Band / Parliament

Parliament

3 releases · 33 members · 3 line-ups

1975 · A

Mothership Connection

1975 · B

Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome

1977 · C

Line-ups	74	75	76
Bernie Worrell	A	B	C
Cardell Mosson	A	B	C
Garry Shider	A	B	C
George Clinton	A	B	C
Raymond Davis	A	B	C
Calvin Simon	A	B
Clarence Haskins	A	B
Eugene Thomas	A	B
Ramon Fulwood	A	B
William Collins	A	B
Eddie Hazel	A
Prakash John	A
Tyrone Lampkin	A
Fred Wesley		B	C
Glen Goins		B	C
Jerome Brailey		B	C
Maceo Parker		B	C
Michael Hampton		B	C
Gary Cooper		B
Joe Farrell		B
John Brumbach		B
Michael Brecker		B
Randy Brecker		B
Clay Lawrey			C
Danny Cortez			C
Darryl Dixon			C
Dawn Silva			C
Debbie Wright			C
Jeanette Washington			C
Lynn Mabry			C
Richard Griffith			C
Rick Gardner			C
Valerie Drayton			C

Family Tree

2 degrees of separation for Parliament comprise 1037 bands:

Parliament

Parliament

David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!

Klezmer Madness Quartet

Handsome Boy Modeling School

Blood Sweat And Tears

Al Kooper & The Rekooperators

Anders Bergcrantz Quartet

Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet

Art Of Time Ensemble

Bob Berg/Mike Stern Group

Bruce Hornsby And The Range

Buffalo Springfield

Carla Bley And Her Remarkable! Big Band

Central Nervous System

Charles Lloyd Quartet

City West Quartet

Conrad Herwig Quintet

David Liebman Quartet

De Gladas Kapell

Edgar Winter's White Trash

George Russell Living Time Orchestra

George Russell Sextet

Grapes Of Wrath

Holly Cole Trio

John McNeil Quintet

Jukkis Uotila Band

Klaus Ignatzek Trio

Levon Helm And The R.C.O. All Stars

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Manhattan Jazz Quintet

Marty Ehrlich's Darkwoods Ensemble

Mike Bloomfield · Al Kooper

Mike Gibbs Orchestra

Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band

Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band

Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars

Ron McClure Quartet

Ron McClure Quintet

Ron McClure Trio

Steve Stills · Al Kooper

The Blues Brothers Band

The Blues Project

The Carla Bley Big Band

The Even Dozen Jug Band

The Jazz Brothers

The Saturday Night Live Band

The Tom 'Bones' Malone Jazz Septet

The Tony Williams Lifetime

The Very Big Carla Bley Band

Wynton Kelly Trio

Bob Magnusson Quintet

Art Resnick Trio

Bill Watrous Quintet

Bobby Shew Quintet

Buddy Rich Big Band

Dave Scott · Tony Malaby Quartet

Joni Mitchell And The L.A. Express

Rob Blakeslee Quartet

Roberta Piket Trio

The Bob Magnusson Quartet

The Laurindo Almeida Trio

The Louie Bellson Quintet

The Vinny Golia Quintet

Tom Scott And The L.A. Express

Tony Malaby/Joey Sellers Quartet

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

Walking Wounded

Bob Mintzer Big Band

Arcana Orchestra

Bob Mintzer Quartet

Bobby Shad And The Bad Men

David Taylor Trio

John Fedchock New York Big Band

John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble

Kenny Wheeler Quintet

Marc Johnson's Bass Desires

Maria Schneider Orchestra

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra

Michael Philip Mossman Sextet

Satoko Fujii Orchestra

Steve Miller Band

Bonzo Goes To Washington

Bootsy Collins & The Superbad Band

Frank Black And The Catholics

Pat Metheny Group

The Clinton Administration

The Joe Chemay Band

The Phil Collins Big Band

World Drummers Ensemble

Bootsy's Rubber Band

Brecker Brothers

The Domenic Troiano Band

Chick Corea And Return To Forever

Burton · Corea · Metheny · Haynes · Holland

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Chick Corea And Origin

Chick Corea Elektric Band

Chick Corea Elektric Band II

Chick Corea Quartet

Chick Corea Trio

Corea, Clarke & White

Echoes Of An Era

John McLaughlin · Chick Corea · Five Peace Band

Miles Davis Quintet

Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup

