Knocky Parker
Musical Artist
1918 – 1986
Who was Knocky Parker?
Knocky Parker was an American jazz pianist. He played primarily in the styles of ragtime and Dixieland jazz.
Parker played in Western Swing bands such as The Wanderers and the Light Crust Doughboys before serving in the military during World War II. After the war he worked with Zutty Singleton and Albert Nicholas, then earned a Ph.D in English and taught at Kentucky Wesleyan College and the University of South Florida. Alongside this he worked with Doc Evans, Omer Simeon, and Tony Parenti, among others, and as a solo artist. Early in the 1960s he recorded every Scott Joplin rag, one of the first to do so. He recorded extensively, for the labels Texstar, Paradox, GHB, London, Audiophile, Jazzology, and Euphonic.
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