RICK PARMA
SINGER/SAXOPHONIST/ENTERTAINER
“Simply put – Rick Parma is awe-inspiring” - GigBand.com
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Besame Caliente - Single release 2015
This fiery latin track is CALIENTE! Passionate, sexy, sultry, smooth,
intense, and WOW are just a few words to describe this collaboration.
Rick Parma is stellar as a saxophonist and singer but his ability to
choose musicians to work with is just as fine
tuned. Greg Adams is the best choice for
Besame Caliente. His unique sound and
amazing jazz approach was the perfect fit to
complete this track.
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PIECE OF HEAVEN - Album release 2014
This album has everything a contemporary jazz album should
have. Rick’s saxophone soars over beautifully produced tracks
effortlessly. His vocals (yes, his vocals) are as smooth and
stylish. He pulls you in close so that you can feel everything he is
singing.
REVIEWS
“Best when you want a peaceful, soothing, tranquil musical catalogue to delicately
slip into your soul” - MusicEmissions.com
“Simply put – Rick Parma is awe-inspiring” - GigBand.com
“It just makes things feel——-better.” - AllWhatsRock.com
“All the elements that make a fantastic smooth jazz record.” - IndieShark.com
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THE COOL NIGHT AIR
CD release 2009
This album was the last
thing rick did before
packing up his truck and
moving from Chicago to
Los Angeles. 9 tracks that
truly show you the heart
of Rick’s creative style.
JUST GETTIN’ STARTED
CD release 2005
Rick Parma’s debut
album. Hypnotic hip hop
grooves, smooth sax
melodies, and passionate
approaches to 9 tracks
that get you in the mood.
PERFORMANCES
10/2014 - Smooth Jazz Cruise Talent Contest Winner - Video
5/25/14 - Cocaine Anonymous® World Services Convention
6/22/14 - Long Beach Bayou Festival
10/12/2014 - Kobe Bistro (CD Release Party)
2014 & 2015 - Long Beach Jazz Festival
2014 & 2015 - Carson Jazz Festival
2014 & 2015 - Humphreys Labor Day Fest
2015 & 2016 - Hands 4 Hope Fundraiser
2015 - St. Lucia Sandals Resort
SHORT BIO
Born and raised in Chicago and now lives in Southern California. Rick
Parma has always wanted to capture an audience with passion for
music since he was 8 years old. At the age of 14 he was given his first
tool to make that happen when he picked up the saxophone. Nearly
twenty years later, he has developed his voice as his second tool to
continue his life long dream. What's next? Only Rick knows...
FULL BIO
Hailing from Chicago, Rick Parma is a talented performer
who set out to embrace the spirit, vivacity and charm of his
town, notoriously hailed as home of one of the liveliest
music scenes on the planet. Rick managed to thrive and
develop his talent within such a colorful and productive
environment, particularly focusing on his saxophone
playing, singing and showmanship.
Rick Parma approaches his instrument in a unique,
personal and charismatic way, bridging the gaps between genres the likes of Jazz, RnB, Funk,
Latin, Blues and rock, with an open mind and with an eclectic attitude. The Chicago sound is
known all over the world for being a true catalyst, a converging point where all of the
aforementioned genres had the unique chance to meet, interbreed, change, evolve into
something truly unique and characteristic that would have probably never occur anywhere else
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the way it did, at the time it did and where it did. Rick set out to embrace and cultivate this
sound, and capture all its nuances according to his unique sensibility as an artist and a
performer. Music is all about evolution, and evolution only comes with the touch, feel and drive
of single artists, who pass on what they love and learn from their own surroundings.
With the Chicago sound flowing through his veins forever, Rick Parma set out to bring the
music he loved somewhere else, starting a new chapter and new, exciting adventure.
In 2009, Rick left his Chicago home for Southern California, where he settled within the local
scene from the start, leaving a trail of positive responses and enthusiastic feedback after each
and every live performance. His live activity brought him under the spotlight of some of the
most renowned clubs and live venues and events in the area, including shows at Spaghettini,
The Whiskey A Go Go, and appearances at the legendary Newport Beach Jazz Fest, just to
name a few.
