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By Parker, Charlie; Parker, Charlie; Haddix, Chuck

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker started enjoying professionally in his early youth, turned a heroin addict at sixteen, replaced the process tune, after which died whilst basically 34 years previous. His buddy Robert Reisner saw, "Parker, within the short span of his existence, crowded extra residing into it than the other human being." Like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he used to be a transitional composer and improviser who ushered in a brand new period of jazz through pioneering bebop and prompted next generations of musicians.

Meticulously researched and written, Bird: The existence and tune of Charlie Parker tells the tale of his existence, song, and profession. This new biography artfully weaves jointly firsthand bills from those that knew him with new information regarding his existence and occupation to create a compelling narrative portrait of a sad genius.

While different books approximately Parker have centred totally on his track and recordings, this portrait unearths the afflicted guy in the back of the tune, illustrating how his addictions and struggles with psychological overall healthiness affected his existence and profession. He was once however beneficiant and miserly; a loving husband and father at domestic yet an incorrigible philanderer at the street; and a prolonged addict who lectured more youthful musicians in regards to the risks of gear. principally he used to be a musician, who overcame humiliation, sadness, and a life-threatening automobile smash to take to the air as poultry, an excellent improviser and composer.

With in-depth learn into formerly ignored resources and illustrated with numerous never-before-seen photographs, Bird: The existence and song of Charlie Parker corrects a lot of the incorrect information and fantasy approximately the most influential musicians of the 20 th century.

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25 Before leaving Kansas City, Smith promised to send for band members when he found work in New York. Smith left Charlie in charge of the band. Without Buster’s fatherly influence, Charlie resumed abusing drugs and alcohol. The band quickly fell apart and Charlie returned to freelancing. In November 1938, Charlie joined the Jay McShann band at Clair Martin’s Plaza Tavern. Jay Columbus McShann, trim with an engaging grin, hailed from Muskogee, Oklahoma. A masterful pianist who ranged effortlessly from barrelhouse to modern styles, McShann began his career in Oklahoma and the southwestern territories.

I had my pockets full [of] money. When I got through playing the guy said I got this bushel basket full of booze and I said I’ll take it. So he said how much I owe you for tonight and I said I don’t know. He said well make up your mind and I’ll be back in a minute and make out a check for you. So he went on up front and came back and said you remember how much you want for the night. 00 be alright. I said oh yes, yes. I wanted to holler. I wanted to jump up and down and holler. I made so much in tips I didn’t think I would be paid.

In midsummer, Keyes formed the Ten Chords of Rhythm, drawing from Lincoln High School students and older, experienced musicians. A small advertisement in the Kansas City Call, Kansas City’s African American weekly, announced the band’s debut on Sunday, August 4, at Lincoln Hall, a modestly decorated dance hall that catered to the younger set. Lincoln Hall spanned the top floor of the Lincoln Building, a three-story red-brick building located on the southeast corner of Eighteenth and Vine. Matlaw’s, a popular clothing store, anchored the first floor.

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