Dr. Longineu Parsons II is a Professor of Music at Florida A&M University and is President of Tribal Disorder Records. 2019 brought a trio of album releases that included “Work Song – 25th Anniversary Edition” (co-produced by Nat Adderley and featuring performances by Adderley and the legendary Sam Rivers), “To Satchmo with Love,” and “21 Blue – Blues for the 21st Century” (with Ted Shumate).
The career of Longineu Parsons, with its many musical pieces and parts, serves as a metaphor for what he calls “the disorder of the human tribe.” The whole of Longineu Parsons is greater than the sum of his parts, and he has made it his mission – and the mission of his own Tribal Disorder Records – to use music as “a force against disorder in the human tribe.”
In his own life and career, this “disorder” has come in the form of widely diverse musical passions and pursuits. Growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Parsons instinctively plays the blues as a native language. After cutting his teeth playing hometown gigs starting in junior high, he toured on the Chitlin Circuit for a few years before attending Florida A&M University for his undergraduate degree. There, two pivotal experiences would help set his course. The first was when he heard the John Coltrane album “Expression” – it opened his ears and changed his life. Though he was already into Miles Davis and “Bitches Brew,” something was different about this. Secondly, he met the famous trumpeter (and FAMU alum) Nat Adderley. Nat took Longineu under his wing and over time, mentor and protégé became lifelong friends. Longineu is honored to play Nat’s cornet as his main horn.
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