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| Although Bobby Shew, Ronald Muldrow, Dan Pinson, Gil Scott-Herron and Phil Driscoll are not affiliated with Parker's Jazzworks, we felt the obligation to host them on this site because of their contributions to music and their willingness to advise and share knowledge with us.
Bobby spends a considerable amount of time actively involved in the educational system, conducting clinics and master classes at high schools and college campuses all over the world. Bobby has also been active on the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild, and has acted as National Trumpet Chairman for the International Association of Jazz Educators for 16 years. He authors numerous articles of educational interest in various trade magazines, all translated into several languages for worldwide distribution. During a period of traveling to New Zealand, Bobby acted as host for a weekly TV show entitled Just Jazz and has been in numerous artist-in-residence situations virtually all over the world. He has even had a few minor acting roles in movies and TV shows. He continues to tour internationally and to produce and record excellent music. He has released several recent albums for the MAMA Foundation including Playing With Fire (w/Tom Harrell), Heavyweights (w/Carl Fontana), and Salsa Caliente. In addition, for other labels, Bobby has released the highly regarded CD recorded with the Metropole Orchestra, and a double-CD set for Seabreeze Records of The Music of John Harmon, plus other which can be seen on the Discography page.
Dan has appeared with and opened for a wide variety of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins, Jay Leno, Spyrogyra, Gato Barbieri, Jeffrey Osborne, Richie Cole, Gerry Mulligan, Pete Jolly, Freda Payne, Keiko and Kazu Matsui and Latin music star Selena. He has also appeared with the Arizona State University Orchestra and Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in the U.S., Europe, and Mexico in jazz clubs, festivals and schools and appeared on television and radio, including a feature on Public Radio International's "Whaddaya.Know with Michael Feldman." As a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University and Roster Artist with the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Dan has a firm commitment to Jazz education. In addition to concert performances, he gives lecture/demos, leads student workshops and provides master class and residency services. His background includes training with jazz and classical music educators Eric Kloss, George Cables, Gary Foster and Jack Ratterree.
In the making of music for Jesus Christ, there is no shortage of talent or God called artistic people. There is simply the lack of a proper vehicle to get the music out. In the Christian music industry, many have replaced desire for the anointing with the pursuit of an award or mens applause. It is imperative that we create a new wine skin a new vehicle. Its success will not be measured by hit records or by millions of sales, but by souls won. |
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Born
in Tuskegee, Alabama, John Henry (vocals, guitar) has easily found
inspiration to sing the blues. Relocating to Boston, he got his first
taste of the blues stage at the age of 17, playing in the city's
thriving blues scene. He later went back to Alabama to hone his skills,
making frequent trips to Memphis' Beale Street. After serving four years
in the military he embarked on a world tour playing his blues as far as
Korea, Japan, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Bahrain and Panama. He has
performed with such blues greats as Luther Allison, Louisiana Red,
Buckwheat Zydeco, Michael Coleman, Katie Webster, L.A. Jones and John
Mooney
Contemporary
Jazz and Latin rhythms collide when Dan and his Jazz'tet take the stage!
They deliver a program of hot Straightahead, Latin and Contemporary
Jazz, appealing to Jazz aficionados of all tastes. Whether playing
soprano, alto, or tenor saxophones, flute, piccolo, or clarinet, Dan
delivers an unforgettable musical experience!
Born
in Chicago in 1949, Gil Scott-Heron became one of the first recognized
developers of Rap Music with a political viewpoint, Gil became a mouthpiece
for the African American during the Seventies and Eighties. Gil
was the son of a Jamaican professional soccer player and a college
graduate mother who worked as a librarian. His father played for the
Scottish football team, Celtic. Both parents divorced while Gil was
still a child and he was sent to his grandmother in Lincoln, Tennessee.
His grandmother helped Gil musically, however, early racial
tensions at school, in Jackson, led him to relocate again to the Bronx
during his adolescent years to live with his mother and he later moved
again to the Spanish neighborhood of Chelsea. At the age of 13, Gil had
already written a book of poetry. Gil attended college in Pennsylvania
and then left to concentrate on writing his first novel entitled 
Phil Driscoll has recorded more than 30
albums and CDs. His award winning music is anointed and powerful.
Today utilizing his state of the art recording studio the momentum of
that musical ministry continues... Born out of MightyHorn Ministries for
the sole purpose of creating and distributing anointed music, MightyHorn
Records is the vehicle that is taking the music to the world.