Sambalanço Trio

Stanley Cowell Trio

The Blue Mitchell Quintet

The Chick Corea New Trio

The John Dentz Reunion Band

The Stanley Clarke Trio

Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains

Buckethead & Viggo

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade

Electric Apricot

Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel

Les Claypool's Duo De Twang

Les Claypool's Frog Brigade

Percy Howard's Meridiem

Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble

The Claypool Lennon Delirium

Da Univerzal Playaz

Dave Stewart And The Spiritual Cowboys

David Liebman Quintet

Abercrombie Quartet

Bruce Gertz Quintet

Chris Potter Quartet

Dave Liebman Group

Dave Liebman Trio

Dave Stryker Trio

David Liebman Ensemble

David Liebman Group

Dexter Gordon Quartet

Duke Jordan Trio

Frank Morgan Quartet

George Gruntz Trio

Jens Winther Quintet

John Abercrombie Quartet

John Abercrombie Trio

John Scofield Trio

Ken McIntyre Sextet

Klaus Ignatzek Group

Mal Waldron Trio

Marc Copland David Liebman Quartet

McCoy Tyner Quartet

Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Quartet

Richie Beirach + Gregor Huebner Duo

Richie Beirach Trio

Sadik Hakim Trio

Salvatore Bonafede Quartet

Steve Kuhn Trio

Tete Montoliu Trio

The Impossible Gentlemen

The John Scofield Band

The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show

The Phil Markowitz Trio

Bobby And The Midnites

Jack DeJohnette New Directions

Jack DeJohnette's Directions

John Abercrombie

Lars Møller Group

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Paul Shaffer & The Party Boys Of Rock 'N' Roll

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

The 24th Street Band

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Duke Pearson's Big Band

Brooks Arthur Ensemble

Count Basie And His Orchestra

Count Basie Orchestra

Cy Touff Quintet

Dave Holland Quintet

David Haney Trio

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet

Elmo Hope Quintet

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine

Gene Ammons All Stars

George Wallington And His Band

Gigi Gryce Quintet

Hod O'Brien Quintet

Horace Silver Sextet

Johnny Griffin Sextet

Julius Watkins Sextet

Lee Konitz Nonet

Mary Lou Williams Trio

Max Roach Plus Four

Milt Jackson Quartet

Milt Jackson Quintet

Oliver Nelson Orchestra

Pepper Adams Quintet

Philly Joe Jones Sextet

Sun Ra And His Arkestra

Sunny Murray's Untouchable Factor

The Barry Harris Sextet

The Duke Pearson Nonet

The Frank Foster Quintet

The New Dynamic Chico Hamilton Quintet

The Prestige All Stars

The Teddy Edwards Sextet

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra

Wayne Horvitz · The Four Plus One Ensemble

Fred Wesley & The JB's

Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns

Funk Mob Cacophonique

Etienne de Crecy

Swollen Monkeys

GRP All-Star Big Band

Badfoot Brown And The Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Caribbean Jazz Project

Chico Hamilton Quintet

Dave Grusin And The NY/LA Dream Band

Dave Weckl Band

David Matthews Trio

Frank Zappa And The Mothers

Gary Burton Quartet

Gary Burton Quintet

Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies

Johnny Rivers And His L.A. Boogie Band

Miroslav Vitous Group

Oliver Nelson's Big Band

Ramsey Lewis Trio

The Benoit/Freeman Project

The Gary Burton Quintet With Eberhard Weber

The New Amazing Chico Hamilton Quintet

The New Gary Burton Quartet

The Roy Haynes Trio

Wayne Shorter Quartet

Horace Silver Quintet

Al Cohn Quintet

Alice Coltrane Quintet

Andrew Hill Quartet

Archie Shepp Quartet

Art Blakey & The All Star Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & The New Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey And His Band

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey And The Jazzmessengers Big Band

