As the Chicago jazz musician Jeff Parker was in the midst of assembling the music for what would become his 2016 album, The New Breed, his father, Ernie, died. Understandably shaken, Parker decided to turn the record into a tribute—a patchwork collage of guitar-driven funk, wistful soul, and rainy-day jazz, with a creased old photo of his dad—captured mid-handshake—serving as the cover art.
