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Charlie Parker & Sonny Rollins - The Serpent’s Tooth - January, 1953
The Serpent’s Tooth is from Miles’s star-crossed January, 1953 recording date, with both Bird and Sonny Rollins on tenor (good luck telling them apart).
Charlie Parker played tenor on occasion, when circumstances demanded it, and he reportedly played the hell out of someone’s baritone saxophone one memorable night, but he was an alto player with every fiber of his being. If he hadn’t taken a job playing tenor in the Earl Hines Orchestra, strictly as a matter of survival, he wouldn’t have been associated with tenor at all. He rendered his own judgment aloud at one point, supposedly saying, “This thing’s too big.“
Although the Hines band never made any records during Bird’s tenure, due to the first recording ban, Bird was making the rounds of the after hours joints during this period, playing tenor. One night at Minton’s, Ben Webster reportedly told Bird, “That horn ain’t supposed to sound that fast.” Afterward, though, he went around raving about the new tenor player in town. As another result of the Hines gig, Bird was recorded playing tenor with Dizzy during a hotel room jam session in 1943, and the historical significance of that recording assured that Bird would be an honorary tenor player forever.
As fascinating as these recordings are, if they ceased to exist we wouldn’t have lost much. Their only importance lies in what they tell us about Bird’s alto playing. There’s no alternate universe in which Bird was a tenor player. What he had to say couldn’t have been said on any other horn, because what was truly radical and startling and inexplicable about Bird was his sound.
This is a very difficult thing for us to experience after the fact. Bird’s sound has been commonplace for 75 years now, because it saturated jazz, and all music, so thoroughly. But there was a time when his sound was unimaginable, and regardless of Bird’s eventual dominance, other musicians, many of them famous, hated Bird’s sound. They rejected this fundamental expression of his being. That hurt him a lot, and he had to endure it for years on end. It may be going a little too far to suggest that this had something to do with his heroin habit, but I’m willing to put it out there.
Charlie Parker played tenor on occasion, when circumstances demanded it, and he reportedly played the hell out of someone’s baritone saxophone one memorable night, but he was an alto player with every fiber of his being. If he hadn’t taken a job playing tenor in the Earl Hines Orchestra, strictly as a matter of survival, he wouldn’t have been associated with tenor at all. He rendered his own judgment aloud at one point, supposedly saying, “This thing’s too big.“
Although the Hines band never made any records during Bird’s tenure, due to the first recording ban, Bird was making the rounds of the after hours joints during this period, playing tenor. One night at Minton’s, Ben Webster reportedly told Bird, “That horn ain’t supposed to sound that fast.” Afterward, though, he went around raving about the new tenor player in town. As another result of the Hines gig, Bird was recorded playing tenor with Dizzy during a hotel room jam session in 1943, and the historical significance of that recording assured that Bird would be an honorary tenor player forever.
As fascinating as these recordings are, if they ceased to exist we wouldn’t have lost much. Their only importance lies in what they tell us about Bird’s alto playing. There’s no alternate universe in which Bird was a tenor player. What he had to say couldn’t have been said on any other horn, because what was truly radical and startling and inexplicable about Bird was his sound.
This is a very difficult thing for us to experience after the fact. Bird’s sound has been commonplace for 75 years now, because it saturated jazz, and all music, so thoroughly. But there was a time when his sound was unimaginable, and regardless of Bird’s eventual dominance, other musicians, many of them famous, hated Bird’s sound. They rejected this fundamental expression of his being. That hurt him a lot, and he had to endure it for years on end. It may be going a little too far to suggest that this had something to do with his heroin habit, but I’m willing to put it out there.
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Charlie Parker - KoKo - Royal Roost, September 4th, 1948
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On Saturday night, September 4th, 1948, Charlie Parker (Bird) performed at the Royal Roost, on Broadway between 47th and 48th Street. The broadcast was recorded as an air check by Boris Rose, the legendary archivist who amassed thousands of such recordings, first using disc cutters and later transitioning to tape. For reasons unknown, only two numbers were captured on September 4th: 52nd Street...
