Charlie parker radio interview by paul desmond steve. The unissued takes, charlie parker with strings deluxe edition, the complete live performances on savoy, singles. Paul desmond interviews charlie parker 1954 bob reynolds. August 29, 1920 march 12, 1955, also known as yardbird and bird, was an american jazz saxophonist and composer. I cleaned the audio up a little and added an image to share this here. Nicks arena zim zm 1007 charlie parker birds eyes, vol. Charlie s recent efforts include supplying the bbc with online comedy content, directing the inhouse video teams for the worlds big sleepout and directing commercial work for both web and tv. Home page of robert mabe, an alternative, americana, bluegrass, blues, celtic, country, early music, folk, jam, songwriter group. The evans session is more unusual apparently stemming from by parker s interest in the classical composer hindemith and the backing group features a classical wind quintet with a jazz rhythm section including charlie mingus on bass and max roach on drums plus voices arranged by paul lambert. Nov 26, 2010 an inspiring interview that a friend linked online.
Influential wine critic robert parker on whether or not his decision not to travel to france this year was based on politics. The first 12 tracks, recorded in new york for the dial label in october and november of 1947, are all masterpieces of modern music, with the ballads, especially embraceable you, constituting some of parker s very best recorded work. This is the loin cut of parkers genius as an innovater and a trail blazer. Alto sax archives page 6 of 7 mcgill music sax school. If you are looking for the songs that would make up the charlie parker story or hits and ground breaking style, this aint it. Dec 26, 2010 sonny rollins the other side of charlie parker day by day with bret primack. I caught steve at jazz at lincoln center last summer. Paul desmond interviews charlie parker 1954 youtube. Find paul desmond similar, influenced by and follower information on allmusic. Charles christopher bird parker, jr 29th august 1920 12th march 1955 was a u. Parker wanted to record his version of cherokee, a popular dance tune by ray noble that was a huge hit for charlie barnet in. You can hear the respect paul had for bird,and bird seems. Charlie parker is an edinburgh based writerdirector, whom has retained close relationship with comedy, and drama.
Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals chet baker sings, it could happen to you. An inspiring interview that a friend linked online. Listen to the song is you from charlie parker s 19451954 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. New york city, ny, late may, early june 1950 charlie parker is interviewed here by marshall stearns and john maher. Since that date scholars have been arguing about just what he actually meant in many of his. I believe parker and desmond are in the top 10 all time modern jazz alto players. Oct 19, 20 in a 1954 radio interview, parker told fellow alto player paul desmond that that was his goal from the beginning. Virtually all of his studio recordings are available on cd along with a countless number of radio broadcasts and club appearances. Charlie parker stay tuned for more frequent blog posts. Early 1954 charlie parker interview with paul desmond and john fitch on. I cant see where theres anything fantastic about it at all. Charlie parker is interviewed here by marshall stearns and. Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and the lead. Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that arose in the united states after world war ii.
Band by kubrick sampled charlie parker and paul desmonds boston radio interview 1954. He was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the cool jazz scene. For other people named charlie parker, see charles parker. The sound quality is superb and parker is right on his game throughout the session. Charlie parker what is this thing called love 1952 by overjazz records. Banjo beyond bluegrass robert mabe is a highly regarded banjo player, singer, multiinstrumentalist, and bandleader who. December 23, 1929 may, 1988 was an american jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist. Here you will find some very rare interviews and some more recent ones that i know you will find interesting.
Work from home with charlie parker, the savoy 10inch lp collection, unheard bird. Charlie parker, who was a legendary figure during his lifetime, has if anything grown in stature since his death. Charlie parker live birdland 1950 epm musique f fdc 5710 charlie parker bird at st. Paul desmond interviews charlie parker 1954 charlie parker on what music should sound like, who its for and how he got his incredible. Kubricks original band sample of charlie parker and paul. Nicks jazz workshop jws 500 charlie parker at the apollo theater and st. Charlie parker out of nowhere the jazzomat research project. Steve miller of fly like an eagle and jet airliner fameis a jazzwax reader and a jazz and blues heavyhitter.
Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and the leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos. In this clip, famed saxophonist paul desmond talks about life after playing with the dave brubeck quartet. These sessions not only capture parker s alto brillance but highlight his interaction with such jazz stalwarts as dizzy gillespie, miles davis, duke jordan, max roach, erroll garner, howard mcghee and dodo marmarosa. Part 1 he was a selftaught innovator who used the alto saxophone to change the way musicians would forever speak. This is especially true since the advent of the compact disc. Jan 23, 2014 jazz charlie parker interviewed by paul desmond. Desmond wrote the groups greatest his take five and was one of the most popular. This second installment in the classics charlie parker chronology contains quite a number of birds bestloved and most respected recordings. Charlie parker, american alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, a lyric artist generally considered the greatest jazz saxophonist.
I put quite a bit of study into the horn, thats true, he said. In an interview with paul desmond, parker said that he spent three to four years practicing up to 15 hours a day. Last week he sent along a link to a clip of him playing a blues with les paul at new yorks fat tuesday in 1990. Jazz giant who changed the face of the entire form, practically inventing modern jazz and shaping the course of 20th century music. I put quite a bit of study into the horn, thats true. Paul desmond born paul emil breitenfeld, november 25, 1924 may 30, 1977 was an american jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the dave brubeck quartet and for composing that groups biggest hit, take five. I came across this amazing recording on youtube today. Charlie parker interviewed by paul desmond boston radio, early 1954.
He was the only child of charles parker and adelaide addie bailey, who was of mixed choctaw and african american background. Charlie parker s historic dial sessions have been reissued in a variety of ways over the years. Charlie parker on what music should sound like, who its for and how he got his incredible chops. Interview with jerry schultz owner of slugs in the far east. Robert mabe, north carolina banjo player, singer, and songwriter, has dropped a wintry music video for his latest single, dont know why. He attended lincoln high school in september 1934, but withdrew in. Charlie parker freelance director charlie parker linkedin. Aug 27, 2000 the story parker set out to tell in ko ko was actually not new. I used to put in at least from 11 to 15 hours a dayover three or four years. Its part of an interview that paul desmond of dave brubeck. In a rare 1951 interview conducted by saxophonist paul desmond and dj john mclelland, parker. Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, andtogether with louis armstrong and ornette colemanhe was one of the three great. We find him in the company of some great players including hank jones,al haig,max roach,ray brown,shelly manne,percy heath and teddy kotick. Back then, the dave brubeck paul desmond hit take five was even in the jukebox in my favorite neighborhood bar a decade after it was.
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