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Charlie Parker: Birth Of Bebop - Celebrating Bird At 100

Read "Birth Of Bebop - Celebrating Bird At 100" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Let's face it, there is absolutely nothing new to say about the music of Charlie Parker, unless (insert joke here) you happen to be Phil Schaap. Lao Tzu's quote “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long" is fitting. John Coltrane was 40 when he died in 1967, Eric Dolphy 36 in 1964, and Clifford Brown died at 25 in 1956. Parker was dead at the age of thirty-five in 1955. His legend has grown larger with ...

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Lucky Thompson: New York City (1964-65)

Read "New York City (1964-65)" reviewed by George Kanzler


Eli “Lucky" Thompson should be remembered as one of the premier tenor saxophonists of the bebop/hard bop era, right along with Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Before Rollins, he had recorded with piano-less trios; before Coltrane he had taken up, and mastered, the soprano sax. And he appeared on one of Miles Davis' most influential record dates: the sextet session that produced those templates of hard bop, Walkin' and Blue 'N Boogie. But Thompson was labeled as “difficult," easily making ...

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Lucky Thompson: Lucky is Back! (Then, So Is Love) & The World Awakes

Read "Lucky Thompson: Lucky is Back! (Then, So Is Love) & The World Awakes" reviewed by George Kanzler


Lucky Thompson Lucky is Back! (Then, So Is Love) Rivoli-Fresh Sound 2008 Michael Blake The World Awakes Stunt 2008

Eli “Lucky" Thompson is best known for his tenor sax on Miles Davis Walkin' album in the mid '50s; Thompson applied the big tone and vibrato of Swing tenors like Coleman Hawkins ...


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