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PARSONS "SPACED: COLLECTED WORKS, 1980-1999"
Longineu
Parsons first came to the attention of Ubiquity Records when a London
record collector slipped us a copy of the ultra rare, self-titled
album. Recorded in Paris in 1980, this album features hard hitting
jazz and fusion tracks like "Take The High Road" and "Funkin'
Around," which appeared on the Ubiquity compilation No Categories
vol. one. The original album is worth more than a sane man would
pay for a piece of vinyl, so we decided to re-issue all the best
tunes on our archive label, Luv n' Haight records.
During negotiations with Parsons we discovered that a self-produced
CD called Work Song and a cassette had also been released since
1980. Music from both those releases appears on this album. Parsons
re-mixed all the tracks that originally appeared on the self titled
record and re-recorded "Hannibal's March" and "Emerald
Paradise" specifically for this compilation. Also included
are remixes from the Amalgamation of Soundz and P'taah. We specifically
chose these two contemporary production outfits because their experimentation
with jazz rhythms, breakbeats, deep house, and club music parallels
Longineu Parsons own innovative approach to music.
What you have in your hands is a collection of work from Longineu
Parsons that spans two decades. We hope that our efforts in promoting
and releasing this music will bring Parsons some of the attention
his playing and writing commands.
A trumpeter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and educator
Parsons is currently residing in Florida where he is assistant professor
of music at Florida A&M University.
Parsons has perfomed in thirty countries in North, South, and Central
America; Europe; the Middle East; Asia; and Africa. Despite his
relative obscurity he has played with Billy Harper, Doc Severinson,
Branford Marsalis, Herbie Mann, Cab Calloway, David Murray, Frank
Foster, Wallace Roney, Bobby Watson, Billy Hart, Philly Joe Jones,
Sun Ra, and Nat Adderley. His music ranges from jazz and world to
classical compositions including orchestral works, chamber music
and solo literature.
He lived in Europe for four years during the late 1970s and early
1980s. After a brief stint in New York, he accepted a teaching position
at the Centre D'Etudes Musicales in Guadalupe. Upon moving back
to the U.S. in 1986, he was selected in a national audition to perform
in the production Satchmo as understudy to the leading roles of
Louis Armstrong and Joe "King" Oliver.
Longineu Parsons has a B.S. degree in music from Florida A&M
University, a Master of Music from the University of Florida and
has studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is on
the faculty at Florida A&M University and continues to perform
internationally with his own ensemble and with Nancy Wilson, Billy
Harper, the Louis Armstrong Legacy Band, and the Cannonball Adderley
Tribute Band. In addition he appears frequently as a soloist with
symphony orchestras.
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