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So I’ve been looking for an awesome interpretation of this song…
(Source: elishacasas, via jazzismonochrome)
Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins, 1950
The joke is, the audio was recorded before the video, and Bird couldn’t help but to laugh about Bean’s passionate look as he does the whole playback thing.
- Charlie Parker alto sax
- Coleman Hawkins tenor sax
- Hank Jones piano
- Ray Brown bass
- Buddy Rich drums
Pianist Michel Petrucciani and his father, guitarist Tony Petrucciani, play Billie’s Bounce, a Charlie Parker tune, from Conversation (1992), recorded live at Maison de la Danse, Lyon.
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Quintet play Hot House, live in New York, 1952.
I never thought I’d find a recording with this quality,
so here it goes.
- Charlie Parker alto sax featured
- Dizzy Gillespie trumpet featured
- Dick Hyman piano featured
- Sandy Block bass
- Charlie Smith drums
Charlie Parker, Embraceable You
Complete Savoy & Dial Sessions 1947
Charlie Parker - Embraceable You (1947)
For all of Bird’s legendary pace and pyrotechnical prowess, this cut’s three and a half minutes includes one of the prettiest solos you’ll hear anywhere.
Ekaterinburger Boris Plotnikov (Борис Плотников) plays his adaptation of Duke Ellington’s 1931 jazz standard It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) for chromatic harmonica, with Anton Zubarev (Антон Зубарев) on the piano.
Double feature.
Check out their Scrapple from the Apple, originally by Charlie Parker, below.
