Charlie Parker Lick 5 – Donna Lee. Here’s a lick from the classic Bebop tune Donna Lee (it’s not clear who has written this standard, Miles Davis or Charlie Parker). There are two items to pull away from this phrase, the first being the interval leaps in the first bar, followed by the b9-#9-b9 triplet motive in the second bar. About Charlie Parker. One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense.
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6 Music, 46 Minutes
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This recording is Mastered for iTunes. A milestone saving, this 1953 record of a less-than-packed Toronto concert functions the just period these five greats-Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, and Utmost Roach-all recorded together. Items begin off with “Perdido,” the classic 1941 composition by Puerto Rican trombonist Juan Tizol. The track was composed best around the period bebop had been blessed, and the piece is certainly a excellent automobile for the participants' serious sense of swing and improvisatory master. Gillespie'beds “Salt Peanuts,” with its well-known hiccupping riff, conveniently combines laughter with intense, high-speed virtuosity. Kern and Hammerstein's “All the Issues You Are usually” displays the band's lyrical side, although the music is played at a fairly brisk pace. The band is blazing on “Wee (A.T.A new. Allen'beds Street),” where Parker, Gillespie, Powell, and Roach lighting up the hall with their solos. “Hot House,” one of Tadd Dameron's several good compositions, discovers the team operating at a cool heat range. The album shuts with Gillespie'h “A Night in Tunisia,” and it's a joy to hear Parker artfully take the traditional melody apart.
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This recording is Mastered for iTunes. A landmark saving, this 1953 document of a less-than-packed Toronto show features the only period these five greats-Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, and Maximum Roach-all documented together. Things begin off with “Perdido,” the classic 1941 composition by Puerto Rican trombonist Juan Tizol. The tune was created best around the time bebop was blessed, and the piece is usually a great vehicle for the participants' serious feeling of swing and improvisatory master. Gillespie'h “Sodium Peanuts,” with its famous hiccupping riff, conveniently combines laughter with intense, high-speed virtuosity. Kern and Hammerstein's “All the Things You Are usually” shows the music group's lyrical part, although the music is played at a considerably brisk speed. The music group is blazing on “Wee (A.K.A. Allen's i9000 Street),” where Parker, Gillespie, Powell, and Roach lighting up the area with their solos. “Hot Home,” one of Tadd Dameron's many great compositions, finds the team operating at a much cooler heat. The project closes with Gillespie's “A Night time in Tunisia,” and it's a pleasure to hear Parker artfully take the traditional melody apart.
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All the Issues You Are / 52nd Road Concept (Live) |
- 6 Music, 46 Mins
- Released:Dec 31, 1952
- ℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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Artist Biography byScott Yanow
0ne of a handful of musicians who can end up being mentioned to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker has been probably the best saxophonist of all time. He could enjoy remarkably quick ranges that, if slowed down down to half rate, would show that every take note made sense. 'Bird,' aIong with his contémporaries Dizzy Gillespie ánd Marijuana Powell, is definitely considered a originator of bebop; in fact he had been an intuitive player who merely was articulating himself. Rather than basing his improvisations closely on the melody as had been completed in swing, he has been a professional of chordal improvising, developing new songs that had been centered on the framework of a music. In reality, Bird authored several future criteria (such as 'Anthropology,' '0rnithology,' 'Scrapple from thé Apple company,' and 'Ko Ko,' along with like blues numbers as 'Right now's the Period' and 'Parker's Mood') that 'lent' and modernized the chord structures of older tunes. Parker's impressive technique, pretty original sound, and capability to arrive up with harmonically advanced key phrases that could end up being both reasonable and unique were extremely important. By 1950, it was impossible to enjoy 'modern jazz' with reliability without closely studying Charlie Parker.
Given birth to in Kansas Town, KS, Charlie Parker increased up in Kansas City, MO. He very first played baritone horn before changing to alto. Parker has been therefore enamored of the wealthy Kansas City music scene that he lowered out of college when he had been 14, actually though his musiciánship at that point was sketchy (with his tips coming out faster than his fingertips could perform them). After a several humiliations at quickly pull sessions, Bird worked difficult woodshedding over one summertime, developing up his method and competence of the fundamentals. By 1937, when he very first joined Jay McShánn's Orchestra, hé was currently a lengthy way toward getting a major player.