Art Blakey Quartet

Art Blakey Quintet

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Art Farmer Quartet

Art Farmer Quintet

Benny Golson Sextet

Bluesiana Triangle

Bud Powell Trio

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Cannonball Adderley Sextet

Cecil Taylor Quintet

Charles Tolliver Big Band

Charles Tolliver · Music Inc

Charles Tolliver's Music Inc

Charlie Parker And His Orchestra

Chet Baker Quintet

Chuck Mangione Quintet

Clarke Boland Big Band

Cliff Jordan · John Gilmore

Clifford Brown Sextet

Clifford Jordan Quartet

Clifford Jordan Quintet

David Hazeltine Trio

Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce

Don Byrd · Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet

Duke Jordan Quartet

Eddie Costa Quintet

Elmo Hope Sextet

Frank Wright Quartet

Freddie Redd Quintet

Galt MacDermot's First Natural Hair Band

Gary Bartz NTU Troop

Gene Ammons And His Band

George Wallington Quintet

Gigi Gryce And His Little Band

Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet

Hal McKusick Quintet

Hank Mobley And His All Stars

Hank Mobley Quartet

Hank Mobley Quintet

Hank Mobley Sextet

Herbie Nichols Trio

Horace Parlan Quintet

Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

Horace Silver Trio

Idrees Sulieman Quintet

J.R. Monterose Quartet

Jackie McLean Quintet

James Moody And His Modernists

Jay Jay Johnson Boppers

Joe Henderson Sextet

Johnny Griffin Quartet

Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets

Kenny Dorham Quintet

Kenny Drew Quintet

Kenny Drew Trio

Kenny Garrett Quintet

Lee Morgan Sextet

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Lou Donaldson Quartet

Lou Donaldson Quintet

Lou Donaldson Sextet

Louis Hayes And The Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band

Louis Hayes And The Cannonball Legacy Band

Louis Hayes-Junior Cook Quintet

Marion Brown Quartet

Marion Brown Septet

Max Roach Quartet

Max Roach Quintet

McCoy Tyner Trio

Miles Davis & Band

Miles Davis All Star Sextet

Miles Davis All Stars

Miles Davis And His Orchestra

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis Quartet

Miles Davis Sextet

Milt Jackson Sextet

Modern Jazz Quartet

Nat Adderley Quartet

Neil Swainson Quintet

Noah Howard Quartet

Paris Reunion Band

Paul Chambers Quartet

Paul Chambers Quintet

Paul Chambers Sextet

Paul Humphrey Sextet

Pharoah Sanders Quartet

Phil Woods Quartet

Philly Joe Jones · Dameronia

Ralph Sharon's All-Star Sextet

Ray Bryant Trio

Red Garland Trio

Rene Thomas Quintet

Rune Öfwerman Trio

Sam Jones Plus 10

Slide Hampton Quintet

Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk Quartet

Sonny Rollins Quartet

Sonny Rollins Quintet

Stanley Turrentine

Teddy Charles And His Sextet

The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble

The Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet

The Art Farmer Quartet

The Art Farmer Septet

The Bob Szajner Triad

The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory

The Howard McGhee Sextet

The J.J. Johnson Sextet

The Jazz Messengers

The Leon Thomas Blues Band

The New Jazztet

The Quartet Of Charlie Parker

The Randy Weston Trio

The Red Garland Quintet

The Stan Getz Quintet

The Tadd Dameron Sextet

The Teddy Charles Tentet

The Walter Norris Quartet

The Wynton Kelly Quartet

Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two

Thelonious Monk Quintet

Thelonious Monk Septet

Thelonious Monk Trio

Tubby Hayes And The All Stars

Jack Bruce And The Cuicoland Express

Bill Frisell · Vernon Reid

Edward Simon Group

Eric Clapton And The Powerhouse

Free Form Funky Frēqs

Graham Bond Organization

Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band

Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society

The Charlie Watts Orchestra

The Jack Bruce Band

The New Jazz Orchestra

Vernon Reid & Masque

West, Bruce & Laing

Yohimbe Brothers

Zig Zag Power Trio

Jaki Byard Quartet

Bill Berry Quartet

Charles Mingus Sextet

Dave Brubeck Trio

Eric Dolphy Quintet

Howard Alden Trio

Joe Zawinul Trio

Lars Gullin Quintet

Roland Kirk Quartet

The Earl Hines Trio

The Jaki Byard Experience

The Ken Peplowski Quintet

James Last Band

Bozzio Levin Stevens

Bruford Levin Upper Extremities

Jack Sharpe Big Band

Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos

