All The Things You Are
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Charles Christopher "Bird" Parker, Jr (29th August 1920 – 12th March 1955) was a U.S. bebop saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed Yardbird; this was later shortened to "Bird" (or sometimes "Yard") and remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life, and inspiration for the titles of his works such as "Ornithology and Yardbird suite".
Parker is commonly considered the greatest bebop jazz musician. In terms of influence and impact Read Full BioCharles Christopher "Bird" Parker, Jr (29th August 1920 – 12th March 1955) was a U.S. bebop saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed Yardbird; this was later shortened to "Bird" (or sometimes "Yard") and remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life, and inspiration for the titles of his works such as "Ornithology and Yardbird suite".
Parker is commonly considered the greatest bebop jazz musician. In terms of influence and impact, his contribution to jazz was so great that Charles Mingus commented that if Bird were alive today, he would think he was living in a hall of mirrors. Bird's talent is compared almost without argument to such legendary musicians as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and his reputation and legend as one of the best saxophonists is such that some critics say he was unsurpassed.
A founding figure of bebop, Parker's innovative approach to melody, rhythm and harmony have exerted an incalculable influence on jazz.. Several of Parker's songs have become standards of the repertoire, and innumerable musicians have studied Parker's music and absorbed elements of his style.
Parker became an icon for the Beat generation, and was a pivotal figure in the evolving conception of the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. At various times, Parker fused jazz with other musical styles, from classical (seeking to study with Edgard Varese and Stefan Wolpe) to Latin music (recordings with Machito), blazing paths followed later by others.
Parker was known for often showing up to performances without an instrument and borrowing someone else's at the last moment. At more than one venue he played on a plastic Grafton saxophone; later, saxophonist Ornette Coleman used this brand of plastic sax in his early career. On one particular occasion before a concert in Toronto, Canada, he had sold his saxophone to buy drugs, and at the last minute, he, Dizzy Gillespie and other members of Charlie's entourage went running around Toronto trying to find a saxophone. After scouring all the downtown pawnshops open at the time, they were only able to find a Grafton, which Parker proceeded to use at the concert that night. This concert is documented on the album Jazz at Massey Hall. The album is considered one of the greatest live recordings in Jazz history.
Parker's battles with alcoholism and heroin addiction ranged from his teenage years until his death from pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at thirty-four. The toll that the drug had taken on his relatively young body was quite profound - a doctor examining Parker's body estimated him to be around sixty years old.
During his lifetime, tribute was paid to Parker when a new nightclub in New York was named Birdland in his honour in 1949.Three years later, George Shearing wrote "Lullaby of Birdland", which was named for both Parker and the nightclub.
Other phenomena also occurred in the United States after the death of Parker, particularly the use of the term "Bird lives" in graffiti throughout New York hours after his death, and later as the title of a contemporary art piece of the same name, created by sculptor Robert Graham in 1999. Despite its widespread use, Ted Joans is usually credited with its inception.
Parker is commonly considered the greatest bebop jazz musician. In terms of influence and impact Read Full BioCharles Christopher "Bird" Parker, Jr (29th August 1920 – 12th March 1955) was a U.S. bebop saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed Yardbird; this was later shortened to "Bird" (or sometimes "Yard") and remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life, and inspiration for the titles of his works such as "Ornithology and Yardbird suite".
Parker is commonly considered the greatest bebop jazz musician. In terms of influence and impact, his contribution to jazz was so great that Charles Mingus commented that if Bird were alive today, he would think he was living in a hall of mirrors. Bird's talent is compared almost without argument to such legendary musicians as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and his reputation and legend as one of the best saxophonists is such that some critics say he was unsurpassed.
A founding figure of bebop, Parker's innovative approach to melody, rhythm and harmony have exerted an incalculable influence on jazz.. Several of Parker's songs have become standards of the repertoire, and innumerable musicians have studied Parker's music and absorbed elements of his style.
Parker became an icon for the Beat generation, and was a pivotal figure in the evolving conception of the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. At various times, Parker fused jazz with other musical styles, from classical (seeking to study with Edgard Varese and Stefan Wolpe) to Latin music (recordings with Machito), blazing paths followed later by others.
Parker was known for often showing up to performances without an instrument and borrowing someone else's at the last moment. At more than one venue he played on a plastic Grafton saxophone; later, saxophonist Ornette Coleman used this brand of plastic sax in his early career. On one particular occasion before a concert in Toronto, Canada, he had sold his saxophone to buy drugs, and at the last minute, he, Dizzy Gillespie and other members of Charlie's entourage went running around Toronto trying to find a saxophone. After scouring all the downtown pawnshops open at the time, they were only able to find a Grafton, which Parker proceeded to use at the concert that night. This concert is documented on the album Jazz at Massey Hall. The album is considered one of the greatest live recordings in Jazz history.