CharIie Parker, who had been early on motivated by Lester Teen and the audio of Buster Smith, frequented New York for the very first period in 1939, functioning as a dishwashér at one point so he could listen to Art Tatum have fun with on a daily schedule. He produced his saving debut with Jáy McShann in 1940, developing outstanding solos with a small team from McShann'h orchestra on 'Oh yea, Lady End up being Good' and 'Honeysuckle Flower.' When the McShann huge band arrived in New Yórk in 1941, Parker got brief solos on a several of their studio blues information, and his bróadcasts with the orchéstra greatly amazed (and occasionally frightened) other musicians who experienced never noticed his concepts before. Parker, who had fulfilled and crammed with Dizzy GiIlespie for the 1st period in 1940, experienced a short stint with Noble Sissle's i9000 band in 1942, played tenor with Earl Hines' sadly unrecorded bop band of 1943, and spent a few a few months in 1944 with Billy Eckstine's i9000 orchestra, leaving before that group made their initial information. Gillespie has been furthermore in the Hinés and Eckstine large bands, and the duo grew to become a team beginning in late 1944.
Although Charlie Parker documented with Tiny Grimes' combo in 1944, it had been his coIlaborations with Dizzy GiIlespie in 1945 that startled the jazz globe. To hear the two virtuosos play rapid unisons on such new songs as 'Groovin' High,' 'Dizzy Atmosphere,' 'Shaw 'Nuff,' 'Sodium Nuts,' and 'Hot House,' and after that start into fiery and unstable solos could become an disturbing encounter for audience much more acquainted with Glenn MiIler and Benny Góodman. Although the fresh music was evolutionary rather than innovative, the documenting strike of 1943-1944 resulted in bebop being released on the fully produced on records, apparently out of nowhere.
Regrettably, Charlie Parker was a heroin abuser actually since he was a teenager, and some additional music artists who idolized Bird foolishly required up medications in the hope that it would raise their playing to his degree. When Gillespie and Parker (identified as 'Diz and Bird') traveled to Los Angeles and had been fulfilled with a blend of violence and indifference (except by younger music artists who listened carefully), they made a decision to return to New Yórk. Impulsively, Parker cashéd in his ticket, finished up staying in T.A., and, after somé recordings and shows (like a classic edition of 'Oh yea, Lady End up being Great' with Jazz át the Philharmonic), thé absence of medications (which he combated by drinking an extra of liquor) lead in a psychological break down and six months of confinement át the Camarillo State Hospital. Launched in January 1947, Parker soon headed back to New York and engaged in some of the almost all rewarding playing of his career, top a quintet that integrated Mls Davis, Duke Michael jordan, Tommy Potter, and Max Roach. Parker, who recorded simultaneously for the Savoy and Switch labels, had been in peak type during the 1947-1951 time period, visiting European countries in 1949 and 1950, and recognizing a lifelong desire to report with strings beginning in 1949 when he changed to Norman Granz't Verve brand.
But CharIie Parker, due to his medication obsession and chance-taking personality, enjoyed enjoying with fire too much. In 1951, his cabaret permit was terminated in New York (producing it hard for him to play in clubs) and he became increasingly unreliable. Although he could nevertheless play at his greatest when he had been inspired (such as at thé 1953 Massey Area concert with Gillespie), Parrot was maneuvering all downhill. In 1954, he double attempted suicide before investing period in Bellevue. His health, shaken by a very complete if brief lifestyle of excesses, progressively declined, and when he passed away in Mar 1955 at the age group of 34, he could have got transferred for 64.
Charlie Parker, who was a famous number during his life time, has if anything expanded in stature since his loss of life. Practically all of his recording studio recordings are obtainable on Compact disc along with a numerous number of stereo broadcasts and membership looks. Clint Eastwood put jointly a well-intentioned if basic film about elements of his lifestyle (Bird). Parker't impact, after the rise of Mark Coltrane, has become even more indirect than immediate, but jazz would noise a great deal different if Charlie Parker got not existed. The expression 'Parrot Life' (which has been scrawled as gráffiti after his loss of life) is still quite true.