Ken Wheeler And The John Dankworth Orchestra

Liquid Tension Experiment

Liquid Trio Experiment

Spirit Traveler

The Artie Kornfeld Tree

The German All Stars

Tony Levin Band

Jun Fukamachi & The New York All Stars

Buddy Rich And His Buddies

Buddy Rich And His Sextet

Butterfield Blues Band

Ralph Bowen Quintet

Maceo And All The King's Men

Baker Gurvitz Army

Equations Of Eternity

Ginger Baker & Friends

Ginger Baker And The DJQ20

Ginger Baker Trio

Ginger Baker's Air Force

Ginger Baker's Energy

Jah Wobble's Solaris

Masters Of Reality

Nicky Skopelitis

Psychonavigation

Terry Lightfoot And His Band

The Ginger Baker's Nutters

The Peter Brötzmann Tentet

Ubiquitous Musicians Association

Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal

Charlie Hunter & Pound For Pound

Charlie Hunter Quartet

Charlie Hunter Quintet

Charlie Hunter Trio

Critters Buggin

Jack Walrath Quintet

Robert Walter's 20th Congress

Skerik's Bandalabra

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet

Stanton Moore Trio

The Greyboy Allstars

The Nels Cline Singers

Wayne Horvitz · The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble

Zony Mash + Horns

Beaver Harris 360 Degree Music Experience

Billy Hart Quartet

Christophe Schweizer · Full Circle Rainbow ‎

David Murray & Low Class Conspiracy

David Murray Quartet

Don Friedman Trio

Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection

Doug Raney Quintet

Eddie Harris Quartet

Ethan Iverson Trio

Fabio Morgera Quintet

Gary Smulyan Quintet

George Adams Don Pullen Quartet

Hamiet Bluiett Quartet

Jeff Gardner Trio

Jimmy Knepper Quintet

John Handy Concert Ensemble

Keith Jarrett Trio

Lars Møller Quartet

Marc Levin Ensemble

New York Jazz Quartet

Old And New Dreams

Ornette Coleman Quartet

Paul Bley Quartet

Ralph Moore Quartet

Roswell Rudd Sextet

Teddy Edwards Quartet

The Don Pullen Quintet

The Gil Evans Orchestra

The Giuseppi Logan Quartet

The New John Handy Quintet

The New York Jazz Quartet

The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

The Tango Kings

Tom Varner Quartet

Bill Evans Group

Niels & The New York Street Percussionists

15 Kinder & Brötzmann, Van Hove, Bennink

Alexander Von Schlippenbach Septett

Berg Borg Brötz Man/n

Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink

Brötzmann Clarinet Project

Brötzmann · Haino · Hano

Brötzmann/Wilkinson Quartet

Caspar Brötzmann · Peter Brötzmann

Cecil Taylor European Orchestra

Die Like A Dog Quartet

Globe Unity '74

Globe Unity Orchestra

Instant Composers Pool

Misha Mengelberg & ICP Orchestra

Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Peter Brötzmann Group

Peter Brötzmann Nonet

Peter Brötzmann Octet

Peter Brötzmann Trio

Sabu Brötzmann Duo

The Peter Brötzmann Quartet

The Peter Brötzmann Sextet

The Wuppertal Workshop Ensemble

P-Funk All Stars

Players Association

Chet Baker Quartet

Don Braden Quintet

Don Braden Sextet

G E Smith And The Saturday Night Live Band

Gianni Lenoci Quintet

Joris Teepe · Don Braden Quintet

Lee Konitz Quintet

Mike LeDonne Quintet

Muhal Richard Abrams Octet

Nat Adderley Septet

Paul Winter Consort

Phil Woods Quintet

Philip Catherine Trio

Ralph Lalama & His Manhattan All Stars

Slide Hampton & The Jazz Masters

The Free Spirits

The Herbie Mann Afro-Jazz Sextet + Four Trumpets

The Louisiana Gator Boys

Tom Harrell Quintet

Wolfgang Muthspiel Group

Jungle Brothers

Randy Brecker Quintet

Alex Sipiagin Quintet

Alex Sipiagin Sextet

Bar Kokhba Sextet

David Johansen And The Harry Smiths

David Kikoski Trio

Dieter Ilg Trio

Electric Masada

Gary Peacock Trio

Julian Siegel Trio

Misha Mengelberg Trio

Perico Sambeat – Michael Philip Mossman Quintet

Red Rodney Quintet

Seamus Blake Quartet

Seamus Blake Quintet

The Bill Frisell Band

Wolfgang Schalk Quartet

Return To Forever

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Eef Albers Kwartet

Jan Garbarek Group

Robert Cray Band

Stomu Yamashta's Go

Stomu Yamashta's Go Too

The Mike Varney Project

Twennynine Featuring Lenny White

Twennynine With Lenny White

Vital Information

Saxophone Summit

Ed Thigpen Rhythm Features

Kenny Drew Jr. Sextet

Paul Motian Quintet

Paul Motian Trio

Rashied Ali Quintet

Tony Martucci Quintet

Fun Lovin' Criminals

Bill Evans Trio

