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The handicap, though, has contributed to his development of a particularly \"pungent\" left-hand chord voicing style, while comping with highly rhythmic phrases with the right.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1952 and 1957, he worked in Washington DC with Sonny Stitt and then spent two years with Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop. In 1973, Parlan moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. He later settled in the small village Rude in southern Zealand. In 1974 he did a State Department tour of Africa with Hal Singer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis later work, notably a series of duos with the tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, including the album Goin' Home, is steeped in gospel music.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was recipient of the 2000 Ben Webster Prize given by the Ben Webster Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Horace+Parlan","playStationPath":"/stations/269167351/play","stationId":269167351,"bioPath":"/music/Horace+Parlan/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Eddie+Higgins","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/16e/16eb87ca1a3f0a367dacf2edca019ec5_md.jpg","artistName":"Eddie Higgins","artistId":65788,"station_id":264019258},{"musicPath":"/music/Elvin+Jones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/954/9545ef643d90376cc15b3f6ab224ad81_md.jpg","artistName":"Elvin Jones","artistId":14167,"station_id":117029566},{"musicPath":"/music/Lee+Konitz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/043/043e93b3b67ac7bd13c513b9a165818f_md.jpg","artistName":"Lee Konitz","artistId":14172,"station_id":115267881},{"musicPath":"/music/Ahmad+Jamal","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b4b/b4b9347010d98347d0f0c2e2e4bea441_md.jpg","artistName":"Ahmad Jamal","artistId":1097,"station_id":113758986},{"musicPath":"/music/Sonny+Clark","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/56a/56a981383c0da80049b4d3d93fea4d29_md.jpg","artistName":"Sonny Clark","artistId":101367,"station_id":280763698},{"musicPath":"/music/Art+Pepper","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6da/6da4d99475052212b5dd68bccb84aff6_md.jpg","artistName":"Art Pepper","artistId":78667,"station_id":267227458},{"musicPath":"/music/Kenny+Burrell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d7d/d7d03ccb99885907dc73a69fc3948c4a_md.jpg","artistName":"Kenny Burrell","artistId":13306,"station_id":113527785},{"musicPath":"/music/Bill+Charlap","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/266/2663eef8918207b9317cef26bb41b0bb_md.jpg","artistName":"Bill Charlap","artistId":71193,"station_id":267380100},{"musicPath":"/music/Ron+Carter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d12/d12ce137ebde83fc5e207c89bcc22b48_md.jpg","artistName":"Ron Carter","artistId":12354,"station_id":113565709},{"musicPath":"/music/Oscar+Peterson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/af5/af5b5fb0edb78896eb9be0aaa1fd77bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Oscar Peterson","artistId":6854,"station_id":113299895},{"musicPath":"/music/Erroll+Garner","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/abc/abc407628b04c46f43883c510a17cc02_md.jpg","artistName":"Erroll Garner","artistId":13284,"station_id":113770966},{"musicPath":"/music/Max+Roach","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f5/6f57c49e08c70853cd0aba1c419e75f9_md.jpg","artistName":"Max Roach","artistId":14174,"station_id":117498518},{"musicPath":"/music/Sonny+Stitt","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/536/53633e83cef3bf7b4237a0eb4873923e_md.jpg","artistName":"Sonny Stitt","artistId":78719,"station_id":267190541},{"musicPath":"/music/Marian+McPartland","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7a3/7a32173d2a5f07eda1e6b62a38c5cc8a_md.jpg","artistName":"Marian McPartland","artistId":78712,"station_id":267220221},{"musicPath":"/music/Thelonious+Monk","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/566/566078849b8f67581f586e79c90eab4a_md.jpg","artistName":"Thelonious Monk","artistId":782,"station_id":266311725},{"musicPath":"/music/Charlie+Rouse","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6d4/6d41d599211c0a5c2033267fb297052e_md.jpg","artistName":"Charlie Rouse","artistId":122332,"station_id":283792989},{"musicPath":"/music/Herbie+Hancock","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fa6/fa6c2f5b5edd4858aeee74fb66f5e323_md.jpg","artistName":"Herbie Hancock","artistId":438,"station_id":113288675},{"musicPath":"/music/Mal+Waldron","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/902/902a9cc7762f61e1b05d5d50993bd92f_md.jpg","artistName":"Mal Waldron","artistId":102242,"station_id":280764066}]}