Charlie Parker
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Ahmet Ertegün (1971) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Charlie Gillett, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1971
This is a transcript of Charlie's audio interview with Ahmet. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Charlie Parker: Bird on Verve Vols 1-8
Review by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 21 April 1984
RETURNING TO Parker, after any kind of sabbatical, is electrifying. The memory always recalls the timbre of that cutting wall, that matchless tone; what can ...
Retrospective by Richard Cook, MOJO, April 1995
Four decades on from the premature death of Charlie Parker in March 1955 the world remains split between the dazzled – including fans as disparate ...
Gary Giddins: Celebrating Bird/Stanley Crouch: Kansas City Lightning/Chuck Haddix: Bird
Book Review by Ian Penman, London Review of Books, 23 January 2014
"There was a lot of racial tension around bebop. Black men were going with fine, rich white bitches. They were all over these niggers out ...
Various Artists: The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic Records)
Review by Geoffrey Himes, JazzTimes, 29 March 2015
TO UNDERSTAND the significance of Dial Records, a good place to start is the tune 'Relaxin' at Camarillo'. ...
The Sound and Myth of Charlie Parker at 100
Report and Interview by J.D. Considine, Downbeat, 10 January 2020
TO SAY THAT Charlie "Yardbird" Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying the Mona Lisa is ...
Charlie Parker: The Savoy 10" LP Collection
Review by Tony Burke, Vintage Jazz Mart, Fall 2020
2020 MARKS Charlie Parker's Centennial and as part of the celebrations Craft Recordings have re-issued Parker's 10" Savoy LPs with restored original album artwork, detailed booklet ...
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