Saxophonist Duane Parham is one of Detroit’s most beloved jazz artists. He
is recognized as an innovator, visionary and top performer in Smooth Jazz,
R&B and Gospel Music.
Most of us remember Detroit
City is Coming Back, a song that reaches
across racial, ethnic and political lines, and promotes the Motor City
nationally and internationally. To accomplish this goal, Producer Parham
assembled over 200 outstanding musicians, whose sole purpose was to record and
proactively offer the song as a musical way to lift the spirit of Detroit,
promote citizen awareness, unity, and help the city move forward.
Prior to that, he delivered a Mo-Jazz tribute to Motown
Records with a CD entitled Motor
City Sax Appeal: My Tribute to the Motown Legends, with guest appearances by The Four Tops,
The Miracles, The Contours, The Original Vandellas, Pat Lewis, Carolyn Crawford
and five-time Grammy award winner Michael J. Powell. Producers of the CD were Carl “Butch”
Small and Maurice Whitsett.
Parham, teacher and minister of music, is the recipient of five Mayoral Proclamations of Achievement from Mayors Coleman A. Young, Dennis W. Archer and Dave Bing of Detroit along with Mayor Martha G. Scott of Highland Park, for accomplishments in the development of Music Arts and his outstanding contribution to the progress of both communities. He also received the Spirit of Detroit Award from the Honorable Mayor Dave Bing for producing and arranging Dream Detroit and the documentary, The Unsung of the Motown Empire.
Presently, Walter Duane Parham is Founder and CEO of Educational Arts Society, a 501 c 3 nonprofit, that assists young artists in developing a professional music skill-set, coupled with a core value skill-set. The Parham Academy of Performing Arts, one of the “legs” of the organization, focuses on delivering FREE instruments and lessons to under-privileged children in Detroit and surrounding cities.
His book Can You Hear Me Now? which debuted in prose and CD format, was released in 2020 and can be found on Amazon and other book companies around the world. Life lessons learned and underscored in the book, are values and lessons that lead to positive life direction and are showcased by talk show hosts on his worldwide radio station eamtradio.com.
True to his gospel roots, currently, Duane serves as a saxophonist at Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist.
EAMTRADIO.COM is the website for “Educational Arts Music & Talk Radio,” an online radio station that has existed for eight (8) years. It plays a variety of genres 24/7: jazz, smooth jazz, blues, gospel, country, Motown and more… DJs and talk show hosts enhance the station by “spinning their own sounds” and talking with interviewees from all walks of life. Join Duane at “EAMT – the Place 2B!”
Video Links:
(1) Your Precious Love FINAL VIDEO 2 6 2022 FULL - YouTube
(1) The Detroit Black Music Awards
Duane Parham - YouTube
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