Chip Parker to perform at Blue Heron
Published 10:58 am Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Performing jazz, ballads and blues for capacity Seattle audiences since 2009, Chip Parker is a beguiling crooner whose warmth and joy is expressed in song and music. His style reflects what he has absorbed over the years from many singers, including Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker, Shirley Horn and Nat King Cole.
“It’s swinging jazz, ballads, blues, and all fun,” says Parker.
Comfortable with the dynamic intersection of storytelling and musical improvisation, Parker’s unique interpretations convey happiness, humor and love lost and found, all inflected with his signature charm.
“I love the interaction and improvisation working with musicians—the interplay in performance where we take a known tune and build on it’s structure, bending it a bit into a slightly different shape and form, exploring the music with each rendering and sharing it with the audience,” says Parker.
He is joined by Darin Clendenin (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums).
Saturday, January 9, 7:30 pm
Vashon Allied Arts
$16 Member/Student, $18 Senior, $20 General
Tickets: VAA, VashonAlliedArts.org
