Written by David Graeber shortly before his death, and published in March, 2021. At least as relevant now, and worth every second of your time.

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So many tragedies compounding. The tragedy of invasion, of the violence unleashed on Ukrainians. The tragedy of being made to flee your home. The tragedy of this clear look at what war looks like when the media is broadly opposed to it, the solidarity, the boycotts & divestments.

Made a thing with matt brewer and Eric Harland: aaronparks.bandcamp.com/album/volume-o…

I’m heading out this week for a solo piano run, and will be putting existential uncertainty and peaceful intentions into sound as best I’m able. If you’re nearby and available, it would be great to have you there. 3/15 Crosstown Arts 3/18-19 Sam First 3/20 SFJAZZ

Visionary pianist and composer Aaron Parks returns to SFJAZZ (Mar 20) with an intimate solo performance harkening back to his expansive 2013 solo release ‘Arborescence’, his debut for ECM Records. Tickets available at sfjazz.org/tickets/produc… aaron parks

In one week! Little Big will be at the Village Vanguard from April 19-24. Tix available here: bit.ly/37agKkW

Wordle 307 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Never shared my Wordle before but I’m pleased with this shape

Hi there. This is out today. Same vibe as Volume One, but different. aaronparks.bandcamp.com/album/volume-t…

David Virelles 🙌🏼 Just a tremendous night of music at the Village Vanguard last night with his trio featuring Ben Street and Andrew Cyrille. First set especially. Mysterious, incantatory, and deeply generous music-making. Gonna be vibrating from that one for a while. Whew!

Our tour starts tomorrow! Portland, see you at @onelongfellow 🙏🏽

Tonight through Sunday villagevanguard.squadup.com/2022.html

Here’s some solo piano videos from an intimate concert/recording in Lisbon last November. I just posted the last of the series today, a version of one of the most beautiful songs I know: Duke Ellington’s “Melancholia.” Take a look/listen if you like. 🖤 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Tonight through Sunday at the VV. Thomas Morgan is on bass; Nasheet Waits is on drums. RJ Miller fills in for Nasheet on Thursday and Friday. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. Come if you can ❤️

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Excited for this next chapter with Blue Note Records 🙏🏼

Aaron Parks “Invisible Cinema” (Blue Note Records, 2008), 2024 Blue Note Records Classic Vinyl Series 2XLP reissue aaron parks #NowPlaying #vinylcommunity

Pianist Aaron Parks (aaron parks) returns to Blue Note with the Oct. 18 release of "Little Big III," the 3rd studio album from his band Little Big featuring Greg Tuohey, David Ginyard Jr. & Jongkuk Kim. Hear the track “Delusions” & pre-order on LP/CD/DL: aaronparks.lnk.to/LittleBigIII