Today's Listen:
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie -- DIZ 'N BIRD AT CARNEGIE HALL
I get the impression these guys never thought of posterity during their careers. It was all for the moment. A lot of it was just spur of the moment, right now, and sort of haphazard. Not the music, but the business end of it.
Example: From the notes..."A picture of a poster at the entrance to Carnegie Hall reveals that tickets ranged in price from $1.00 to $3.60 and it was standing room only. Ella Fitzgerald's name is clearly displayed, but Parker's in nowhere in sight, so it seems he was a late addition."
Notes by Ira Gitler, full of anecdotes about Bird, concerts, and the Jazz scene of that era. Some, to be taken with a pound of salt. 1947.
Pretty good sound quality for a Bird record. A supporting cast of thousands!
night in tunisia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZQcE1xOrJ4 cubano-be, cubano-bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAj4OmmWEBo dizzy atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGnn4wNeyU koko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGg2mBBJjs0 salt peanuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1Z4eZqKYI oop-pop-a-da
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ey93hqy1WU currently OWNED by the bey sisters. :)
Cheers