Charlie Parker - 52nd Street Theme - Royal Roost, September 4th, 1948
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On Saturday night, September 4th, 1948, Charlie Parker (Bird) performed at the Royal Roost, on Broadway between 47th and 48th Street. The broadcast was recorded as an air check by Boris Rose, the legendary archivist who amassed thousands of such recordings, first using disc cutters and later transitioning to tape. Even while serving in the Army during World War II, he ran a mail order business,...
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On Saturday, September 17th, 1949, Charlie Parker (Bird) performed with Jazz at the Philharmonic at a midnight concert in Carnegie Hall, along with Lester Young, Flip Phillips, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Turk, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich, and Ella Fitzgerald. We are in debt to Granz for placing Bird and Prez together on the same bandstand. To my knowledge, no other live recordings exist, and the...
Charlie Parker and Lester Young - I Can’t Get Started - JATP, January 28th, 1946
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To say Bird was influenced by Prez barely scratches the surface. Prez created the universe in which Bird lived and breathed. Bird’s own universe would have been inconceivable without it. Bird famously said, “I was crazy about Lester. He played so clean and beautiful. But I wasn’t influenced by Lester. Our ideas ran on differently.” What makes Bird a genius is how much of his conception was inna...
Bird-Diz-Bud - Blue ‘N’ Boogie - Birdland, March 31st, 1951
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Bird, Dizzy, and Bud Powell never recorded together in the studio. All we have is live performances, of which there are, I believe, a grand total of two: the 1953 concert at Massey Hall in Toronto and this, a broadcast from Birdland on March 31st, 1951, just four tunes snatched off the airwaves by the indispensable Boris Rose. All three men are in peak form, although Bird makes a point of stepp...
Charlie Parker - There’s A Small Hotel - Pershing Hotel Ballroom, October 23rd, 1950
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On October 23rd, 1950, Charlie Parker (Bird) played an engagement at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom in Chicago, backed by a local rhythm section consisting of Chris Anderson, piano, George Freeman, guitar, Leroy Jackson, bass, and Bruz Freeman, drums. These recordings are noteworthy for Bird’s serene mood and extended solos, as well as the relatively unusual song selections. There’s A Small Hotel,...
Charlie Parker - These Foolish Things, Pershing Hotel Ballroom, October 23rd, 1950
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On October 23rd, 1950, Charlie Parker (Bird) played an engagement at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom in Chicago, backed by a local rhythm section consisting of Chris Anderson, piano, George Freeman, guitar, Leroy Jackson, bass, and Bruz Freeman, drums. These recordings are noteworthy for Bird’s serene mood and extended solos, as well as the relatively unusual song selections. There’s A Small Hotel,...
Charlie Parker - Embraceable You Medley, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950
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The medley consists of four additional versions, in chronological order. The first is from the November 26th 1945 Savoy Records date that produced Billie’s Bounce, Now’s The Time, Thriving From A Riff (Anthropology) andthe uptempo masterpiece, Ko Ko.This version of Embraceable You was released as Meandering, and it was captured without Bird’s knowledge. Bird and Teddy Reig, Savoy’s A&R man, had...
Charlie Parker - Scrapple From The Apple, November 4th, 1947
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Charlie Parker - Bird Feathers, November 4th, 1947
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Charlie Parker - Bird Feathers, November 4th, 1947
Charlie Parker - Klactoveesedstene, November 4th, 1947
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Charlie Parker - Klactoveesedstene, November 4th, 1947
Charlie Parker - Don’t Blame Me, November 4th, 1947
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Charlie Parker - Don’t Blame Me, November 4th, 1947
Charlie Parker - Irresistible You, June 16th, 1952
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Charlie Parker - Irresistible You, June 16th, 1952
Charlie Parker - Rocker, Carnegie Hall, September 16th, 1950
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Charlie Parker - Rocker, Carnegie Hall, September 16th, 1950
Charlie Parker - April In Paris, Carnegie Hall, September 16th, 1950
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Charlie Parker - April In Paris, Carnegie Hall, September 16th, 1950
Charlie Parker - What Is This Thing Called Love, Carnegie Hall, September 16th, 1950
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Charlie Parker - What Is This Thing Called Love, Carnegie Hall, September 16th, 1950
Charlie Parker - Ko Ko, Savoy, November 26th, 1945
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Charlie Parker - Ko Ko, Savoy, November 26th, 1945
Charlie Parker - Thriving from a Riff, Take 3 (Thornton - piano), November 26th, 1945
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Charlie Parker - Thriving from a Riff, Take 3 (Thornton - piano), November 26th, 1945
Charlie Parker - Thriving from a Riff, Take 1 (Dizzy - piano), November 26th, 1945
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Charlie Parker - Thriving from a Riff, Take 1 (Dizzy - piano), November 26th, 1945
Charlie Parker - Meandering, November 26th, 1945
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Charlie Parker - Meandering, November 26th, 1945
All of My - Charly Parker and Lennie Tristano, private recording 1951
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All of My - Charly Parker and Lennie Tristano, private recording 1951
Charlie Parker Groovin Hihg January 1st, 1949, Royal Roost
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Charlie Parker Groovin Hihg January 1st, 1949, Royal Roost
Wow.Love It.
