(1945-03-14) March 14, 1945 (age 79)[1] Maywood, Illinois, US
Genres
Rock, blues, R&B, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone, flute, clarinet, guitar
Years active
1966–2018
Musical artist
Walter Parazaider (born March 14, 1945) is an American woodwind musician who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and James Pankow. Parazaider is a multi-instrumentalist. He plays a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He also occasionally plays guitar.
^Nite, Norm N. (1980). Rock on: The modern years : 1964 - present. Crowell. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-690-01196-8. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
WalterParazaider (born March 14, 1945) is an American woodwind musician who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for being...
keyboardist and vocalist Robert Lamm, drummer Danny Seraphine, saxophonist WalterParazaider, trumpeter Lee Loughnane and trombonist James Pankow, the band added...
one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and WalterParazaider. Born in St. Louis, Missouri of German and Irish descent, Pankow was...
one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside James Pankow and WalterParazaider. Lee David Loughnane was born in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a northwest...
retired original saxophonist/flutist and group founder, WalterParazaider, but filled in for Parazaider for over a decade on numerous tours going back to 2005...
Kath guided the band's musical direction. Ford was the trumpeter, WalterParazaider played saxophone and other wind instruments, and Danny Seraphine later...
reports, was very nearly left off the final product. Band member WalterParazaider has been quoted as saying he heard the song on the radio while cleaning...
responsible for the album's nickname of Chicago IV) was the result. WalterParazaider told writer William James Ruhlmann that "The reason behind the live...
Stop Us Now". David Boruff plays saxophone on "Forever" instead of WalterParazaider. Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals...
Cetera as Bob Zemko Terry Kath as Killer Lee Loughnane as Pig Man WalterParazaider as Loose Lips Joe Samsil as Sgt. Ryker Jason Clark as L.A. Detective...
000,000 units in the U.S. alone. According to fellow Chicago member WalterParazaider, Lamm was inspired to write the song during the recording of Chicago...
Clark's road band. Already in the band were Terry Kath on bass and WalterParazaider on saxophone. After being let go from Jimmy Ford and the Executives...
member of rock band Chicago; lead vocal by Terry Kath; flute solo by WalterParazaider Colour My World, a 2005 song by Westlife from Face to Face Colour...
trumpet, brass arrangements James Pankow – trombone, brass arrangements WalterParazaider – saxophone Jason Scheff – bass, lead and backing vocals Danny Seraphine...
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