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Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Jay McShann, Mary Lou Williams & Bennie Moten
by Joe Dimino
In celebration of Con Chapman's 2023 book Kansas City Jazz: A Little Evil Will Do You Good, we spin a full-throttle hour of Kansas City jazz--saluting the sound, the swagger, and the city that helped shape America's music. We light the fuse with the brilliant Eddie Durham, then roll straight into the blues-soaked brilliance of Buck Clayton. Along the way, you'll hear excerpts from Con Chapman himself, painting vivid portraits of the players and the wide-open town where jazz didn't ...
Continue ReadingFranco Bergoglio: Alla Scoperta di Charlie Parker
by Angelo Leonardi
Alla scoperta di Charlie Parker--Eredità culturale e storia di un gigante del jazz Franco Bergoglio 343 pagine ISBN: #979-12-56170012 Shake Edizioni 2025 A settant'anni dalla scomparsa, Charlie Parker resta un punto di riferimento centrale per giovani musicisti e appassionati, continuando a emozionare con uno stile rimasto attuale, in quanto sintassi e morfologia di molto jazz moderno e contemporaneo. Il volume di Bergoglio si annuncia nel titolo come un'introduzione a Parker ma è molto ...
Continue ReadingCharlie Parker, Harry "Father" White, and Sweet Lucy
by Con Chapman
While it is undeniably true that formal education is generally a benefit both to the student and to society as a whole, it is equally indisputable that many jazz greats got their best education outside a classroom. Johnny Hodges claimed he got the nickname “Rabbit" from his ability to outrun truant officers. Charlie Parker said of his four years at Kansas City's Lincoln High School that he “Went in a freshman, and came out a freshman."
Continue ReadingTwo duos and a trio in Lewisham, London
by John Eyles
Shift Register, Akira vs Tigersonic, Data Swamp Lewisham Arthouse London December 13, 2025 Right from the moment the first audience member entered and sat down, there was an electric atmosphere in the room of the Lewisham Arthouse where three acts were to play. As the room filled up, an excited buzz was audible from the audience, some of whom had come along with friends who had recommended that they attend. For some of them, the ...
Continue ReadingCelebrating A Century Of Charlie Parker, Part 1
by Larry Slater
The jazz world celebrated the centennial of Charlie Parker's birth in 2020. Parker is one of the select few musicians who justify the term '"genius." He was unquestionably one the greatest improvisers who ever played the music,. A critic for Downbeat wrote, “to say Charlie Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying the Mona Lisa is a well-known painting."The author and jazz critic Gary Gittins said, “It's difficult. to ...
Continue ReadingCharlie Parker: At Birdland 1950 Revisited
by Stefano Merighi
Il 1950 per Charlie Parker è un anno di cambiamenti. Dopo lo scioglimento del quintetto aureo con Miles Davis e Max Roach, le formazioni diventano più effimere, occasionali, almeno fino al sodalizio con Red Rodney. Norman Granz sta per trascinare Parker nella fortunata formula con gli archi, nel frattempo c'è l'impegno di una lunga e tormentata tournèe nel sud del paese. In questo contesto, le registrazioni preservate al Birdland di New York del giugno di quell'anno, possiedono un'aura ...
Continue ReadingPhil Schaap: Talking Technology and More
by Marshall D Katzman
This article was transcribed from a March 21, 2021 interview on the Mister Radio Podcast. Marshall Katzman: You're listening to Mister Radio, and I'm your host, Marshall. Today's guest has won six Grammy Awards and eight Grammy nominations, including an award for Best Album Notes for Bird, the complete Charlie Parker on Verve. Frank Foster has called him a walking jazz history book. Early in his career, he managed the Basie alumni band, The Countsmen, and for 17 ...
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