J.D. Parran er ein USA-amerikansk musikar, lærar og komponist, som spesialiserer seg innan jazz og fri improvisasjonsmusikk. Han speler sopran-, alt-, tenor-, baryton- og bass-saksofon, i tillegg til klarinett, tverrfløyte og nagaswaram.
Parran har spelt inn musikk med Stevie Wonder og John Lennon.
Diskografi Som leiar J. D. Parran & Spirit Stage (Y'All of New York, 1997) Omegathorp: Living City (Y'All of New York, 2005)
Som sidemann Med Anthony Braxton 4 (Ensemble) Compositions (Black Saint, 1993) Creative Orchestra (Koeln) 1978 (hat ART, 1995) Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 (hatART, 1995) Tentet (New York) 1996 (Braxton House, 1996) Ensemble (New York) 1995 (Braxton House, 1997) Four Compositions (Washington, D.C.) 1998 (Braxton House, 1999) Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 1 (Leo, 2002) Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 2 (Leo, 2003) Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 3 (Leo, 2005) Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4 (Leo, 2007) GTM (Knitting Factory) 1997 Vol. 2 New (Braxton House, 2011) Orchestra (Paris) 1978 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)
Med Thomas Buckner Full Spectrum Voice (Lovely Music, 1991) Inner Journey (Lovely Music, 1998)
Med Don Byron Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993) You Are #6: More Music for Six Musikars (Blue Note, 2001) Love, Peace, and Soul (Savoy, 2012) Company, 1983 (Honest Jons 2020) Company, Trios (Incus, 1986)
Med Anthony Davis Variations in Dream-Time (India Navigation, 1982) Hemispheres (Gramavision, 1983) Return from Space (Wonder Nonfiction) (Gramavision, 1985) Undine (Gramavision, 1987) Tania (Koch, 2001) Notes from the Underground (BMOP/sound, 2014)
Med Marty Ehrlich The Long View (Enja, 2002) A Trumpet in the Morning (New World, 2013)
Med Julius Hemphill Julius Hemphill Big Band (Elektra Musikar, 1988) One Atmosphere (Tzadik, 2003)
Med andre The Band, Rock of Ages (Capitol, 1972) Hamiet Bluiett, The Clarinet Family (Black Saint, 1987) Peter Brötzmann, Berlin Djungle (FMP, 1987) Paul Butterfield, Better Days (Bearsville, 1973) Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note, 2016) Bill Dixon, 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur (AUM Fidelity, 2008) Douglas Ewart, Angles of Entrance (Arawak, 1998) Marianne Faithfull, Easy Come Easy Go (Naive, 2008) Andrew Hill, A Beautiful Day (Palmetto, 2002) Human Arts Ensemble, Whisper of Dharma (Universal Justice, 1972) Jason Hwang, Unfolding Stone (Sound Aspects, 1990) Leroy Jenkins, Mixed Quintet (Black Saint, 1979) John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy (Geffen, 1980) George E. Lewis, Chicago Slow Dance (Lovely Music, 1981) John Lindberg, Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists (Black Saint, 1985) Annea Lockwood, Thousand Year Dreaming (What Next?, 1993) Jackie Lomax, Three (Warner Bros., 1972) Ken Peplowski, Grenadilla (Concord Jazz, 1998) Lou Reed, Set the Twilight Reeling (Warner Bros., 1995) Marc Ribot, Requiem for What's-His-Name (Les Disques Du Crepuscule, 1992) Jason Robinson, Resonant Geographies (pfMENTUM, 2018) Jason Robinson, Tiresian Symmetry (Cuneiform, 2012) Alan Silva, Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra (Eremite, 2001) Luther Thomas, Funky Donkey Vol. 1 (Creative Consciousness, 1977) Edward Vesala, Heavy Life (Leo, 1980) Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium 1 (Tamla, 1982)
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