Eddie Parker (musician)

Eddie Parker (born 28 May 1959 in Liverpool, England) is an English jazz flutist and composer. He also plays keyboards during workshops and live performances.

Career

He was a founding member of and composer for the British jazz band Loose Tubes in the 1980s. He has toured and performed with several noted bands and performers including Bheki Mseleku, Marvin Smith and John Parricelli. He has toured with the band Mister Vertigo, of which Parricelli is also a member, and conducts jazz workshops and performances involving young musicians. He was a lecturer in jazz at Middlesex University, where his students included Led Bib.

Discography

As leader

  • Live Tracks with Freebop (Impetus, 1988)
  • Transformations of the Lamp (FMR, 1994)
  • Everything You Do to Me (FMR, 1996)

With Loose Tubes

  • Loose Tubes (Loose Tubes Limited, 1985)
  • Delightful Precipice (Loose Tubes Limited, 1986)
  • Open Letter (Editions EG, 1988)
  • Dancing On Frith Street (Lost Marble, 2010)
  • Sad Afrika (Lost Marble, 2012)
  • Arriving (Lost Marble, 2015)

As sideman

With Django Bates

With others

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