Zeena Parkins

American musician

Born: 1956
Detroit
Country: United States
Active: 1980–
Record labels: No Man's Land
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Zeena Parkins is a jazz musician who plays piano and harp. Zeena Parkins was born in 1956 in Detroit. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: No Man's Land. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Live at Easthampton Town Hall” (2001) to “Phantom Orchard” (2004). Honours include Guggenheim Fellowship (2019).

Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She was a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and professor in the Music Department at Mills College.

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