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Errol Parker (né Raphaël Schecroun; born 30 October 1925, Oran, French Algeria - died 2 July 1998, New York City, New York) was a French-Algerian-Jewish jazz pianist who played with Django Reinhardt, James Moody, Don Byas and Kenny Clarke, among others.〔Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', 2007, p. 514: "PARKER, ERROL (Raphael Schecroun), dms, pno, comp, arr; b. Oran, Algeria, 10/30/25; d. NYC, 7/2/98. Mother was classical pnst., daughter, Elodie Lauten, a comp. Began on African dms. at age 6, pno. at 14. As Ralph Schecroun, he pl. .. Changed name to Errol Parker '60 in order to avoid litigation while simultaneously rec. as leader for two different labels."〕 In 1964, Parker wrote the song "Lorre", which became a hit in France, and opened his own jazz club "Le Ladybird" on Rue de la Huchette.〔''The New York Times'' biographical service, Vol. 29, 1998, p. 1036: "Mr. Parker was born Raphel Schecroun in Oran, Algeria, which was then French. He fought in the French Army in World War II, and in Paris he studied sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. A self-taught pianist, he played with Django Reinhardt while in Paris in his mid-20's and later played with James Moody, Don Byas and Kenny Clarke. In 1964 he wrote the song ''Lorre,'' a classical-jazz piece that became a hit in France."〕 Following a serious car accident which impaired Parker's playing he emigrated to New York, where also his daughter was to begin university in February 1968.〔''Liberation'' ("Errol Parker ne fait plus jazzer. Le pianiste de «Lorre» est mort à New York à 72 ans" ), 7 July 1998; accessed 4 March 2015.〕 In America he started a second career as a record producer, but unable to find a suitable drummer he started to perform as a jazz drummer (which was not affected by his shoulder injury). He died of liver cancer, aged 72.〔("An Original Voice in Conformist Times" (obituary from ''The Scotsman'') ), Jazzhouse.〕 His daughter was Elodie Lauten (1950-2014), a pianist and composer. ==Selected discography== *''Duo (with Kenny Clarke)'' (Ricordi (unissued), 1958) *''Trio (with Georges Luca and Kenny Clarke)'' (Ricordi, 1960) *''Lorre'' (1963) *''Solo Concert'' (Sahara, 1979) *''Doodles'' (Sahara, 1979) *''Live at the Wollman Auditorium'' (Sahara, 1985) * ''Compelling Forces'' (Cadence, 1985) solo *''A Night in Tunisia'' (Sahara, 1991) *''Remembering Billy Strayhorn'' (Sahara, 1994) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Errol Parker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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