THE SAX
This artist is driven by a passionate, direct approach that make
up for something more than just a skilled instrumentalist.
When Rick plays his saxophone, he's not just worried about
getting those notes right, about keeping up with the BPM
(things that he can do effortlessly, anyway) and other
technicalities, but he focuses on the feeling. Music is first and
foremost an expression. It's about the energy that gets
released in a room, when musicians can create just that
perfect vibe, that feel and that charisma, which in a moment
feeds back to the audience, whose response goes back to the
band, just like a spark.
THE VOICE
And then he takes the microphone... Everything that he has
ever known about music through his saxophone, has now
seamlessly switched gears and redirected to his lips and vocal
chords. What you hear is a controlled full-range voice with
power, sweetness, tonality, flexibility, smoothness, and style that
makes you believe your hearing a professionally recorded CD.
With his voice, Rick is able to express more of his true soulful
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passion that he does with his sax. Then without any effort, continues his expression with the
sax again. The two flow together in a way that no other artist has ever done. His ability to have
a beautiful low-end presence along with crisp highs, Parma has a six octave range that he uses
to make sure that the listener feels every bit of what he is passionately saying.
INFLUENCES
It was the song "In Your Face" by saxophonist Richard Elliot that Rick heard as a child that got
him excited about the saxophone in the first place. However, it wasn't until watching a Dave
Koz performance on cable T.V. that Rick fell in love with the idea of putting on a show and
completely having the audience's every emotion in his hands. A few years later when Rick
started high school, band was a
mandatory class and he got his first
shot at the sax. It was an instant
connection! This was the one class
the teacher never had to remind him
to do his homework. As he
developed as a beginner, his
teacher shared with him music from
other artists such as David Sanborn,
Warren Hill, Boney James, Eric Marienthal, and a few others. Through
that, he developed his skills and techniques from his mentors. That
was just the beginning. Early in his beginning stages when he
heard an idea for a melody in his head, it was being played by
one of his mentors. It was his passion inside that created his
very own style and
sound, now he
hears himself.
This is key to being a
true artist. Most try to copy
others, a select few want to be something new. Now
Rick's saxophone and voice go hand in hand.
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Live at Spaghettini for the 10th Anniversary of Smooth
Jazz News Magazine. (R. Parma far right)
RICK'S SETUP
Rick uses a SAXZ black nickel alto saxophone. His
mouthpiece is a David Sanborn model SAXZ BY Mitsu
Watanabe made of 100% solid STERLING SILVER with a
facing of 9. He uses Fibracell reeds Strength Med. Hard.
Rick uses a Shure GLXD wireless microphone system and a
Shure BETA 98H microphone.
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Website:
RickParma.com
Multimedia & Social Media:
Facebook.com/singersaxophonistrickparma
twitter.com/rickparma
YouTube.com/rickparma
Direct Contact:
saxman@rickparma.com
Label:
Independent
Management:
Gazelle Jacobs
USA 562-533-3230
gazellejacobs@yahoo.com
LISTEN HERE..
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207657749788159/
James Ingram - One Hundred ways
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207658044835535/
Ed Sheeren/Bobby Caldwell/Lenny Kravits/
Justin Timberlake
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207692047285575/
Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207657993754258/
Drake - Hold on
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207657541502952/
Commodores - Lady
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207657514462276/
Justin Timberlake - Until the End of Time
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207657435900312/
Jessy J - Tequila Moon
https://www.facebook.com/saxmanrp/videos/
10207657139972914/
BAND CLIPS
Band at Carson Jazz Fest
https://www.facebook.com/100000100281469/
videos/1158293647517300/
Purple Rain
https://youtu.be/INwvJtnC1PM
Band @ private event
https://www.facebook.com/samone.carroll/
videos/10207601007211639/
Band @ medium size restaurant
https://www.facebook.com/100000100281469/
videos/1087394164607249/
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