Dion Parson is one of New York’s finest, Grammy Award Winning, drummers. Born June 11, 1967, St. Thomas USVI, Dion’s musical foundation ranges from classical, reggae, calypso, jazz, African, and pop music. Dion’s first musical instrument was the trombone, but at the age of 15 he began playi...
With his music Dion Parson introduces and presents a mixture of Jazz and Caribbean rhythms in a true Jazz setting. Caribbean Jazz Summit 21st Century Band involves great musicians from the U. S. Virgin Islands living in the metropolitan area. Their culture connects the band members in a specia...
Dion Parson presents the music education program ‘Mentoring Through the Arts of Music’ created and directed by Dion Parson and sponsored by the VILottery. Knowing that “it takes a village to raise a child” mainly by experience of being that child, Dion Parson and the VI-Lottery decided tha...
1999 was the year I met Steve Turre when I played with the Carnegie all Big Band.
As a student of Jazz Music I was always fortunate to have great teachers who not only taught me music, but also taught me life. Their goal was to teach me so I could teach myself and that’s what I did. Through the years I went from student to professional and now to teacher..........
I first met Jon Faddis in New York City in 1994 and since then I have had the great pleasure of performing with him. Jon has allowed me to develop, not only as a drummer, but also as a musician. His support is never ending as well as his quest to experience new Sounds and Rhythms.
Dion Parson: dion@dionparson.com
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BEVERLY NICHOLSON-DOTY, Commissioner, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism invited Dion to a private press reception in New York City to promote U.S. Virgin Islands by presenting the U.S. Virgin Islands ‘finest’ according to Dance, Food and Music.