Parker's battles with alcoholism and heroin addiction ranged from his teenage years until his death from pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at thirty-four. The toll that the drug had taken on his relatively young body was quite profound - a doctor examining Parker's body estimated him to be around sixty years old.
During his lifetime, tribute was paid to Parker when a new nightclub in New York was named Birdland in his honour in 1949.Three years later, George Shearing wrote "Lullaby of Birdland", which was named for both Parker and the nightclub.
Other phenomena also occurred in the United States after the death of Parker, particularly the use of the term "Bird lives" in graffiti throughout New York hours after his death, and later as the title of a contemporary art piece of the same name, created by sculptor Robert Graham in 1999. Despite its widespread use, Ted Joans is usually credited with its inception.
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BixLives32
Yes. You are listening . Good for you! I love this side. Charlie Parker With Strings are my favourites. Alas, I also love the early dates with Diz, Slam, Cozy Cole, Billy Bauer, etc. Bird could swing any combo —even a large string section.
This is a nice transfer/remaster, but there are even better ones out there. Plus, with Sound Forge, Cedar, etc, and the right bass synthesizing filters you can lift existing subtle sub bass hits that Slam and Cozy are laying down. This technique does not add artificial content but simply enhances specific portions of the signal that your ear would not normally hear from the 78 RPM shellac disc. However, this same sub bass (without rumble), would certainly have been heard by the live mastering engineers. This era's lacquers are definitely high-fidelity. With modern gear we can now make metal parts sound almost as good as a lacquer. Even a good acetate can sound far better. Somewhere, there is a metal part of this side out there... Keep your eyes open!
This recording has been taken from a 78 RPM shellac pressing part. No metal or lacquer parts are known to exist for this side, but I think this improbable. Yes, no lacquers remain, as the insurance companies would not insure them (fire hazard); but surely there are metal parts, —stampers or mothers. When one is found, we will hear this in true High Fidelity. Also, as good as this transfer sounds, it can be done better. The commercial companies that own the original sound recording parts, will not expend the necessary time & money to remaster these precious parts as they deserve. The villain? In this case, Probably BMG. There are now only three major record companies out there! BMG (RCA Victor Holdings), WEA (Warner) and Sony (includes CBS, Columbia and a lot more).
Sad eh? BUT, today, almost ALL new music is coming from small independent labels that do not even need distribution from BMG, Sony or WEA.
There is NO record industry as I knew it when I was playing. It all ended by about 1995. The majors did NOT create a single standard physical package for all digital forms. This was awful as creating the package would have been easy. They could have simply used the standard 10" cardboard sleeve and put a slot in it for a USB stick, SD chip, etc. The retail shops still had all the original display cases, thus, no changes were needed at the brick and mortar shops. Plus, people could sill download the music and receive the packaging in the post. Music often sold because of clever and artistic album covers. I cannot remember how many new artists I discovered and liked simply because of a good album cover. E.g., —Janis Joplin's album cover drawn by the great Robert Crumb allowed me to discover Ms. Joplin. After that, I would buy ANY record that had a cover drawn by R. Crumb. And I still follow this personal rule! I am proud to say that I have NEVER purchased a bad record with a cover drawn by Mr. Robert Crumb. —In addition, record shops were better than the local pub for chatting up girls! Te local record shop that I lived near was THE social gather place for young people. This was called REAL social networking. Far more fun than VIRTUAL anything! I feel sad for the poor kids today whom have only VIRTUAL FRIENDS. These poor kids are growing up, but only VIRTUALLY. They are becoming VIRTUAL people , instead of VIRTUOUS people.
People liked album art and liner notes. It was all part of a salable package that has now been forgotten. No longer can artists record full albums that will be listened to like "Charlie Parker With Strings", "Abbey Road", or "The Other Side of Abbey Road". American has ignored its musical legacy and now the French and English know American Jazz better than most Americans.
I may be the last generation to have been able to make records, be professionally developed and be distributed by a record company. Of course, they screwed you, but if you could write enough new material that sold, you could make a living. Today my young nephews get 50 bucks for playing Jazz date and they are both top pros. This is criminal. As a pop performer, 45 years ago, I made many times this amount for a similar date. Later, when I played more Jazz and Blues dates, I was paid far less for music that was more difficult to play! (circa 1990s)
An English pop combo from Swindon called XTC has a catalogue created through over 40 years of top charting records. They were on Virgin Records for their entire career because of of the perfidious legal control that the record company's exercised. In the 1990s, XTC had to go on a labour strike (for EIGHT YEARS!) against Virgin to be paid an amount that was really just a middle-class income. (You cannot FORCE a person to be creative!). However, in those eight years, the two writers (Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding), worked in secret at their home studios. At the end of the strike, they had 4 or 5 albums worth of material ; —all top grade music. How they survived for eight years without pay; —well, Swindon is pretty cheap as the former industrial town is "Boarded Up". You may not know pop music well from circa 1978 - 2000, but these cats have a publishing catalogue that contains over 200 songs, —much of which were charted on Billboard's top 100. For pure quality and quantity they are rivaled only by the Beatles!
