Jeff Parker’s Forfolks – a new album of solo guitar tracks – released via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. The album features interpretations of Thelonious Monk’s “Ugly Beauty” and the standard “My Ideal,” as well as six original compositions, including “Four Folks” (a piece Parker first wrote and recorded in 1995) and “La Jetée” (a piece he recorded with Isotope 217 in 1997 and Tortoise in 1998). The four all-new original compositions are loop-driven, layered works that combine melodic improvisations with electronic textures. As Parker says, “I’m trying to create a sound world that I can wander around in.” The album was recorded by Graeme Gibson at Sholo Studio in Altadena, California (aka Jeff’s house) over two days in June 2021