Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet - Happy Today - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jeff Parker's Forfolks-a new album of solo guitar works-will be released on December 10, 2021 via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. The albumincludes interpretations of Thelonious Monk's InchUgly BeautyInch and the standard InchMy Ideal, Inch plussix original compositions including InchFour FolksInch (a tune first written by Parker and recorded in 1995) and InchLa JetéeInch (a tune he recorded with Isotope 217 in 1997 and with Tortoise in 1998). The four totally new original compositions are loop-driven, stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with electronic textures. The album was recorded by Graeme Gibson at Sholo Studio in Altadena, California (aka Jeff's house) over two days in June 2021.

Retribution original motion picture soundtrack, composed by Alan Howarth (known for composing Halloween 2 & III, Escape from New York, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China). Dark ambient synthesizer score for the 1987 film InchRetributionInch directed by Guy Magar.Film Description Supernatural terror erupts on a Halloween night when two men simultaneously die. A frustrated artist jumps off the roof of his flea bag hotel, at the exact moment that Vito, a small-time hood, is viciously tortured and set ablaze by thugs. Upon their deaths, the two souls intertwine. George survives only to be possessed by the tortured soul of Vito.

Two unique jazz guitarists collaborate on InchSong Songs Song.Inch Jeff Parker's previous Delmark CD, InchLike-CopingInch (DMK #543), his first as leader, was more rooted in the classic jazz tradition compared to his other work with Tortoise, Isotope 217, Chicago Underground or Tricolor. The music on InchSong Songs SongInch is free and stylistically similar to Scott Fields' first Delmark CD. Jazziz Magazine described Fields' music as Inchopen-ended, freeform sound-scapes filled with noises that are alternately weird, discomfiting and stimulatingInch - (reviewing InchMamet,Inch DMK #527). InchParker turns in one cogent but disarming performance after anotherInch - Top Ten best jazz recordings 2003 - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune.