Artist description Created by artist/writer/engineer/producer, Jeffrey Gray Parker, COYOTE ZEN combines native flutes, percussion, and many ethnic instruments from around the world to create organic music that is textured with acoustic and electric guitars, piano, synthesizers, digital drums, and the sounds of nature. Jeffrey Gray Parker “paints a picture for your soul” with his sonic palette that takes listeners on a journey, conjuring images of sunlight and water, hawks in flight, and a myriad of other soundscapes that soothes the soul.COYOTE ZEN is at once accessible and melodic, and honors the native tradition of the human relationship to all things of the earth. Mix all of these qualities with jazz, pop, and rock influences from the modern-world perspective, and you have music that is a “fusion of cultures” appealing to a worldwide audience.

Music Style Contemporary World/Jazz Fusion and New Age

Musical Influences Native American, Jazz, African , Latin, Americana, Folk, World

Similar Artists Jerry Garcia, Douglas Spotted Eagle, Craig Chaquico, Tanansas

Artist History Jeffrey Gray Parker is a native Oklahoman of Cherokee, French, Irish, and Scottish heritage, born and raised on the plains of north central Oklahoma. A performing musician for 30 years, Jeffrey has traveled extensively throughout the US and Canada, sharing the stage with artists ranging from Buck Owens to Alice Cooper. His music has been featured in Oklahoma's Cherokee Nation multimedia projects and the Cherokee National Children's Choir recordings, regional radio and television commercials, and motion picture and video soundtracks including Discovery Network documentaries, "The American Bullfighter," "King of the Cowboys," and the indie short "Melvin: A Midwestern Tale."

Group Members Jeffrey Gray Parker(Tahlequah, OK), with a variety of guest musicians including; Marci Von Broembson (Cape Town, South Africa), Jason French (Cherokee Nation), Bobby Martin (Creek Nation), Don Vazques (Puerto Rico), Clif Doyal (Nashville, TN)

Instruments Keys, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Flutes-Tin whistles, World Percussion and Samples

Albums Blood of Many Nations, Medicine Dog, Coyote Zen

Press Reviews "COYOTE ZEN comes at you from the outside, through your ears, into your soul, and departs through your mind and body, leaving you refreshed, whole, and at peace." - Bob Saporiti, Retired Senior V.P., Warner/Reprise, Nashville ..."Took the Coyote Zen cassette with me over the holidays and listened to it while driving through the Rockies and it was awesome" - John Gregg Sr., AIROS, Native Sounds-Native Voices, National Host/Producer ..."The sounds and moods evoked brought out the soul of my thesis film in ways I could only dream of; the music acted as a character, leading us through the rich and unique landscape of Oklahoma." - Travis Graalman, "Melvin - A Midwestern Tale," I35 Films, New York, NY ..."I just gotta say, the more I have steeped myself in this music, the more impressed I am with the beauty of the music you have created. I think this CD (Medicine Dog) has the potential to break across boundaries and get some significant mainstream attention. Let's get this one a Grammy!"- Tricia King, syndicated radio producer for "Different Drums" ..."(Medicine Dog)This rez dog is no starved puppy. It's a meaty dish full of flavor and tasty morsels that can be savored over and over again. It is, after all, medicine." - Brian Wright-McLeod, Renegade Radio/News From Indian Country, Jan. 2002

Additional Info Artist Managment: Clif Doyal Agency - Nashville, TN Email: CDAnashville@aol.com Tel: 615.885.5998

Location Tahlequah, OK - USA

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