Dion Gary Parson (born June 11, 1967) is an American jazz drummer from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Parson was born on St. Thomas and played trombone as a child before picking up drums when he was fifteen years old.
In the 1990s he was based primarily in New York City, where he worked with Monty Alexander, Ray Anderson, Dwayne Burno, Don Byron, Marc Cary, Laurent de Wilde, Donald Harrison, Ernest Ranglin, Justin Robinson, and David Sanchez.
He has also worked extensively with Ron Blake and fellow Virgin Islander Reuben Rogers.
He worked with the Broadway production of The Color Purple starting in 2006, and co-founded the organization United Jazz International with Steve Coleman and Branford Marsalis in 2007.