JairRohm Parker Wells Twin East Coast Pick of the Week



Improvising bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is the current TWiN East Coast PiCK of the WEEK (http://www.myspace.com/twineastcoast). His spoken word/soundscape "Resigned To Allow" has been chosen to represent the "state of the spoken word art" by the TWiN East Coast group, an independent online spoken word and poetry collective. The piece, which is an answer to Hamlet's soliloquy set in the context of the speaker's analysis a relationship ended, is supported by an electro-acoustic backdrop featuring acoustic bass guitar, electric upright bass and various digital and analog processes.

"To be cited by a group that includes heavy-weight literary talents like George Wallace and Jackie Sheeler is an honor. I'm overwhelmed!" Jair-Rohm Parker Wells says.

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells will be on tour in Europe to promote his new Ayler Records (http://www.ayler.com) trio recording "Brotherly Love in Philadelphia". Concert dates can be found on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/jairrohm

About Jair-Rohm Parker Wells:

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is an American bassist, composer, programmer, conceptualist and record producer. A resident of Stockholm, Sweden since 1985, he is widely recognized as a highly individual voice on the electric bass guitar, Ashbory bass, Fichter electric double bass and acoustic bass guitar, he has also distinguished himself as a clinician (demonstrating at the Frankfurt Musik Messe and the Los Angeles NAMM show for Hohner and Steinberger), programmer and synthesist developing with Max/MSP, Csound and Java. As a record producer and composer he has collaborated with many of the more prominent names in the international art world such as Peter Kihlgrd, Lydia Grey, Johannes Bergmark, Iris Lord, Magnus Alexanderson, Olaf Rupp and Reeves Gabrels. He is the recipient of commissions from prestigious institutions such as Stockholms Stadsteatern and New York's MEET THE COMPOSER. Current activities include promoting the debut release of his improvising trio Decision Dream ("Steamroom Variations", Red Toucan Records) as well as appearing solo augmented by Nord Modular Synth and electronics. He heads the net label Loopadelica.com which promotes live improvised music.

Raised in southern Germany, Jair-Rhm moved to New York in 1978. After touring the United States for a year with a top forty band, he attended Tulane University in New Orleans. While at Tulane, he regularly performed with local jazz and rhythm and blues artists. He also performed as a member of Tulane University's Tulanians, met and studied with Richard Payne (the first person to record with the electric bass) and discovered the music of Harry Partch. He returned to the New York area in the fall of 1980 where he met and started work study under saxophonist/composer Ken Simon. During this period Jair-Rhm also met Anthony Braxton and became involved in the study of his music. In 1982 Jair-Rhm founded his own experimental music/theater group GLASS THOUGHT THEATER ENSEMBLE. Between 1982 and 1983 he was composer in residence at the New York Theater Ensemble (New York, N.Y.) where he wrote and produced a trilogy of progressive"operas". He received a MEET THE COMPOSER grant in 1983. From 1984 - 1985 he was resident in New Jersey, where he continued composing and playing the bass. He was a founding member of the New Brunswick Jazz Musician's Collective (New Brunswick, N.J.) for which he composed and performed many significant works for various ensembles. He is also one of the original members of the legendary New York improvising band Machine Gun.

Some of the artists Jair-Rhm Parker Wells has performed and /or recorded with include: Robert Musso, Tobias Schmitt, Karl Berger, Reeves Gabrels, Lost Boys, FIVE, Dr. Alban, Daniel Carter, Regina Belle, Max Martin, Jon Lord, Tony Scott, Marcus Heesch, Thomas Chapin, Charles Brakeen, Jonas Hellborg, Peter Sonntag, Luther Thomas, John "Jab'O" Starks, Steve Conte and the legendary Finnish band Kra. Cyndi and Jair-Rohm have performed at the Poets & Angels Poetry and Music Series and are currently working on their first CD. Find Jair-Rohm at: http://www.myspace.com/jairrohm

Contact:

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells

Glass Thought Communications

856 938 5575

jairrohm @ gmail.com





JairRohm Parker Wells Twin East Coast Pick of the Week