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Scott Timberg on Creative Destruction

Jeff Parker and Jazz Guitar

April 10, 2017 by Scott Timberg

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FOR months now, one of the most intriguing instrumentalists in Los Angeles has been unspooling his style for the price of a drink in a small bar in Highland Park. Jeff Parker, longtime guitarist for the Chicago “post-rock” band Tortoise, has lived in Los Angeles for a few years now, and alongside playing with members of Spain and in drummer Matt Mayhall’s trio, Parker has also dropped one of the best recent jazz LPs, The New Breed, which The New York Times picked as one of 2016’s finest, alongside Radiohead’s latest.

I wrote about Parker, who I’ve seen plan in several different settings, for the LA Weekly. The piece is HERE.

Parker will perform with Tortoise in LA on April 17, and will continue his run at ETA the Monday after that. Check him out. 

 

Filed Under: indie, Los Angeles, west coast Tagged With: Guitar, Jazz, Jeff Parker, Los Angeles

Scott Timberg

I'm a longtime culture writer and editor based in Los Angeles; my book "CULTURE CRASH: The Killing of the Creative Class" came out in 2015. My stories have appeared in The New York Times, Salon and Los Angeles magazine, and I was an LA Times staff writer for six years. I'm also an enthusiastic if middling jazz and indie-rock guitarist. (Photo by Sara Scribner) Read More…

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