Bird lives II

26Okt09

Dean leans against the dressing room wall. He is breathing hard. “Bird, where you learn all this stuff?” Dean asks. “Where you learn to play the alto saxophone this kind’a way?” “In Kansas City,” Bird says gruffly. “Did you listen to Lester Young back there?” “Every night,” Bird says. “Every night.” Aus: Bird lives! The [...]

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Schlagworte: Bird, Charlie Parker, Kansas City, Lester Young

Bird lives

15Okt09

“Bird plays through the first sixty-four bars of Cherokee. He does not stop for breath. There is wind to spare. His belly muscles are feeding it up to him, and the number five reed is like a bird in his throat. The reed resists, stiffens, bends, flutters in the airstream. The column of air inside [...]

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Schlagworte: Auftritt, Bird, Charlie Parker