Jazz Articles about Charlie Parker

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Charlie Parker: Bird in Time & Washington, DC, May 23, 1948

by Matthew Miller
August 2, 2009

Charlie Parker Bird in Time 1940-1947 ESP-Disk2008 Charlie Parker Washington DC, 1948 Uptown Jazz2008 In the liner notes to Washington, DC, 1948, Ira Gitler reaffirms an assessment made in his 1966 classic The Masters of Bebop: “The period of 1947-48 was the zenith of Charlie Parker's career and the time of his greatest influence," ...

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Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 27, 2009

Ogni linguaggio musicale è il risultato di un'ampia elaborazione collettiva e il jazz non fa eccezione: a partire dal XVIII secolo diverse etnie europee e africane si sono trovate, volenti o nolenti, a condividere l'avventura della colonizzazione delle americhe. Nel territorio dei futuri Stati Uniti questa sintesi ha determinato ogni espressione musicale autoctona e cambiato il panorama sonoro del mondo in cui viviamo. A fronte di processi così ampi la mente umana cerca sempre un “creatore" che possa rendere più ...

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Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 5, 2009

Charlie ParkerBird in Time 1940-1947--Selected Recordings and Rare InterviewsESP-Disk2008 Let us now praise a famous ghost... embracing the spirit of Charlie Bird Parker.

They are like feathers fluttering down from a spirit up above. Bird feathers. I make haste to collect them as the settle around me forming words and music...a complete picture of the epiphany that came to some in an age when few dared to break the established mould. ...

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Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947: Selected Recordings and Rare Interviews

by Henry Smith
January 17, 2009

Charlie Parker is as mythic a figure as jazz has produced. His influence on the very form of the medium reconfigured the way music was approached in virtually all realms of practice. Yet, as Bird in Time 1940-1947: Selected Recordings and Rare Interviews reveals, his style did not arrive fully formed, but rather was worked toward through personal tenacity and the support of other musicians who shared in his vision.

This four-disc collection culls a bevy ...

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Charlie Parker & Arne Domnerus: In Sweden - November 22, 1950

by David Rickert
November 9, 2008

Charlie Parker certainly had his share of imitators, some of whom adopted his destructive lifestyle in hopes that it was the key to his success. One who stayed clean became one of the best (and least known) of the Parker disciples: Arne Domnerus.  He was also fortunate enough to share a concert with Parker, released as In Sweden - November 22, 1950.  Although the two didn't play together, both sets are filled with intense, delicious bebop.

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Charlie Parker: Washington DC, 1948

by David Rickert
November 6, 2008

Charlie Parker inspired a Grateful Dead-like fervor for taping his live appearances as the steady stream of unreleased concert performances attests. Many of these recordings are of questionable quality though, and this 1948 Washington DC performance is captured on acetate and has as much crackle and hiss as music. The microphone placement never comes close to picking up all the nuances of the blowing. However, the zealous are always willing to overlook these shortcomings as long as the music is ...

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Charlie Parker/Arne Domnerus: In Sweden (Nov. 22, 1950)

by George Kanzler
August 11, 2008

In today's growingly fractured jazz world, it's hard to fathom how strong was the hegemony of Charlie Parker and bebop over the jazz world in the decade after World War II, especially during the years, like 1950-51, when Parker was actively touring. For proof of bebop's international reach and appeal, this is a prime historical document: a recording from a concert in Malmo, Sweden featuring Parker with local musicians in a typical bebop quintet setting. At least for some of ...