John Parricelli

Born in 1959 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, Parricelli launched his professional guitar career in 1982 and subsequently contributed across a wide range of styles within the British music industry. He co-founded Loose Tubes in the mid-1980s and performed on the band’s self-titled debut, Delightful Precipice and Open Letter. From the 1980s through the 1990s and into the 2000s he frequently collaborated and recorded in contemporary jazz settings with Julian Argüelles, Iain Ballamy (Acme), Lee Konitz, Mark Lockheart, Paul Motian, Gerard Presencer, Andy Sheppard (Learning To Wave and Dancing Man & Woman), Martin Speake, Stan Sulzmann, Kenny Wheeler (A Long Time Ago), Annie Whitehead and Tim Whitehead. The duo projects with Sheppard have earned widespread acclaim, as has the Ordesa Trio featuring Sulzmann and Wheeler. Beyond jazz, Parricelli has been sought after for engagements with Judy Tzuke, Shara Nelson and Mike Oldfield, while maintaining a busy studio schedule that includes soundtrack work for numerous television programmes and feature films.