Jeff Parker - Forfolks

Released 10th December 2021.

CD released11th February 2022.

Jeff ParkersForfolks a new album of solo guitar works was recorded by Graeme Gibson atSholoStudio in Altadena, California (aka Jeffs house) over two days in June 2021. It includes interpretations of Thelonious Monks Ugly Beauty and the standard My Ideal, plus six original compositions including "Four Folks," "La Jete" (a tune he recorded with Tortoise in 1998), and four totally new loop-driven, stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with electronic textures.

It's a particular thing to hear Jeff play solo, writes veteran Chicago musician andlongtimeParker collaborator Matthew Lux in his liner notes forForfolks. He is an unusually selfless improviser, oftentimes laying out and highlighting the contributions of his band mates On this recording, however, he is by himself, joined only by his own ideas, looped or frozen, to flesh