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January 01, 1970
knocky, parker, august, 1918, palmer, texas, september, 1986, angeles, california, born, john, william, parker, american, jazz, pianist, played, primarily, ragtime, dixieland, jazz, native, texas, parker, played, western, swing, bands, wanderers, 1935, light, . Knocky Parker August 8 1918 Palmer Texas September 3 1986 Los Angeles California 1 born John William Parker II was an American jazz pianist He played primarily ragtime and Dixieland jazz A native of Texas Parker played in the Western swing bands The Wanderers 1935 and the Light Crust Doughboys 1937 39 2 before serving in the military during World War II 3 After the war he worked with Zutty Singleton and Albert Nicholas 1 He became an English professor at Kentucky Wesleyan College and the University of South Florida 4 5 On the side he played piano with Tony Parenti Omer Simeon and Doc Evans 1 He recorded albums for Euphonic GHB Jazzology London Progressive Paradox Audiophile and Texstar At Audiophile he was one of the first to record all known ragtime pieces by Scott Joplin 1 excluding The Silver Swan which was not discovered at that point In 1984 he was nominated for a Grammy Award with Big Joe Turner for Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker and His Houserockers 6 7 Discography editIn Gay Old New Orleans with Dick Wellstood Progressive 1950 Piano Artistry Audiophile 1955 Old Blues Audiophile 1958 Old Rags Audiophile 1958 The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin Audiophile 1960 The Complete Piano Works of Jelly Roll Morton Audiophile 1960 The Complete Works of James Scott Audiophile 1962 Golden Treasury of Ragtime Audiophile 1970 Eight on Eighty Eight Euphonic 1977 Classic Rags and Nostalgia at the Old Town Music Hall Euphonic 1978 From Cakewalk to Ragtime Jazzology 1979 From Ragtime to Ballroom Jazzology 1979 Knocky Parker and His Cakewalking Jazz Band GHB 1981 In Gay Old New Orleans with Dick Wellstood GHB 1989 8 The Complete Piano Works of Jelly Roll Morton Solo Art 1994 The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin Solo Art 2002 From Cakewalk to Ragtime to Ballroom Solo Art 2010 References edit a b c d Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing p 1907 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Porterfield Nolan 2004 Exploring Roots Music Twenty Years of the JEMF Quarterly Scarecrow Press pp 86 ISBN 978 0 8108 4893 1 Retrieved 9 October 2018 Yanow Scott Knocky Parker AllMusic Retrieved 9 October 2018 Professor pianist John Knocky Parker by University of South Florida scholarcommons usf edu Retrieved 9 October 2018 Broer Lawrence R Walther John Daniel 1990 Dancing Fools and Weary Blues The Great Escape of the Twenties Popular Press pp 140 ISBN 978 0 87972 458 0 Retrieved 9 October 2018 Hunt Dennis 10 January 1986 We Are The World Scores In Grammy Nominations Los Angeles Times Retrieved 9 October 2018 Knocky Parker GRAMMY com 22 May 2018 Retrieved 9 October 2018 Knocky Parker Album Discography AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 9 October 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knocky Parker amp oldid 1218367494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
