Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Alto saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920–1955), arguably the greatest of all jazz soloists, one of the founders of bebop, was born in Kansas City, and it was there that he began his musical career. In his teens he played locally with the bands of Lawrence "88" Keyes, George E. Lee, Harlan Leonard, and Jay McShann. His major influences at that time were altoist Buster Smith and the great, innovative tenor man, Lester Young. Parker left Kansas City and showed up in New York in 1938 or ’39. For some months he played in a group at Monroe’s Uptown House in Harlem, exchanging ideas with the progressive young musicians he worked or jammed with. In 1940 he landed another job with McShann, and his first recorded solos with the Kansas City-based bandleader were fully evolved bop, though his playing was to become even more complex in the future. After leaving McShann, Parker continued to work with big bands, including Earl Hines’s in 1943 and Billy Eckstine’s in 1944. Eckstine’s band was the first to feature bop solos, vocals, and arrangements. In 1945 Bird and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, the other major founder of the bop movement, cut some small-group records which were quite influential in turning on jazz musicians and fans to bop. They exhibited enormous drive and dazzling technical prowess. Harmonically and rhythmically their playing was more complex and advanced than jazz solos had ever been. In addition, Parker unveiled a unique, hard tone, sometimes bittersweet at slow tempos, which contrasted strikingly with the lush sounds of established alto greats Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter. In late ’45 Parker went to California, where he played with Gillespie at a club named Billy Berg’s. From all accounts, Parker’s stay on the West Coast was an unhappy one. The jazz audience was not as quick to catch on to his innovations as they had been in New York, and Bird took refuge in alcohol and narcotics. As a result, on July 29, 1946, Parker collapsed during a recording date for the Dial label and had to spend six months in Camarillo State Hospital. Parker recorded a good deal with quintets, featuring trumpeters Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, or Red Rodney, in the late Forties and early Fifties for Dial, Verve, and Savoy Records. He played in a variety of settings for Verve: with a string orchestra, with a vocal chorus, in small combos (including a wonderful reunion date with Gillespie), as a member of all-star groups, and in Afro-Cuban contexts. During the Fifties, Parker continued his top-notch playing but his health steadily deteriorated. Finally, in March 1955, he collapsed and died while watching a television show featuring the Dorsey brothers playing big-band themes. Bird’s influence on other musicians was enormous. Among the outstanding jazzmen he marked were altoist Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Criss, Jackie McLean, and Sonny Stitt; tenormen Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, and Sonny Rollins; baritonists Serge Chaloff and Leo Parker; and trumpeters Davis, Dorham, and Rodney. Pianists Al Haig and Bud Powell and vibraphonist Milt Jackson also employed ideas taken from Parker’s vocabulary. Pianist Lennie Tristano said decades ago that if Parker wanted to invoke plagiarism laws "he could sue almost everybody who has made a record in the past ten years." Perhaps that’s an exaggeration, but it gives an idea how pervasive Bird’s innovations are. Harvey Pekar Excerpted from The Essential Charlie Parker Photo by Herman Leonard, courtesy of the Verve Music Group

ALBUM

Una raccolta completa degli album di Charlie Parker, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.

Ornithology: The Best Of Bird - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Ornithology: The Best Of Bird

  • Vinile
  • CD
Bird In LA - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Bird In LA

  • Vinile
Bird & Pres at JAPT (Jazz At The Philharmonic) - Charlie Parker, Lester Young

Charlie Parker, Lester Young

Bird & Pres at JAPT (Jazz At The Philharmonic)

  • Digitale
The Magnificent Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Magnificent Charlie Parker

Black Vinyl
  • Vinile
The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection

  • CD
The Genius Of Charlie Parker No. 7: Jazz Perennial - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Genius Of Charlie Parker No. 7: Jazz Perennial

  • Digitale
Night And Day: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #1 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Night And Day: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #1

  • Digitale
Swedish Schnapps: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #8 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Swedish Schnapps: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #8

Expanded Edition
  • Digitale
Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter: The Genius of Charlie Parker #5 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter: The Genius of Charlie Parker #5

  • Digitale
Bird And Diz - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

Bird And Diz

  • Digitale
Bird & Diz - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

Bird & Diz

  • Vinile
The Genius Of Charlie Parker #1: Night And Day - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Genius Of Charlie Parker #1: Night And Day

96kHz/24-bit/Reissue
  • Digitale
Talkin' Bird - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Talkin' Bird

Reissue
  • Digitale
Jazz 'Round Midnight - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Jazz 'Round Midnight

Reissue
  • Digitale
Charlie Parker For Lovers - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker For Lovers

Reissue
  • Digitale
Big Band - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Big Band

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bird: The Original Recordings Of Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Quartet

Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Quartet

Bird: The Original Recordings Of Charlie Parker

Reissue
  • Digitale
Charlie Parker: Ken Burns's Jazz - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker: Ken Burns's Jazz

Reissue
  • Digitale
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best Of Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best Of Charlie Parker

Reissue
  • Digitale
Jazz At The Philharmonic 1949 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Jazz At The Philharmonic 1949

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bird's Best Bop On Verve - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Bird's Best Bop On Verve

Reissue
  • Digitale
Compact Jazz - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Compact Jazz

Reissue
  • Digitale
Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker Plays The Blues - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker Plays The Blues

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bird And Diz - Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker

Bird And Diz

Reissue
  • Digitale
South Of The Border - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

