None of its primary exponents can be said to be famous amongst the general public ; however, in experimental circles, a number of free musicians are well known, including saxophonists Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton and Peter Brötzmann, trombonist George Lewis, guitarist Derek Bailey, and the improvising groups The Art Ensemble of Chicago and AMM.

The Spontaneous Music Ensemble was formed by John Stevens and Trevor Watts in the mid-1960s and included, at various times, influential players such as Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Roger Smith, and John Butcher.

* Karyobin ( 1968, Island Records ; reissued 1993 on Chronoscope ) ( featuring ; John Stevens, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Derek Bailey, Dave Holland )

* Quintessence ( 1973 – 74, Emanem Records ) ( featuring John Stevens, Trevor Watts, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Kent Carter )

Beginning in the mid-1960s, players such as guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonists Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker and drummer John Stevens developed an idiom that came to be called " free improvisation ".

Braxton has recorded with many of the free jazz musicians, including Ornette Coleman and European free improvisers such as Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, and the Globe Unity Orchestra.

Alongside the aforementioned Joe Harriott, saxophonists Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, trombonist Conny Bauer, guitarist Derek Bailey, pianist Fred Van Hove and drummer Han Bennink were among the most well-known early European free jazz performers.

Incus Records is an artist-owned record label, founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters, specialising in the dissemination of free-improvised music.

* Parker, Derek: Cellini.

* Derek Parker, Familiar to All: William Lilly and Astrology in the Seventeenth Century, London, Cape, 1973.

* Brauner, David ( 1969 ) Getting in Your Retaliation First: Narrative Strategies in Portnoy's Complaint in Royal, Derek Parker ( 2005 ) Philip Roth: new perspectives on an American author, chapter 3

His extended residence in Berlin in 1988 was extensively documented by the German label FMP, resulting in a massive boxed set of performances in duet and trio with a who's who of European free improvisors, including Oxley, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, Tristan Honsinger, Louis Moholo, Paul Lovens, and others.

* Radio: The Great Years, by Parker, Derek.

He has often performed in a duo with compatriot Bennink, and with other musicians including Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton.

The album Nipples was recorded in 1969 with many of the Machine Gun musicians including drummer Han Bennink, pianist Fred Van Hove and tenor saxophonist Evan Parker, plus British free-improv guitarist Derek Bailey.

In the 1981 film Tarzan, the Ape Man, Derek was given her first starring role, as Jane Parker.

Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of the Duchess of Cornwall, is the son of Derek Henry Parker-Bowles ( who assumed his mother's maiden surname of Bowles ), grandson of Reverend the Hon.

He has often performed in a duo with fellow Dutchman Bennink, with other collaborators including Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, and ( on the flip side of a live recording with Dolphy ) his pet parrot.

Parker has recorded a large number of albums both solo or as a group leader, and has recorded or performed with Peter Brötzmann ( including Brötzmann's epochal Machine Gun in 1968 and Michael Nyman's " Waltz in F " ( 1981 )), John Stevens, Derek Bailey, Keith Rowe, Joe McPhee, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, Ikue Mori, Cyro Baptista, Milford Graves, George Lewis, Tim Berne, Mark Dresser, Dave Holland, Sylvie Courvoisier, and many others.

In addition to his own recordings, he has recorded or performed with musicians including Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Roscoe Mitchell, Douglas Ewart, Laurie Anderson, Muhal Richard Abrams, Count Basie, Gil Evans, Nicole Mitchell, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Fred Anderson, Conny Bauer, Evan Parker, Bertram Turetzky, Marina Rosenfeld, Anthony Davis, David Behrman, David Murray, Derek Bailey, Frederic Rzewski, Han Bennink, Irene Schweizer, J. D.

* Company, Fables ( Incus, 1980 ) with Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, and Dave Holland

Derek and Julia Parker claim that it is impossible to state the exact date for the start of any astrological age and acknowledge that many astrologers believe the Age of Aquarius has arrived while many claim the world is at the end of the Age of Pisces.

In 1967 Derek Parker published a selection of his poems in the summer edition of Poetry Review, including his elegy for his beloved sister Edith.

* Sacheverell Sitwell: A Symposium ( 1975 ) edited by Derek Parker

* 1988 – Tom Parker, English singer ( The Wanted )

Downes and Rock ( 1988 ) on Parker ’ s analysis: strain theory applies, labelling theory ( from experience with police and courts ), control theory ( involvement in trouble from early childhood and the eventual decision that the costs outweigh the benefits ) and conflict theories.

Always interested in jazz, he directed Bird ( 1988 ), a biopic starring Forest Whitaker as jazz musician Charlie " Bird " Parker.

The rights to the game were initially licensed to Selchow and Righter in 1982, then to Parker Brothers ( now part of Hasbro ) in 1988, after initially being turned down by the Virgin Group ; in 2008, Hasbro bought out the rights in full, for US $ 80 million.

* Parker Fennelly ( 1891 – 1988 ), American actor

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

* Woman in the Dark ( Knopf, 1988 ; hardcover edition that collects the three parts of the title novelette ; introduction by Robert B. Parker ).

* John Parker, fourth place finish at the 1988 Olympics in men's eights, rowing

There were more changes in personnel when guitarist T. J. Parker and vocalist and bassist Gary Moon replaced Kingery and Manzo in 1988, and were replaced themselves by Mike Cuneo and Richard Campbell during 1989.

As well, bassist Andrew Bodnar would rejoin Parker from 1988 through the mid 1990s, and drummer Steve Goulding would play on Parker's 2001 album Deepcut To Nowhere.

* The Best of Graham Parker 1988 – 1991, 1992

* 1988: Marking its 70th anniversary, Parker makes seven acquisitions and exceeds $ 2 billion in sales.

From March 1988 to March 1989, Parker was stationed at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D. C. where he served as director of the Space Flight / Space Station Integration Office.

* Thomas A Parker " Study on integrated pest management for libraries and archives "-prepared by Thomas A Parker for the General Information Programme and UNISIST ( Paris: Unesco, 1988 )

In 1988, Whitaker played in the film Bloodsport alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and he had his first lead role starring as musician Charlie Parker in the Clint Eastwood-directed film, Bird.

* Ray Parker ( 1988 – 1999 )

In 1988 ( to celebrate the 100th anniversary ), Parker launched the Duofold Centennial series of Pens ( Fountain Pens, Rollerballs and Pencils ).

Key models in the company's history include Jointless ( 1899 ), Jack Knife Safety ( 1909 ), Duofold ( 1921 ), Vacumatic ( 1932 ), " 51 " ( 1941 ), Jotter ( 1954 ), 61 ( 1956 ), 45, 75 ( 1964 ), Classic ( 1967 ), 25 ( 1975 ), Arrow ( 1982 ), Vector ( 1986 ), Duofold International ( 1987 ), 95 ( 1988 ), Sonnet ( 1993 ), and the Parker 100 ( 2004 ).

* Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild ( 1913 – 1988 ), known as " Nica ", ( later Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter ), a bebop jazz enthusiast and patroness of Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker

* His character, played by Michael Zelniker, has a prominent role in " Bird ", Clint Eastwood's 1988 film about Charlie Parker.

Parker was also portrayed by Hugh Gillin in the 1988 TV film Elvis and Me.

Parker was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1988 following a hard-fought primary with a wide field of contenders.