J.D. Parran

**J.D. Parran** er ein USA-amerikansk musikar, lærar og komponist, som spesialiserer seg innan jazz og fri improvisasjonsmusikk. Han speler sopran-, alt-, tenor-, baryton- og bass-saksofon, i tillegg til klarinett, tverrfløyte og nagaswaram.

Parran har spelt inn musikk med Stevie Wonder og John Lennon. 

## Diskografi
### Som leiar
* *J. D. Parran & Spirit Stage* (Y'All of New York, 1997)
* *Omegathorp: Living City* (Y'All of New York, 2005)

### Som sidemann
**Med [[Anthony Braxton]]**
* *4 (Ensemble) Compositions* (Black Saint, 1993)
* *Creative Orchestra (Koeln) 1978* (hat ART, 1995)
* *[[Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978]]* (hatART, 1995)
* *[[Tentet (New York) 1996]]* (Braxton House, 1996)
* *[[Ensemble (New York) 1995]]* (Braxton House, 1997)
* *Four Compositions (Washington, D.C.) 1998* (Braxton House, 1999)
* *[[Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 1]]* (Leo, 2002)
* *[[Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 2]]* (Leo, 2003)
* *[[Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 3]]* (Leo, 2005)
* *[[Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4]]* (Leo, 2007)
* *GTM (Knitting Factory) 1997 Vol. 2 New* (Braxton House, 2011)
* *Orchestra (Paris) 1978* (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)

**Med [[Thomas Buckner]]**
* *Full Spectrum Voice* (Lovely Music, 1991)
* *Inner Journey* (Lovely Music, 1998)

**Med [[Don Byron]]**
* *[[Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz]]*  (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993)
* *You Are #6: More Music for Six Musikars* (Blue Note, 2001)
* *Love, Peace, and Soul* (Savoy, 2012)
* Company, *1983* (Honest Jons 2020)
* Company, *Trios* (Incus, 1986)

**Med [[Anthony Davis]]**
* *Variations in Dream-Time* (India Navigation, 1982)
* *Hemispheres* (Gramavision, 1983)
* *Return from Space (Wonder Nonfiction)* (Gramavision, 1985)
* *Undine* (Gramavision, 1987)
* *Tania* (Koch, 2001)
* *Notes from the Underground* (BMOP/sound, 2014)

**Med [[Marty Ehrlich]]**
* *The Long View* (Enja, 2002)
* *A Trumpet in the Morning* (New World, 2013)

**Med [[Julius Hemphill]]**
* *Julius Hemphill Big Band* (Elektra Musikar, 1988)
* *One Atmosphere* (Tzadik, 2003)

**Med andre**
* The Band, *[[Rock of Ages]]* (Capitol, 1972)
* Hamiet Bluiett, *The Clarinet Family* (Black Saint, 1987)
* Peter Brötzmann, *Berlin Djungle* (FMP, 1987)
* Paul Butterfield, *[[Better Days]]* (Bearsville, 1973)
* Nels Cline, *[[Lovers av Nels Cline|Lovers]]* (Blue Note, 2016)
* Bill Dixon, *17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur* (AUM Fidelity, 2008)
* Douglas Ewart, *Angles of Entrance* (Arawak, 1998)
* Marianne Faithfull, *Easy Come Easy Go* (Naive, 2008)
* Andrew Hill, *A Beautiful Day* (Palmetto, 2002)
* Human Arts Ensemble, *Whisper of Dharma* (Universal Justice, 1972)
* Jason Hwang, *Unfolding Stone* (Sound Aspects, 1990)
* Leroy Jenkins, *[[Mixed Quintet]]* (Black Saint, 1979)
* John Lennon & Yoko Ono, *[[Double Fantasy]]* (Geffen, 1980)
* George E. Lewis, *Chicago Slow Dance* (Lovely Music, 1981)
* John Lindberg, *Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists* (Black Saint, 1985)
* Annea Lockwood, *Thousand Year Dreaming* (What Next?, 1993)
* Jackie Lomax, *Three* (Warner Bros., 1972)
* Ken Peplowski, *Grenadilla* (Concord Jazz, 1998)
* Lou Reed, *[[Set the Twilight Reeling]]* (Warner Bros., 1995)
* Marc Ribot, *Requiem for What's-His-Name* (Les Disques Du Crepuscule, 1992)
* Jason Robinson, *Resonant Geographies* (pfMENTUM, 2018)
* Jason Robinson, *Tiresian Symmetry* (Cuneiform, 2012)
* Alan Silva, *Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra* (Eremite, 2001)
* Luther Thomas, *Funky Donkey Vol. 1* (Creative Consciousness, 1977)
* Edward Vesala, *Heavy Life* (Leo, 1980)
* Stevie Wonder, *[[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium 1]]* (Tamla, 1982)