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4 giorni fa · Charlie Parker, American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, a lyric artist generally considered the greatest jazz saxophonist. Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, and he was one of the three great revolutionary geniuses in jazz.
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17 mag 2024 · List of jazz contrafacts. A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. The term comes from classical music and was ...
1 giorno fa · In the early 1940s, bebop-style performers began to shift jazz from danceable popular music toward a more challenging "musician's music". The most influential bebop musicians included saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, and drummer Max Roach.
- Late 19th century, New Orleans, U.S.
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3 giorni fa · “Ornithology” was composed by saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Benny Harris. It was first recorded during a famous Dial session on March 28, 1946. This was to be the first of more than 40 Parker recordings of “Ornithology” and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989.
16 mag 2024 · October 5, 2020. Song of the Day: Charlie Parker, “Cool Blues” by Matt Micucci. In 1946, Charlie Parker recorded “Yardbird Suite.” At around the first minute of Take 4 from the Savoy session – arguably the most famous recording of the composition – Parker plays a notable riff that is among the most famous and quoted in jazz history.
3 giorni fa · Song of the Day: Charlie Parker, “Scrapple from the Apple”. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of jazz music’s most revolutionary artists: bebop innovator Charlie Parker. “Scrapple from the Apple” was originally written in 1947 and borrowed the chord progressions of Fats Waller’s “Honeysuckle Rose ...
16 mag 2024 · Charlie Parker, also known as “Bird,” was a legendary jazz musician known for his virtuosic saxophone playing and innovative improvisational style. He played a pivotal role in shaping the bebop genre and remains an influential figure in the world of jazz.
