member of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival Hall of Fame since 2006 . In 2014 he performed with The Black Stars of the Great White Way Broadway Revue at Carnegie Hall . In 2015 he directed The Cotton Club Show on a tour of Europe.

Discographic notes

  • Longineu Parsons (1980, with Sulaiman Hakim, Georges-Eduard Nouel, Jack Gregg , Chris Henderson , Roger Raspail)
  • Work Song (Tob Records 1993, with Nat Adderley, Sam Rivers , Kevin Bales, Lawrence Buckner, Bente Fischer)
  • Spaced: Collected Works 1980-1999 (Ubiquity Records 1999)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short bio (Jacksonville jazz festival)
  2. ↑ Longineu Parsons Conducts the Cotton Club Show in Europe
personal data
SURNAME Parsons, Longineu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trumpet, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksonville