Editing Parallel Galaxy

{{Short description|1985 studio album by Emmett Chapmen}}
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| artist     = [[Emmett Chapman]]
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| genre      = [[Jazz]], [[New-age music|new-age]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=35|s=36}}
| label      = Backyard Records
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'''''Parallel Galaxy''''' is the first solo album by American musician [[Emmett Chapman]], released in 1985 on Backyard Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parallel Galaxy - Emmett Chapman|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/parallel-galaxy-mw0000868245|work=Allmusic|accessdate=24 November 2012}}</ref> The album is also one of the earliest to feature the [[Chapman Stick]], a stringed instrument developed by Chapman. ([[Alphonso Johnson]] and [[Tony Levin]] had used a Stick a few years earlier).

This album represented both an example of Chapman's artistry on the Stick, and also showed other musicians what was possible on the Stick. Though not a top-selling album, it inspired many musicians to pick up the Stick.

The track "Back Yard" appears in the [[Alan Smithee]] version of the 1984 film ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]''.

The entire album was recorded without overdubs.  It included [[Bruce Gary]] on drums, Josh Hanna on vocal effects and Dan Chapman (Emmett's brother) on harmonica.

Initially released on vinyl, the album was remastered and released on CD in 1999.

==Track listing==
;Side 1
# "Back Yard"
# "Margueritas In The Waves"
# "Eleanor Rigby"
# "Pumpernickel Pump"
# "Waltzing Matilda"

;Side 2
# "A Lotus On Irish Streams"
# "Voices"
# "My Favorite Things"
# "Parallel galaxy"
# "Gypsy"

==Reception==
A 1999 review of the album's rerelease on CD for [[All About Jazz]] described the album as "upbeat and playful", at its best reminiscent of country or bluegrass influenced jazz in the style of [[Bela Fleck]] or [[Les Paul]], though somewhat dated and gimmicky: "I find this an interesting listen but if it wasn’t extra-valued as Chapman’s debut Stick release I may have passed on it".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.allaboutjazz.com/parallel-galaxy-emmett-chapman-back-yard-records-review-by-aaj-staff.php| title = Emmett Chapman: Parallel Galaxy album review @ All About Jazz| date = November 1999}} </ref>

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[[Category:Jazz albums by American artists]]
[[Category:1985 albums]]