And, um, Dick James Music Publishing, LTD. obtained 90% of ALL Beatles publishing royalties from middle 1964 to 1974. Yes. this was insane. How? —'Tis a mystery, but most people are pretty sure that Dick James Music, LTD, literally BLACK-MAILED poor Brian Epstein, The Beatles' GAY manager. You see, at that time, the British laws regarding "sodomy" and particularly "obscenity" had not yet been repealed. Gay men were commonly given 6 month sentences in The Old Bailey for publicity kissing or holding hands. All it took was a single person to be outraged and file a complaint with the nearest P.C. —And "hard labour" was still a fact. They made the inmates tread a conveyor belt that could be controlled to be more or less difficult. Insane, but it was there. The same so-called sodomy law that ruined and killed Oscar Wilde, was not repealed until 1968! —A year after Mr. Epstein's death.
Sorry for the verbosity, but no one seems to care. —E.g., Chan Parker (Bird's wife) struggled to survive, financially, her entire life. This should be considered criminal. Shame on the former music industry.
At least the industry deserved what it got. BMG, WEA and Sony make 98% of their money on OLD content. And the "bling" and bravado of the young "rap" artists is all B.S. Those kids are being ripped-off just like the rest of us from previous generations.
A great example of the recording industry's perfidy was told and legally fought successfully by FRANK ZAPPA. This involved a perfidy called "pressing over-runs". Quite illegal, but who was looking? All the pressing plant personnel had to do continue using a pressing stamper a few thousand units more than was intended. These extra units were, of course, poor quality pressings, but they were still shipped and sold. Sold, but never recorded on the company's legal accounting ledgers. Who lost and how much? EVERYONE. E.g., any band; —say The Byrds or Randy Newman were cheated out of millions of dollars of publishing and unit payments. Zappa thought everyone was so high that they simply did not notice. But, Frank Zappa, was able to overturn former court rulings and recover millions of pounds and dollars for the artists. There are more than a few artists from the 1960s and 1970s who owe their retirements to Frank Zappa. Many of them do not even know why it was that they were finally paid their full earnings!
A new music industry has formed. A pitiful shadow of its former self. However, the greed-heads win again.
mabovithz elthz
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song
You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I’ll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine
All The Things You Are
作曲:ジェローム・カーン
詩:オスカー・ハマースタイン ⅱ
【和訳(直訳)】
君は春の約束のキス
孤独な冬が長く感じるから
あなたは息をのむような夕べの静けさ
素敵な歌の瀬戸際で震える
君は星を照らす天使の輝き
私が知っている最愛のものは、あなたが何であるかです
いつか幸せな腕が君を抱きしめる
そしていつの日か、その瞬間を知るだろう
あなたのすべてが私のものになるとき
JamieJourney
"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." ~ Charlie Parker
Ole Birger Pedersen
Asger Jorn said :" If you don't go to the extreme there's no reason to go anywhere.
Ole Birger Pedersen
The great danish painter Ager Jorn once said :" If you don't go to the ecsgreme
Santiago Ortega
Gemini chocolade
azalla
Pp
willie otoole
When American classical music professors were bemoaning the lack of American 'classical' music to rival Europe's composers early in the 20th century they completely overlooked this fabulous music on their own doorstep. What a tragedy that so many great musicians were neglected in the country of their birth whose culture they enriched to a remarkable degree and that so many had to flee to Europe to find an appreciative audience. This piece is exquisite.
Dean And The Beans
Don't worry, history has spoken. Bird is now one of the immortals.
GonzalezTeam
Ulises: yo tengo 41, soy músico, y apenas estoy descubriendo y estudiando el jazz; si tu lo haces a los 15, cuando yo no soportaba el jazz, pues es algo de lo que sentirte orgulloso: música tan compleja en los oídos de un quinceañero muestran que, por lo menos, el arte está en los ojos y oídos que lo disfrutan, y no sólamente en la edad y el estudio. No te des por vencido: como oyente lo más importante en musica es tener siempre los oídos bien abiertos y escuchar hasta lo trillado con pasión.
LegendofBamBam
This song literally brought me, a grown man, to tears. Like for real, this is the most beautiful love song I’ve ever heard and there is not a single lyric.
Eira Rodriguez
Yo soy una vieja "bruja", de setenta y dos anos, me gusta jazz, musica clasica, y toda musica cual me pone sentir algo... llorar, reir, pensar o solamente pensar, consolarme, hay tantas cosas.