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PJ Parker
PJ has performed/recorded with Christopher Bakriges, John Bianculli, Jerry Bruno, Lou Carter, Roy Cumming, Glenn Davis, Joel Frahm, Steve Gilmore, Tim Horner, Harry Leahy, Keith MacDonald, Gary Mazzaroppi, Coleman Mellett, Geary Moore, Vinnie Ruggieri, Earl Sauls, Radam Schwartz and Avery Sharp.
She has been an opening band featured vocalist for John Pizzarelli and Harry Connick Jr., as well as the featured female vocalist in Trump Plaza's big band show, "Your Seaside Ballroom," also appearing in Philadelphia's Variety Club Telethon.
Awards
JazzInk.com listed "Dreams Are Meant For Two" as a co-CD of the month for Oct.-Nov. 2008.
WICR, University of Indianapolis' Jazz station, listed "Dreams Are Meant For Two" in its Top 30 list every week from Sept. 8 through Oct. 27.
Jazz Hot Magazine, Paris, France, listed "Intimate" as a "discovery" in March, 2007.
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Jazz Vocalist PJ Parker's Original Song Included In New Movie
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Bill Bowman
Asbury Park, NJ: Jazz vocalist PJ Parker's original song, “Dreams Are Meant For Two,” with music written by her late father, jazz pianist Thomas E. Parker, will make its motion picture debut in Joe Basile’s “West End,” screening at the Garden State Film Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The screening takes place at the Paramount Theater in this seaside city. The song, which is also performed by Parker, appears during an opening scene with Eric Roberts (Runaway Train) and ...
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New Christmas Music From PJ Parker to Benefit Humane Society of the United States
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Bill Bowman
Celebrate this Christmas with PJ Parker's brand new original Christmas songs, CHRISTMAS DAY" and JINGLE DOWN THE CHRISTMAS TREE." Both songs, as well as her first original Christmas song, NOT BENEATH THE TREE," are available to listen to on the Music Page of her web site and download on its Purchase Page. PJ will donate 50% of all proceeds from the sale of these Christmas songs to benefit animals helped by the Humane Society of the United States, the nation's ...
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Vocalist/Lyricist PJ Parker Nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Awards
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All About Jazz
Jazz vocalist PJ Parker has been nominated for the Hollywood Music In Media Awards in the Jazz category for her original song, “Love’s a Logistical Thing.”
The song is one of three original compositions from Parker’s latest CD, “Dreams Are Meant For Two.”
According to the event’s Web site, “The Hollywood Music in Media Awards recognizes and honors the music of visual mediums, the talented individuals responsible, and the music of independent artists from around the globe.”
The HMMA will ...
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More Accolades for PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two"
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Michael Ricci
SOMERSET, NJ -- Lovely," tasteful," a pleasure" are some of the ways in which Larry Taylor describes jazz vocalist PJ Parker's most recent CD, Dreams Are Meant For Two in the latest review praising the singer's third release. Of the title song, which Parker wrote to her late father's music, Taylor writes, Her feelings come across. It is a lovely song, full of genuine emotion; she does it justice in her soft, rich voice." Commenting on another of the three ...
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Jazz Vocalist and Songwriter PJ Parker's "Not Beneath the Tree" Awarded Honorable Mention in International Songwriting Competition
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All About Jazz
Somerset, New Jersey - Jazz vocalist and songwriter PJ Parker has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 12th Annual Unisong International Songwriting Contest for her composition, “Not Beneath the Tree.” The song was one of 11 in the “seasonal” category so honored among submissions from songwriters from around the world. Songs in the competition are judged on originality, melody, composition, and lyrics. Previous Unisong judges and friends include: Lamont Dozier, Diane Warren, Bonnie Greenberg, K.C. Porter, Dave Koz, Peter ...
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More Praise for PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two" - From France and Jazz Fans Around the World
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All About Jazz
Somerset, New Jersey -- Jazz vocalist PJ Parker's latest CD, Dreams Are Meant For Two, continues to receive critical praise, this time from the venerable Jazz Hot magazine of Paris, France. At the same time, jazz fans from around the world continue to let their preferences be known: PJ's artist profile page at AllAboutJazz.com--the most popular jazz Web site in the world--is now the 6th most popular among living jazz artists, and 14th among all jazz artists profiled on the ...
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PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two" Named a "Favorite of 2008" by JazzPolice.com
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All About Jazz
Somerset, New Jersey – Critical acclaim for PJ Parker’s third CD continues to come in, with the inclusion of Dreams Are Meant For Two in JazzPolice.com’s “Favorite Recordings of 2008: Vocaluminaries.” In including “Dreams” on the list, JazzPolice.com’s (www.jazzpolice.com) Andrea Canter called PJ’s performance “magic.” “With Dreams Are Meant for Two, PJ Parker has issued a definitive statement of intent—to challenge the heart, to unlock memories, to reinvent the familiar, to entertain. And to do so on her own terms, ...
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Vocalist PJ Parker Climbing All About Jazz Charts
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All About Jazz
Powered by reaction to her latest CD release, Dreams Are Meant For Two, jazz vocalist PJ Parker is rising up the ranks of several All About Jazz lists. Her free AAJ download, her own composition So What Do You Say?" has been the number one ranked download for the last 10 and last 30 day categories for more than a month, and ranks in the top five or six for the remainder of the ranking categories: 60, 90, 120 and ...
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Vocalist PJ Parker Offers Holiday Gift
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All About Jazz
SOMERSET, NJ –Vocalist PJ Parker is offering Jazz lovers an early holiday gift – reduced rates on digital downloads of her individual tracks and full albums.
Now through 11:59 p.m. on December 24, PJ’s tracks can be purchased from PJ’s Web site (www.pjparker.net/buymusic.html) for only 50 cents, while her full albums can be purchased for $4.99. That’s about a 50 percent savings over the original prices of 99 cents for a track and $9.99 for an entire album.
PJ, who ...
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Holiday Music from PJ Parker
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All About Jazz
PJ Parker's digital-only collection, It's Christmas, is once again available. Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas songs such as Silent Night," Deck the Halls," A Child is Born," and nine others, the collection also introduces PJ's own, Not Beneath the Tree." Not Beneath the Tree" was born in December 2002 on a hectic, pre- Christmas Saturday after a phone conversation between PJ and her parents concerning holiday shopping. PJ's father, Tom, was gravely ill, and his worry was ...
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