Aaron Parks Trio live at Jazzfest Berlin 2009

Photo of Aaron Parks © by Mamoru Kobayakawa

Aaron Parks · piano
Matt Brewer · bass
Tommy Crane · drums

recorded live at Jewish Museum Berlin, Glass Courtyard, November 7, 2009

1. Travellers
2. Unravel
3. Siren

“Somebody once asked me to find two words that describe the music I make, and the words I picked were ‘spontaneous’ and ‘cinematic,’” says Aaron Parks. Having clarified the essence of his art, the pianist kept those two words closely in mind while conceiving and recording Invisible Cinema, his extraordinary debut for the Blue Note label. In its virtuosity and harmonic complexity, the album speaks to Parks’s immersion in jazz on the highest level, even as it references a wider world of contemporary music-making.
With his technically involved yet boundlessly melodic and sensitive playing, and with the sense of colour and imagination he conveys in every musical situation, Parks is setting a new standard for jazz piano expression. In the time since his stint with Terence Blanchard, he has toured the world as a member of Rosenwinkel’s quintet. Now his Blue Note release "Invisible Cinema" sends him off and running on a solo career that is sure to awe listeners for years to come.