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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Katie Anthony

Bradley Parker-Sparrow’s album tattoos are a tribute to the start of his jazz career

Bradley Parker-Sparrow, a professional musician and producer for 50 years, sits at his piano in his Lake View home. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times)

How do you immortalize music? Bradley Parker — also known as Bradley Parker-Sparrow — has done it on vinyl, cassette, CDs, even 8-tracks. And, oh, yeah, the jazz musician also has had the titles of his first four albums inked into his skin.

The first of those tattoos pays tribute to the first album he released, “Latin Black.” The album was released in 1979, when Parker-Sparrow says his genre was thought by many to be passé.

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