Media
On stage and in the studio
Fifteen years of performance photography — festival main stages, club residencies, and the studio sessions in between.
Showreel
See the band work a room
Festival main stages, club sets and sax covers — captured by Edward's own camera and by the broadcasters who booked him.
Tiga Kumute — Safaricom Jazz Festival, 2016
Night of Kenyan Jazz
via The Star Kenya
Lady — Fela Kuti, sax cover
Edward Parseen
via Safaricom PLC
Edward Parseen is live
In his own words
The interviews
Edward on what the band plays, how the songs get written, and what a night with them is actually like.
“I consider my Music Contemporary Jazz with Influences from Afro Jazz, Traditional or Jazz Standards, Classical Jazz and Pop jazz.”
Edward Parseen
“My music is focused on entertainment, it is rhythmic and with simple melodic lines like you would find in most African Songs. We focus on making our music palatable to the Kenyan listener.”
Edward Parseen
“We write our own songs and build them over time as we play them.”
Edward Parseen
“In Jazz you can turn a mistake to your favour and make good of it ending up in improving the performance.”
Edward Parseen
“An energy packed performance focused on entertainment and interaction with the audience. Good music.”
Edward Parseen
“We practice at least four to six hours as a band every week and play four (4) three (3) hour performances every week.”
Edward Parseen
Quoted from “Mics And Beats: Edward Parseen & the Different Faces Band”, Potentash, 27 November 2015.
Photography
The exhibition
portraitEdward Parseen smiling to camera, tenor saxophone upright beside him 
portraitEdward Parseen in a dark suit, lit by a single spotlight, mid-phrase 
portraitEdward Parseen in black against a pale backdrop, playing tenor saxophone 
portraitEdward Parseen in black, playing against a darkened studio backdrop 
studioEdward Parseen in sunglasses and waistcoat, playing through blue stage smoke 
studioEdward Parseen in a white cap, backlit by smoke and a hard spotlight 
studioEdward Parseen in a white shirt, saxophone raised, smoke behind him 
studioEdward Parseen leaning back into a phrase, smoke drifting across the frame 
studioEdward Parseen playing tenor saxophone, lit from the side through smoke 
studioEdward Parseen mid-phrase, a single light breaking through the smoke 
studioFull-length studio portrait of Edward Parseen playing, framed in smoke 
studioEdward Parseen in a pale suit, playing under blue stage light 
studioEdward Parseen in a grey suit and bow tie, playing under blue stage light 
bandDifferent Faces Band on stage — keys, bass, drums and saxophone 
bandDifferent Faces Band performing, bass and keys either side of the horn 
bandTwo horn players from Different Faces Band performing together 
bandClose view of the Different Faces Band horn section mid-set 
bandTwo saxophonists sharing a microphone under stage lights 
bandWide view of Different Faces Band on a club stage festivalEdward Parseen addressing a festival crowd, saxophone at his side 
festivalEdward Parseen and band on a festival stage 
festivalEdward Parseen playing outdoors, guitarist behind him 
liveEdward Parseen speaking to the room between numbers 
liveEdward Parseen performing in a warmly lit venue 
liveEdward Parseen playing alongside a pianist in a darkened room
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