The Charlie Parker Companion: Six Decades of Commentary
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The Creator of Bebop Revealed The Charlie Parker Companion illuminates the life and career of the creator of bebop, saxophonist Charlie Parker. Parker, affectionately known as Bird because of his melodic flights of imagination, was on the scene when bebop music was first played in New York in the late '40s. Leading a famous quintet along with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, he performed, wrote, and recorded some of the classic bebop instrumentals, from "A Night in Tunisia" to "Scrapple from the Apple" and "Yardbird Suite." An enigmatic figure who lapsed into heroin addiction, Parker inspired countless other musicians to take up the saxophone, and revolutionized the way it was played. This book presents for the first time three comprehensive interviews with Parker, along with early reviews of performances and recordings, memoirs, and classic essays on this most-important of all American jazz musicians. Charlie Parker's life story continues to fascinate jazz fans today, as witnessed by Clint Eastwood's biographical film, Bird. Includes 3 never-before-published interviews with Parker, plus writings by a slew of well-known jazz critics. Features a complete discography, bibliography, general introduction to Parker's career, and chronology of key events in his life. Carl Woideck teaches jazz history at the U of Oregon. He has recently published a critical study of Charlie Parker's saxophone style with the U of Michigan Press.
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The Charlie Parker Companion: Six Decades of Commentary
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