Tony Parenti
Albums
A major clarinetist from New Orleans who has been largely forgotten through the years, Tony Parenti had a smooth sound and impressive technique. He was born in New [more]
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Appearances
Some but not all of Eddie Condon's studio recordings for Decca are included on this single CD. Since five of the 20 selections are actually previously unissued alternate takes [more]
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The first of two CDs, this music was released for the first time in 1991. An all-star front line (clarinetist Tony Parenti, cornetist Wild Bill [more]
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The second half of this two-CD release has music from the same Atlanta concert as the first. Clarinetist Tony Parenti is the nominal leader of a [more]
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Biography
- Born Aug 6th 1900 in New Orleans, LA
- Died Apr 17th 1972 in New York, NY
- Styles
- Early Jazz
- Instrument(s)
One of the finest clarinetists to emerge from New Orleans but somewhat underrated throughout his long career, Tony Parenti had a smooth and fluid sound and a style full of subtle surprises and exciting moments. Parenti's father had been a musician in the Italian Peasant Army. Parenti started on violin but soon switched permanently to clarinet. After studying at St. Philips School in New Orleans, he played in Joseph Taverno's Italian Band and worked with Alfred "Baby" Laine (1914), Nick LaRocca, Johnny Stein, Johnny DeDroit and many other bands around his hometown. Parenti (who led his own bands on and off starting in 1917) first recorded in New Orleans as a bandleader in 1925, not moving to New York until the late 1920's. He then worked in the studios of CBS and in the dance bands of Paul Ash, Arnold Johnson, Fred Rich, Meyer Davis, B.A. Rolfe and others. After four years with the Radio City Symphony Orchestra, in 1939 Parenti joined Ted Lewis' band, staying until 1945. He returned to jazz the following year, starting a long-time association with Eddie Condon, playing with George Brunis and leading his own dixieland band at Jimmy Ryan's. Parenti worked in Chicago with Muggsy Spanier and Miff Mole, spent four years in Florida in the early 1950's (often playing with Preacher Rolo Laylan's Five Saints), was with the Dukes of Dixieland briefly in 1952 and then returned to New York in 1954 where he mostly led his own bands including a long spell (1963-69) at Jimmy Ryan's. Tony Parenti was active up until his death, always sticking to classic dixieland. He recorded as a leader during 1925-26 and 1928 (all of which has been reissued on a CD for the Frog label), for Jazzology (1947, 1949, 1962, 1966-67 and 1971), Southland (1954), Jazztone (1955) and Fat Cat (1971). ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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