Charlie Parker “Lady be good”

05Jul10

Charlie also appeared on the second Jazz at the Philharmonic concert. The evening began with the awarding of Down Beat plaques for best of instrument to Willie Smith (alto saxophone) and Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone). Charlie was passed by (he had finished fifth), as was Lester Young. Both sulked majestically in the background, fingering their [...]

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Charlie Parker und das Chaos

09Feb10

During his period of high creativity Charlie Parker was living a hopelessly disorganized life. He lived from hand to mouth, on cadged and proffered meals, in strange beds, and changed his address often. His clothing frequently gave the impression it had been slept in. More often than not, that was the case. Sometimes his horn [...]

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Charlie Parker und Jean Paul Sartre

08Dez09

Charlie jammed after the concert at the Club Germaine, where author-musician Boris Vian was master of ceremonies. Jean Paul Sartre, then first reaching the height of his fame, visited the club, and Vian asked the existentialist philosopher if he wanted to meet Charlie Parker. “Yes, of course,” Sartre replied. “He interests me:” Introductions were arranged, [...]

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Schlagworte: Charlie Parker, Club, Sartre

Sax nervt

05Dez09

Habe ich eigentlich schon mal geschrieben, dass Saxophon auch nerven kann? Das ewige Akkord-Gedudel, das angestrengt hoch-kultur-mäßige, dieser ganze Charlie-Parker-57th-street-genie-Mythos. Und auch, wenn man die Latte ein bisschen tiefer legt (es muss ja nicht gleich Kenny G sein), ist es immer auch irgendwie Anspruch. Nie mal einfach so los legen, schreddeln, einen wegspielen, wies Gitarristen, [...]

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Schlagworte: Blues, Charlie Parker, Kenny G

Sax and Sex (Charlie Parker schon wieder)

27Nov09

As a cocksman Charlie was much in demand. His sexual energy seemed to flow from the same spring as his music and with a comparable force. Years of saxophone playing and demands on tongue and lips had given him a tremendous oral effect. One night at the Three Deuces he spotted a beautiful model that [...]

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Charlie Parker, Heroin und die Beatles

13Nov09

Babs got on Charlie about the dope habit, saying that anyone with Charlie’s musical ability and prestige ought to have the will power to stop using heroin. Charlie stared back at the singer and said quietly, ” Wait until everybody gets rich off your style and you don’t have any bread, then lecture me about [...]

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Schlagworte: Beatles, Charlie Parker, heroin, LSD, Zitat

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

Charlie Parker said

20Okt09

“first you master your instrument, then you master the music, then you forget about all that… and just play.” (charlie parker, 1920-1955) Habe ich geklaut von einer privaten website, auf der noch mehr schlaue Sachen stehen. Ist doch alles ganz einfach, oder?

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Schlagworte: Charlie Parker, Instrument, Zitat

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