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Wire mix: Jair-Rohm Parker Wells

April 2026

To complement his interview in The Wire 507, US bassist and composer Jair-Rohm Parker Wells creates an exclusive Wire mix

Jair-Rohm (pronounced Jerome) Parker Wells invites listeners to think about the double bass – traditionally assigned a supporting role – as a main character.

Alone and with a pool of collaborators that includes saxophonist Daniel Carter, guitarists Eugene Chadbourne, Michael Gregory Jackson and Reeves Gabrels, composer/electronic musician Bob Ostertag, guitarist and producer Robert Musso, among others, his music blends deep bass, post-jazz improvisation, ambient soundscapes and cutting edge technology.

Here, he compiles an exclusive Wire mix of his influences, collaborators and own music.

Tracklist:

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells “Beneath The Canopy, A Stream”
Grateful Dead “Born Cross-Eyed”
Arnold Schoenberg Notturno For Strings And Harp (1895-96)
Joni Mitchell “A Case Of You”
Karlheinz Stockhausen “Studio No. 2”
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells “Buoyance Of Light”
Anton Webern Passacaglia For Large Orchestra, Op 1
Eberhard Weber “Street Scenes”
Annea Lockwood “Tiger Balm”
Eugene Chadbourne & Jair-Rohm Parker Wells “Remembering Ale Sordi”

Read Phil Freeman’s full interview with Parker Wells in The Wire 507. Pick up a copy in the online shop. Subscribers can read the full article in the digital archive here.

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