Jeff Parker – Forfolks LP (Cool Mint Vinyl) Fashion

Jeff Parkers solo guitar album Forfolks includes interpretations of Thelonious Monk s Ugly Beauty and the standard My Ideal, plus six original compositions: two earlier tunes, Four Folks and La Jete, and four new loop-driven, stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with electronic textures. He eschews genre playing and chooses a painterly approach to coloring the music, longtime collaborator Matthew Lux writes in the liner note, maintaining a deeply personal voice without weighing down the music with obvious stylistic maneuverings.