Jeremy & The Satyrs

Joe Locke Quartet

Paul Bley Quintet

Focus Con Proby

Nico Morelli Trio

Paul Winter Sextet

Salvatore Bonafede Trio

Steve Smith And Vital Information

Eddie Kendricks

Ruffin & Kendrick

The Brecker Brothers Band

The Eleventh House

Wolfgang Dauners Et Cetera

The Golden Palominos

Ambitious Lovers

Arto Lindsay Trio

Barbara Sukowa And The X-Patsys

Chris Brown And The Citizens' Band

David Thomas & The Pedestrians

Information Society

Poli Styrene Jass Band

Psychedelic Furs

Siouxsie And The Banshees

The J.B.'s Reunion

James Brown With The Famous Flames

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Abdelhaï Bennani Quartet

Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya

Adam Lane Quartet

Albert Ayler Quartet

Andrew Hill Trio

Archie Shepp & The New York Contemporary Five

Archie Shepp And The Full Moon Ensemble

Archie Shepp/Lars Gullin Quintet

Barry Harris Trio

Bernd Köppen Trio

Bill Dixon 7-Tette

Billy Bang Quartet

Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show

Bobby Previte & Bump

Bobby Previte & Bump The Renaissance

CT: The Workshop Ensemble

Carla Bley · Steve Swallow · The Partyka Brass Quintet

Cecil Taylor Ensemble

Cecil Taylor Quartet

Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra Of Two Continents)

Cecil Taylor Trio

Cecil Taylor Unit

Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble

Cecil Taylor · The Ensemble

Charles Brackeen Quartet

Charles Gayle Quartet

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath

Christian Muthspiel 4

David Holland Quartet

David Murray Trio

David Murray · Black Saint Quartet

Didier Levallet Octet

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra

Don Sleet Quintet

Elton Dean's Newsense

Elvin Jones And Richard Davis

Elvin Jones · McCoy Tyner Quintet

Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet

Enrico Rava Quartet

Frank Wess Nonet

Gato Barbieri Quartet

Gebhard Ullmann - Steve Swell Quartet

George Russell Septet

Gil Evans & Ten

Harold Mabern Trio

Herbie Hancock Quartet

Herbie Hancock Trio

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Jim Hall - Ron Carter Duo

Jimmy Giuffre 3

Jimmy Lyons Quintet

Joel Futterman Quartet

John Coltrane Quartet

John Lindberg Ensemble

John Lindberg Trio

John Tchicai-Irene Schweizer-Group

Ken McIntyre Trio

Ken Simon Quartet

Kenny Burrell Trio

Laboratorio Della Quercia

Lionel Hampton Big Band

Lowell Davidson Trio

Mal Waldron Quintet

Michael Mantler

Milestone Jazzstars

New York Art Quartet

New York Contemporary Five

Noah Howard Group

Paul Meyers Quartet

Pharaoh Sanders

Pharaoh Sanders Quintet

Pharoah Sanders

Profound Sound Trio

Roswell Rudd Quartet

Schlippenbach Quartet

Steve Lacy + 16

Steve Lacy - Roswell Rudd Quartet

Steve Lacy Double Sextet

Steve Lacy Five

Steve Lacy Four

Steve Lacy Gang

Steve Lacy Nine

Steve Lacy Octet

Steve Lacy Quartet

Steve Lacy Quintet

Steve Lacy Seven

Steve Lacy Sextet

Steve Lacy Three

Steve Lacy Trio

Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra

Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra

Sun Ra Arkestra

Ted Rosenthal Trio

The 44th Street Portable Flower Factory

The Alex Blake Quintet

The Barry Altschul Quartet

The Berlin Jazz Workshop Orchestra

The Bobby Timmons Trio

The Carla Bley Band

The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach

The Dick Sutton Sextet

The Frank Wess Quartet

The Frank Wess Septet

The Great Jazz Trio

The JFK Quintet

The Mitchell-Ruff Trio

The Reggie Workman Ensemble

The Richard Davis Trio

The Ronnell Bright Trio

The Sextet Of Orchestra U.S.A.

The Super Quartet Of Mal Waldron

Three's Company

Tom Van Der Geld And Children At Play

The Love Symphony Orchestra

Cookie Monster And The Girls

Mark Farner Band

Sly & The Family Stone

The Michael Brecker Band

The New Elvin Jones Trio

Elvin Jones "Special Quartet"

Elvin Jones Quartet

Javon Jackson Quartet

John Coltrane Quintet

The Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble

The J.J. Johnson Quintet

The Parliaments

James Blood Ulmer

Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble

Music Revelation Ensemble

Odyssey The Band

Ray Anderson · Lapis Lazuli Band

The James Blood Ulmer Blues Experience

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