The Charlie Parker companion : six decades of commentary /
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| Imprint: | New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1998. |
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| Description: | xii, 294 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2957337 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Chasin' the Bird: Parker's Career and Influence. Bird Lives! (1987) / Gary Giddins. Charlie Parker: The Burden of Innovation (1970) / Martin Williams. Charlie Parker and the Alto Saxophonists (1996) / Ira Gitler
- Pt. 2. Now's the Time: Charlie Parker in the Jazz Press. Yardbird Flies Home (1947) / Leonard Feather. A Bird's-Ear View of Music (1948) / Leonard Feather. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker (1949) / Michael Levin and John S. Wilson. Counterpoint (1953) / Nat Hentoff. Parker Finally Finds Peace (1955) / Leonard Feather. A Fist at the World (1965) / Leonard Feather
- Pt. 3. Parker's Mood(s): Interviews with Charlie Parker. Interview: Charlie Parker, Marshall Stearns, John Maher, and Chan Parker (1950) / Carl Woideck. Interview: Charlie Parker and John T. Fitch (radio name: John McLellan) (1953) / Carl Woideck. Interview: Charlie, Paul Desmond, and John T. Fitch (John McLellan) (1954) / Carl Woideck
- Pt. 4. Yardbird Suite: Remembering Charlie Parker. My Memories of Bird Parker (1955) / Gene Ramey. Jay McShann: Interview (excerpt) (1979) / Bart Becker. Jazz Oral History Project: Buster Smith (excerpt) (1981) / Chris Goddard. Jazz Oral History Project: Howard McGhee (excerpt) (1982) / Ira Gitler. The Years with Yard (1961) / Dizzy Gillespie and Gene Lees
- Pt. 5. Back Home Blues: The Kerouac Connection. Three Choruses from Mexico City Blues (1959) / Jack Kerouac. Behop and Nothingness (1996) / Francis Davis
- Pt. 6. Scrapple from the Apple: Nightclub and Concert Reviews. Dizzy Dazzles for an Hour: Rest of Concert Drags (1945) / Barry Ulanov. Charlie Parker (1950) / Barry Ulanov. Parker at Birdland (1953) / George T. Simon
- Pt. 7. Making Wax: Parker on Disc. Surveys of Parker's Recording Career: Charlie Parker's Apprenticeship Recordings, 1940-43 (1997) / Carl Woideck. A Rare Bird (1997) / Max Harrison. The Verve Sessions (1988) / Phil Schaap. Reviews: Parker under Others' Leadership: Dizzy Gillespie (1945) / Barry Ulanov and Leonard Feather. Tiny Grimes-Charlie Parker (1945) / Barry Ulanov and Leonard Feather. Reviews: Parker's Early Sessions as a Leader: Charlie Parker's Ree Boppers (1946) / Barry Ulanov, George T. Simon and Leonard Feather. Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys (1946) / Barry Ulanov, George T. Simon and Leonard Feather. Charlie Parker (1946) / George T. Simon and Leonard Feather. Reviews: The Classic Quintet: Charlie Parker (1949) / Barry Ulanov, Barbara Hodgkins and Peter Dean. Charlie Parker (1950) / Barry Ulanov, Barbara Hodgkins and George T. Simon. Reviews: Norman Granz Recordings: Charlie Parker and Strings (1950) / Barry Ulanov, Barbara Hodgkins and George T. Simon. Charlie Parker (1953) / Barry Ulanov. Charlie Parker (1955) / Bill Coss
- Pt. 8. Ornithology. Bird Land (1989) / Stanley Crouch.