Ashlin Parker

As a member of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), Ashlin shared in the 2009 Grammy award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble for their album, Book One. Ashlin is a member of several additional bands and orchestras, such as Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Bill Summers and Jazalsa, The Next Generation Big Band, and Tony Clifton’s Cliftones, plus the bands of Roland Guerin and Adonis Rose. He has played with many other groups, including the bands of Aretha Franklin, Anthony Hamilton, Leroy Jones’ The Original Hurricane Brass Band, The Kermit Ruffins’ Big Band, and Matt Lemmler’s New Orleans Jazz Revival Band. As a bandleader, Ashlin has led performances at the Chandler Jazz Festival, at numerous venues in Charlotte, NC and New Orleans, and most recently, at 14 home games of the New Orleans Hornets basketball team (2011-12). Ashlin has played professionally with such musicians as Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Jason Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Vincent Gardner, Brice Winston, Tim Warfield, Ed Peterson, David Torkinowski, Evan Christopher, Ron Westray, and Gino Vanelli. 

Ashlin has toured nationally with Anthony Hamilton in Jill Scott’s Summer Block Party (2011) and Comic Relief’s “The Return of Tony Clifton” (2008-12), as well as nationally and internationally with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra for performances in the large concert halls of the U.S. and Brazil (2010-2012). Ashlin has played in numerous jazz festivals such as The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, French Quarter Fest, The Playboy Jazz Festival, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, the Ingolstädter Jazztage (Germany), the North Sea Jazz Festival (The Netherlands), and the St. Louis Jazz Festival (Senegal). In addition to the album, Book One, Ashlin has recorded with several artists. Most notable among these recordings is the forthcoming album: Harold Batiste Presents the Next Generation Big Band (AF0).

Ashlin graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a Bachelor of Music in 2005, then worked as a sideman, arranger, and bandleader for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines from 2005-2007. He completed the Master of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans (UNO) in 2009 and is currently employed at UNO as a part-time instructor for the Music Department.

Official website ashlinparker.com