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J.D. Parran

From: United States
Since: present
Releases: 2

avant-garde jazz
free improvisation
free jazz
jazz

About

J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvisation. He plays the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, piccolo, alto flute, bamboo flute, Native American flute, bamboo saxophone, and nagaswaram.

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Member of

Brötzmann Clarinet Project now
The Heliosonic Tone-tette now
Alan Silva and The Celestrial Communication Orchestra now clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone
New Winds now
Go: Organic Orchestra now contrabass clarinet, flute, mbira, alto flute
The Human Arts Ensemble now bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane now flute, bass saxophone

Discography

Albums 1

Formal & Informal Music 1981

Live 1

Window Spirits 2010 Apple Music

Links

Concerts

Songkick

Reference

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 72e7abec-66f8-45e5-9827-8bfcea7f8dd4

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.