I agree with you about Sonny Stitt & I should
change my poll nominees. I just received this week the
Sonny Stitt Mosaic set. Magnificent playing both on
alto and tenor.<br><br>I also agree with you on the
Parker's Mood performance. Some of the most poignant blues
playing of any generation. <br><br>Incidentally, I have
just finished the book "Yardbird Suite" by Lawrence O.
Block. Northeaster University Press. It details all of
the Parker records, including bootlegs. Makes some
terrific points and traces Bird's career between record
dates. A worth while
read.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Roger<br><br>North Andover, Massachusetts USA
Hello out there,<br><br>My favourite among all of Birdīs great appereances is(I think)Parkerīs Mood from sep 29-47.Spec the 4th take.It is a record that...
I agree with you about Sonny Stitt & I should change my poll nominees. I just received this week the Sonny Stitt Mosaic set. Magnificent playing both on alto...
Just wanted to say hey, and let you know that I read and enjoy all the posts, but don't have anything to add. I'm still a freshman. <br><br>Based on what I've...
Thanks to all for your contributions re the bebop altoists poll. I omitted Sonny Stitt because he's no longer living, but I certainly agree that he's probably ...
This field is much wider, but let's give it a go: <br><br>Living:<br>1. Sonny Rollins<br>2. Johnny Griffin<br>3. Joshua Redman<br>4. Pete Christlieb<br>5. Lew...
Jackie McLean is OK,a great musician.Bird once said that McLean was given"the keys to the kingdom."<br>Last weekend I had time and opportunity to listen (on ...
Iīve heard two explanations:1 Parker liked to eat roasted chicken.2.Heīs playing was said to simulate a bird(chicken?)running in strange patterns in...
Bird was short for Yardbird. A yardbird was a colloquial expression for chicken. The story I heard: While on the road with the Keyes band, Charlie stole a ...
I thought of Jackie, but I heard him recently in person and was disappointed. I would certainly include his early work among some of the better Bird chasers. ...
Wanted to say thanks to all members contributing here. Man, it took so long for this place to get anyone who wanted to talk. For the longest time there were ...
Hi, sorry to take six months to respond. I haven't visited the Yahoo Clubs in a long time, have been busy with other things.<br><br>I've never bought into the...
What many believe to be the authoritative version of how Parker got the nickname "Yardbird" goes as follows:<br><br>Bird was on the road with Jay McShann's big...
yeah and how about benny goodman and glenn miller, jerry milligan, chet baker, red rodney, and of course stan getz who coltrane listed as an influence...
I read a different version of the story in Ira Gitler's book "Swing to Bop." It states that Jay McShann said this: <br><br>"People don't want to believe it, ...
Thats what I heard too, they were on the way to a gig and ran over a chicken and Charile made them stop and pick it up so they could cook it up later and ...
Roger, you sound like you really know your stuff! I used to go to the Jazz Workshop, on Boylston Street, in Boston and Lennies on the TUrnpike in Danvers, ...
I'm not familiar with that session. What label do you have it under? I only know the Savoy session with Miles ("Half Nelson," "Milestones") and the Prestige ...
As I am a white jazz musician, this is a subject that has intrigued me for a long time. I think jazz in one sense IS black music, and in another sense it ...
I stand corrected, as I am checking my albums. It is the Savoy sessions with Miles: Milestones, Little Willie Leaps, Half Nelson & Sippin at Bells. I thought ...
Does anyone have the sessions Bird did with Gene Roland and the 27 piece band with Zoot Sims & Al Cohn in the sax section. Bob Reisner's Book has the quote ...
Hi,<br>Iīm positive that Bird never recorded on tenor on Dial.On Prestige and Savoy OK.<br>Today in my car I listened to Bird with McShann from Wichita...
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