South Of The Border

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Cole Porter Songbook - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Cole Porter Songbook

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Essential Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Essential Charlie Parker

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Complete Verve Master Takes - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Complete Verve Master Takes

Reissue
  • Digitale
Ultimate Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Ultimate Charlie Parker

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve

Pt.10
  • Digitale
Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years

  • Digitale
Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Reissue
  • Digitale
Charlie Parker Jam Session - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker Jam Session

Reissue
  • Digitale
Charlie Parker With Strings: Complete Master Takes - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker With Strings: Complete Master Takes

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Genius Of Charlie Parker #2: April In Paris - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Genius Of Charlie Parker #2: April In Paris

MFiT
  • Digitale
April In Paris: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #2 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

April In Paris: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #2

96kHz/24-bit
  • Digitale
Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes

  • Digitale
5 Original Albums - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

5 Original Albums

  • CD
Charlie Parker: Verve Ultimate Cool - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker: Verve Ultimate Cool

  • Digitale
BIRD: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (vers. 2013) - slipcase - Charlie Parker ascolta

Charlie Parker

BIRD: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (vers. 2013) - slipcase

  • CD
Now's The Time (Jazz Club) - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Now's The Time (Jazz Club)

  • CD
The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell

The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall

Limited Edition
  • Digitale
Charlie Parker With Strings - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker With Strings

Classics International Version
  • CD
  • Digitale
The Best Of Charlie Parker 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Best Of Charlie Parker 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection

  • CD
The Washington Concerts - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

The Washington Concerts

  • Digitale
Charlie Parker At Storyville - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker At Storyville

  • Digitale

SINGOLI

I singoli più rappresentativi di Charlie Parker, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.

White Christmas - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

White Christmas

  • Digitale
Romance Without Finance - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Romance Without Finance

  • Digitale
Summertime - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Summertime

Pseudo Video
  • Digitale
Ko-Ko - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Ko-Ko

  • Digitale
Savoy Jazz Super EP: Charlie Parker, Vol. 1 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Savoy Jazz Super EP: Charlie Parker, Vol. 1

  • Digitale
Savoy Jazz Super EP: Charlie Parker, Vol. 2 - Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Savoy Jazz Super EP: Charlie Parker, Vol. 2

  • Digitale

BIOGRAFIA



Alto saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920–1955), arguably the greatest of all jazz soloists, one of the founders of bebop, was born in Kansas City, and it was there that he began his musical career. In his teens he played locally with the bands of Lawrence "88" Keyes, George E. Lee, Harlan Leonard, and Jay McShann. His major influences at that time were altoist Buster Smith and the great, innovative tenor man, Lester Young.

Parker left Kansas City and showed up in New York in 1938 or ’39. For some months he played in a group at Monroe’s Uptown House in Harlem, exchanging ideas with the progressive young musicians he worked or jammed with. In 1940 he landed another job with McShann, and his first recorded solos with the Kansas City-based bandleader were fully evolved bop, though his playing was to become even more complex in the future. After leaving McShann, Parker continued to work with big bands, including Earl Hines’s in 1943 and Billy Eckstine’s in 1944. Eckstine’s band was the first to feature bop solos, vocals, and arrangements.

In 1945 Bird and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, the other major founder of the bop movement, cut some small-group records which were quite influential in turning on jazz musicians and fans to bop. They exhibited enormous drive and dazzling technical prowess. Harmonically and rhythmically their playing was more complex and advanced than jazz solos had ever been. In addition, Parker unveiled a unique, hard tone, sometimes bittersweet at slow tempos, which contrasted strikingly with the lush sounds of established alto greats Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter.

In late ’45 Parker went to California, where he played with Gillespie at a club named Billy Berg’s. From all accounts, Parker’s stay on the West Coast was an unhappy one. The jazz audience was not as quick to catch on to his innovations as they had been in New York, and Bird took refuge in alcohol and narcotics. As a result, on July 29, 1946, Parker collapsed during a recording date for the Dial label and had to spend six months in Camarillo State Hospital.

Parker recorded a good deal with quintets, featuring trumpeters Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, or Red Rodney, in the late Forties and early Fifties for Dial, Verve, and Savoy Records. He played in a variety of settings for Verve: with a string orchestra, with a vocal chorus, in small combos (including a wonderful reunion date with Gillespie), as a member of all-star groups, and in Afro-Cuban contexts.

During the Fifties, Parker continued his top-notch playing but his health steadily deteriorated. Finally, in March 1955, he collapsed and died while watching a television show featuring the Dorsey brothers playing big-band themes.

Bird’s influence on other musicians was enormous. Among the outstanding jazzmen he marked were altoist Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Criss, Jackie McLean, and Sonny Stitt; tenormen Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, and Sonny Rollins; baritonists Serge Chaloff and Leo Parker; and trumpeters Davis, Dorham, and Rodney. Pianists Al Haig and Bud Powell and vibraphonist Milt Jackson also employed ideas taken from Parker’s vocabulary.

Pianist Lennie Tristano said decades ago that if Parker wanted to invoke plagiarism laws "he could sue almost everybody who has made a record in the past ten years." Perhaps that’s an exaggeration, but it gives an idea how pervasive Bird’s innovations are.

Harvey Pekar

Excerpted from The Essential Charlie Parker

Photo by Herman Leonard, courtesy of the Verve Music Group

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