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Article: Highly Opinionated

Unpacking My Bird... A Discovery Most Joyful!

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 2, 2008

It is about thirty short strides, from my office in the cellar of my home, to a storeroom, where I keep the boxes-full of CDs that have remained unpacked since I have moved into this town home. But today will be different. I have something more to look forward to. Something I have waited a long ...

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News: Music Industry

Bebop's Effect on Graphic Arts

May 13, 2008

UPA, Bebop, and other Degradations I read on Cartoon Brew today that a debate of sorts has erupted online about the artistic merits of the animation studio UPA and the studio's contribution to the art form. Blogs point to where many reveal a misunderstanding of innovation and tradition in the arts in general. In particular, I ...

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Article: Jazz Art

John Taylor's Jazz Caricatures: Charlie Parker

by John Taylor
February 13, 2008

About John Taylor For me, art and music flow into a creative confluence. Encouraged by my family to draw and play the drums at an early age, I continue to find expression in these art forms. Motivation for a career in art and music developed in the 1960's as I observed ...

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The Rise And Fall Of Charlie Parker

By Charlie Parker

Label: Magneoton
Released: 2007

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In A Soulful Mood

By Charlie Parker

Label: Magneoton
Released: 2007

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Bird And Diz

By Charlie Parker

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Bloomdido; My Melancholy Baby; Relaxin' With Lee; Leap Frog; An Oscar For Treadwell; Mohawk; My Melancholy Baby (alternative take); Relaxin' With Lee (alternative take); Leap Frog (3 alternative takes); An Oscar For Treadwell (alternative take); Mohawk (alternative take); Relaxin' With Lee (4 breakdown takes); Leap Frog (7 breakdown takes).

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Bird & Diz

By Charlie Parker

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Article: Book Review

Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker

by J. Robert Bragonier
October 16, 2007

Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker Brian Priestley Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19--532709-0 2007 Brian Priestley is a recorded jazz pianist and arranger with extensive British jazz-radio experience to boot, and discovering that a biographer is himself a musician tends to impress me. Priestley ...

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Article: Book Review

My Life In E-Flat

by Chris May
July 23, 2007

My Life In E-Flat Chan Parker ISBN 1-57003-245-9 Paperback, 191 pages University Of South Carolina Press 1999 The nearest I ever got to meeting alto saxophone and bebop incendiary Charlie “Bird" Parker was attending an auction of objects once owned by or associated with him. Held ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With JC Stylles

by AAJ Staff
April 18, 2007

Meet Jason Campbell:JC Stylles ("Jason Campbell"), guitarist, specializes in working within the organ combo format. Originally from Australia, he lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and works the Harlem organ rooms, keeping alive the tradition of the guitar's importance in the role popularized by Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, George Benson ...