Coleção Folha Clássicos do Jazz, Vol. 4 - Charlie Parker: Live at Storyville, Boston
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Charlie Parker was born in Kansas City, Kansas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Charles and Addie Parker. Charles, an alcoholic, was often absent. Parker attended Crispus Attucks Elementary School. Parker displayed no sign of musical talent as a child. His father presumably provided some musical influence; he was a pianist, dancer and singer on the T.O.B.A. circuit, although he later became a Pullman waiter or chef on the railways. His mother worked nights at the local Western Union. His biggest influence however was a young trombone player who taught him the basics of improvisation. Parker began playing the saxophone at age 11 and at age 14 joined his school's band using a rented school instrument. One story holds that, without formal training, he was terrible, and thrown out of the band. Experiencing periodic setbacks of this sort, at one point he broke off from his constant practicing.In 1937, Parker played a concert that included Jo Jones on drums, who tossed a cymbal at Parker's feet in impatience with his playing. Exasperated and determined, from that point Parker improved the quality of practicing, learning the blues, "Cherokee" and "rhythm changes" in all twelve keys. In an interview with Paul Desmond, he said he spent 3-4 years practicing up to 15 hours a day.. Rumor has it that he used to play many other tunes in all twelve keys. The story, though undocumented, would help to explain the fact that he often played in unconventional concert pitch key signatures, like E (which transposes to C# for the alto sax). Groups led by Count Basie and Bennie Moten were the leading Kansas City ensembles, and doubtless influenced Parker. He continued to play with local bands in jazz clubs around Kansas City, Missouri, where he perfected his technique with the assistance of Buster Smith, whose dynamic transitions to double and triple time certainly influenced Parker's developing style. In 1937, Parker joined pianist Jay McShann's territory band. The band toured nightclubs and other venues of the southwest, as well as Chicago and New York City. Parker made his professional recording debut with McShann's band. It was said at one point in McShann's band that he "sounded like a machine," owing to his virtuosity without implying a lack of musicality. As a teenager, Parker developed a morphine addiction while in hospital after an automobile accident, and subsequently became addicted to heroin. Heroin would haunt him throughout his life and ultimately contribute to his death. Parker died in a suite at the Stanhope Hotel occupied by his friend and patroness Nica de Koenigswarter while watching Tommy Dorsey on television. Though the official cause of death was (lobar) pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, his death was hastened by his drug and alcohol abuse. The coroner mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years old. He is buried at Lincoln Cemetery (8604 E. Truman Road) in Kansas City, Missouri. Parker left a widow, Chan Parker, a stepdaughter, Kim Parker, who is also a musician, and a son, Baird Parker; their later lives are chronicled in Chan Parker's autobiography, My Life in E Flat (1998).
Tracks
1. Moose the Mooche
2. I'll Walk Alone
3. Ornithology
4. Out of Nowhere
5. Now's The Time
6. Don't Blame Me
7. Dancing on the Ceiling
8. Cool Blues
9. Groovin' High
** Tracks 1 to 4 - Live at Storyville, WHDH Radio Broadcast on March 10, 1953 (Charlie Parker on Sax, Red Garland on piano, Bernie Griggs on bass and Roy Haynes on drums) .
** Tracks 5 to 9 - Live at Storyville, WHDH Radio Boradcast on September 22, 1953 (Charlie Parker on sax, Herb Pomeroy on trumpet, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, Jimy Woode on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.).
Details
.. Year: 2007
.. Label: Folha de São Paulo
.. Country: U.S.A.
.. Bitrate: VBR (Level = 0)
.. Ripped: EAC 9.0
.. Genre: Jazz
.. Home-Page: www.cmgww.com/music/parker/
.. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
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