by Bird | Jul 17, 2019 | Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker was one of the most important figures in the development of jazz and in particular Bop. His was a thoughtful kind of jazz, a saxophonist unrestricted by arrangements made him the master of improvisation. A troubled man, with drugs and drink at the heart...
by Bird | Jul 17, 2019 | Charlie Parker, Miles Davis
It was perhaps easier for the new jazz listener to come to bebop than for the one already steeped in Armstrong and Ellington. There were several methods to help the latter. One was to use as a key the contemporary work of Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas and Buck Clayton,...