Ufffffffffffffffffff ❤
Thanks!! Pure Gold.
There's two horns. Parker is the second solo
il été en avance sur son temps sur ce blues visionnaire un grand musicien j adore!!!❤❤😂😂😍😍
Sounds like "Embraceable You" to me.
テナーをふいているね。
its really obvious who's playing though
Sonny and Bird together! Amazing!
Bird plays the second tenor solo in case you’re wondering.
are their 2 tenors in this recording?😂🎉
🎉❤beautiful
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's the most eclectic thing I've ever heard Bird and Band do.
かなり貴重な音源ですね〜🎵🎷😮
Thanks for this
Is that Charlie Parker on the tenor sax? Or Sonny Rollins. Great performance.
Its Bird
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Absolutely sublime. Ecstasy. I was born 2 years later guffaw
I think these two musicians exemplify what musics means to me . Thier by creativity and dynamic way of playing will aloud my ears to enjoy music .
Who was on tenor? 🐬
Merci !
Incredible!!😮🙏
Todo bien, solo se equivocaron. Lo importante es que subieron este material tan hermoso!!! Charlie un fenómeno!!! ❤❤❤ 👏👏👏🎷🎷🎷
Really nice solos, very relaxed, tricky but clear
Espectacular!!! Que buen material!!! "Bird's Live" !!!! ❤❤❤ 👏👏👏🎷🎷🎷
what a great picture!, not the "Buddah" of him playing, sorta a shame they had whathisname play him in the movie, I wont say it, thanks Charlie for a glimpse of god
Monk was a pure genius, his compositions are an example of individualism originality and creativity. More like him in this world of mass produced "artists" long live Thelonius Monk music. 🙏🏻🎶
Great, 1953 was the last good year for Mr Parker. But there are some gems from January 1954, too.
great
Tengo ese álbum doble de la JATP
Dos miticos y lejendarios hombres! El viejo y el juven! Prez y Bird ! No tengo parablas!🙏
The old Master and the young School boy! Prez and Bird! Wow!! The past let place to future! Two immense giant!👍😜🙏
What chord did bird not know? He knew them all, heard he would practice 12 hours a day everyday, on his alto sax, no wonder he’s a genius.
What chord did bird not know? He knew them all, a master on the alto sax, long practice paid off, heard he would practice for 12 hours on his alto sax, daily. No wonder he’s a genius.
Holy smokes thanks!
Nobody commented on the bird? Shame shame shame, there was not one chord bird didn’t know, master of them all, PAYS TO PRACTICE, AND STUDY. R.I.P. CHARLIE PARKER, I’ll listen to you until I DIE.
Stunning. Bird was on fire.
Sounds like in Lucky Thompson in the first solo. And freddie’s sound reminds me of early Fats Navarro
Чудово! Вічне БРАВО!!! Безсмертна МУЗИКА!!!
Holy..... smokes! 😂
Charlie parker thriving czcams.com/video/q2QwRV9aq8s/video.htmlsi=gUMu9rTQrMvgGmQX
Это Антропология
There's nobody like BIRD ❤!!!
🔥
Bebop at its finest.
“I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China all to myself alone M-mm, get you and keep you In my arms evermore Leave all your lovers weeping on the faraway shore Out on the briny with a moon big and shiny Melting your heart of stone O-oh, I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China all to myself alone”
Tengo ese LP
Un tema muy melancólico Pero bastante bueno
O. Perterson' s version, is the BEST