Background
"Jackie" was born in Vancouver, Canada, the son of Keiko Parker and the nephew of Edward Parker.
"Jackie" was born in Vancouver, Canada, the son of Keiko Parker and the nephew of Edward Parker.
He began his musical education at the Vancouver Academy of Music and later studied at The Juilliard School under Adele Marcus.
He appeared with the Vancouver Youth Orchestra when he was five. He has performed worldwide. Parker has recorded works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
His recordings appear on Canadian Broadcasting Company Records and the Telarc labels, among others
He is currently Professor of Piano at The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University in Houston, Texas, and as of 2015, is part of the group "Office The Score", with Stewart Copeland, Yoon Kwon, Marlon Martinez and Judd Miller.