How to sit at a piano and thoroughly enjoy yourself,and masterly play.Sheer joy to watch.

I perfect example of how his disability carved a distinct sound, similar to Django. One of my favs

I'm a fan of this man but the stuff he did on Blue Note is criminally underrated unless you're a die-hard jazz fan. 👌🏽

Génius Horace Parlan

It seems to me that he gets into the meaning of the tune while remaining himself.

this proves it

If He dares to play Monk's compositions as close as the original He is good very good!

I remember Horace Parlan from an old record I had in high school in the seventies, "Tough Tenor Favorites". Johnny Griffin and Eddie Davis quintet. I liked him because his playing was not too show-offy.

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Another amazing evidence that Music is not in the hands (nor the lips, mouth, throat, lungs, paper...)