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'''''The Parable''''' is the second studio album by the [[Jimmy Chamberlin Complex]] (side project band of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]/[[Zwan]] drummer [[Jimmy Chamberlin]]). It was released on November 6, 2017 as a digital download, and the physical edition was released 2 weeks after the digital download's release.<ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/jimmy-chamberlin-complex-the-parable-2510165457.html PopMatters]</ref> This is the first album since the 2005 debut, ''[[Life Begins Again]]''. The album was produced by Chamberlin's longtime collaborator, Billy Mohler.
'''''The Parable''''' is the second studio album by the [[Jimmy Chamberlin Complex]]. It was released on November 6, 2017 as a digital download,{{cn}} and the physical edition was released 2 weeks after the digital download's release.<ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/jimmy-chamberlin-complex-the-parable-2510165457.html PopMatters]</ref> This is the first album since the 2005 debut, ''[[Life Begins Again]]'', this time joined by Randy Ingram (keyboards) and Chris Speed (clarinet, saxophone). The album was produced by Chamberlin's longtime collaborator, [[Billy Mohler]].
 
[[W:DownBeat|''DownBeat'']] magazine praised the album, proclaiming "Chamberlin combines the energy and production values of a rock album with the spontaneity of an improvised jazz session."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/the-parable|title=Jimmy Chamberlin Complex – The Parable|first=Bobby|last=Reed|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=[[w:DownBeat|DownBeat]]}}</ref>
 
{{Cquote|Jazz really allows you to paint in real time. The medium of jazz, to me, is the ultimate vehicle of self-expression for a musician. It allows you to create in the moment. Jazz is the music where it can only take five minutes to create five minutes of music. That's a much more honest place for me to live as a musician. You're painting first drafts and being OK with them.|author=Jimmy Chamberlin|source=The Parable press release, 2017}}


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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| all_writing = [[Jimmy Chamberlin]]
| all_writing = [[Jimmy Chamberlin]]
| title1 = [[Horus and the Pharaoh]]
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== Release history ==
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
* [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] – drums, percussion
* [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] – drums, percussion
* Billy Mohler – bass guitar, production
* [[Billy Mohler]] – bass guitar, production
* Chris Speed – clarinet, saxophone
* Chris Speed – clarinet, saxophone
* Sean Woolstenhulme – guitar
* [[Sean Woolstenhulme]] – guitar
* Randy Ingram – keyboard
* Randy Ingram – keyboard
* Husky Hoskulds – engineering
* Husky Hoskulds – engineering

Latest revision as of 00:03, 17 November 2021

The Parable
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 17, 2017
Recorded2017
GenreJazz fusion
Length36:09
LabelMake Records
ProducerBilly Mohler
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex chronology
Life Begins Again
(2005)
The Parable
(2017)
Honor
(2020)

The Parable is the second studio album by the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex. It was released on November 6, 2017 as a digital download,[citation needed] and the physical edition was released 2 weeks after the digital download's release.[1] This is the first album since the 2005 debut, Life Begins Again, this time joined by Randy Ingram (keyboards) and Chris Speed (clarinet, saxophone). The album was produced by Chamberlin's longtime collaborator, Billy Mohler.

DownBeat magazine praised the album, proclaiming "Chamberlin combines the energy and production values of a rock album with the spontaneity of an improvised jazz session."[2]

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All tracks are written by Jimmy Chamberlin.

No.TitleLength
1."Horus and the Pharaoh"6:19
2."The Parable"6:50
3."Thoughts of Days Long Past"4:17
4."El Born"6:12
5."Magick Moon"4:52
6."Dance of the Grebe"7:40

Release history[edit | edit source]

Released Label Catalog ID Format Country External sites
November 17, 2017 Make MAKE004-CD CD US Discogs MusicBrainz [1]
November 17, 2017 Make MR4 LP US Discogs [1]

More releases: DiscogsMusicBrainz

Personnel[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. PopMatters
  2. Reed, Bobby. "Jimmy Chamberlin Complex – The Parable". DownBeat. Retrieved November 16, 2021.