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J.D. Parran
J.D. Parran is credited on 240 releases across 48 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
240
Pressings credited
48
Albums
6
Decades active
236
In collections
Biography
J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvisation. He plays the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, piccolo, alto flute, bamboo flute, Native American flute, bamboo saxophone, and nagaswaram.
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Credited work
240 releases · 48 albums · active 1972–2024
- Performance · 423
- Other credits · 46
Studios: Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles · International Automated Media · Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Studios · Academy Of Music
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Double Fantasy
1980

The Original Musiquarium I
1982

Rock Of Ages (The Band In Concert)
1972

Set The Twilight Reeling
1996

The Capitol Albums 1968-1977
2015

John Lennon Signature Box
2010

A Musical History
2005

Better Days
1973

Funkcronomicon
1995

Lovers
2016

Easy Come Easy Go
2008

Galaxy Dust
1981

Don Byron Plays The Music Of Mickey Katz
1993

Requiem For What's-His-Name
1992
Frequent collaborators
- The Band
- Anthony Davis (2)
- Anthony Braxton
- Various
- Axiom Funk
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10
- Luther Thomas Human Arts Ensemble
- John Lennon & Yoko Ono
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