Saturday, August 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Charlie Parker



Charlie Parker - my all time favorite jazz artist - would have been 89 years old today.

Happy Birthday Bird !

Here's an excellent article from jazz.com that features alto saxophonist Steve Coleman talking about the genius of Charlie Parker's music. Props to Peter Hum at the Ottawa Citizen for finding this one.

http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-steve-coleman-on-charlie-parker

Here's one of the few video clips of Parker playing with Dizzy Gillespie. Dig the left-handed drummer Charlie Smith swingin' away on one of my favorite bebop tunes "Hot House".



BIRD LIVES !!!
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3 comments:

  1. treschnySeptember 21, 2009 at 2:40 AM

    I wonder if that might be Lennie Tristano on piano... no face shots, but sounds like it could be him.

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  2. Jon McCaslinOctober 4, 2009 at 3:43 AM

    I think it might be Al Haig ?

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  3. ArvinJanuary 17, 2019 at 12:49 PM

    The pianist is Dick Hyman.

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