Multifaceted New York jazz pianist and composer Chris Parker brings his wide-ranging compositional background to his latest recording, "Full Circle." With a front-line of saxophonist John Nastos and violinist Rob Thomas, bassist Tony Marino, and drummer Marko Marcinko provide Parker's ten originals with inspired grooves ranging from calypso to tango to funk-and several things in between-making for an eclectic, yet unified and engaging album. •"Parker is one of the greats...not simply because he knows how to play piano, but because he knows how to write some truly memorable piano driven jazz." - Music Dish