Rok, now I know why that's been one of my favorite tunes since I can remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlmMzUMCIIg
Enjoy the music.
Jazz for aficionados
Rok, now I know why that's been one of my favorite tunes since I can remember. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlmMzUMCIIg Enjoy the music. |
O-10, Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes Verve 314 523 984-2 The liner notes on this CD are much more interesting than the music. Read them. Good insight on the cultural war that raged within Jazz. Does not sound like one of the the creators of Be-Bop. As the notes imply, he needed someone to push him. This is what happens when non-musicians try to 'direct' or 'improve' genuis. How do you 'improve' Bird? Norman Granz was the 'Typhoid Mary' of Jazz. Of all the great players that I have on CD, Bird is the most disappointing / frustrating. Either he is playing a toy sax, or the recording is technically bad, or some stuff like this (with strings!!) Really! I seldom play Bird, and never this one. Cheers |
I decided to put this CD "Bird With Strings" on before waging war; but the most beautiful alto sax riff I've ever heard, or ever will hear on "Just Friends" took me out of the fightin mode. Bird is somewhere riffing on a cloud as I'm listening to his most beautiful music. "Summertime" just took my breath away, I could feel the intense heat of a cotton field; "Bet you don't know nothing about that". How he can riff and still maintain the beautiful melodies of these standards is one of the wonders of the music world. "Laura", hauntingly beautiful Laura; was a lady so fascinating that men fell madly in love with her portrait. Only "Bird" could capture the mystique of her beauty in his music. Although I've heard the lyrics to these standards many times, no one can capture the romance that is the essence of this music like Bird; his music can tell the stories behind this music better than any words ever could. This music never gets old "Long live the Bird". Enjoy the music. |
We will agree to disagree about the 'strings'. Consider this, if he had been backed by a top notch be-bop crew, you would have heard a different summertime. You won't maneuver me into being critical of Bird. :) You do realize that Mitch Miller was in this group. I used to watch 'sing-a-long with mitch' on tv back in the day. Not your typical be-bopper! ******I could feel the intense heat of a cotton field; "Bet you don't know nothing about that".****** Having been born and raised in the 'sovereign' state of Mississippi, I have seen and been in a few. :) Cheers |