This track should have been included on the disc that NASA sent into space years ago to showcase human achievements to other civilizations.

@MegaBanne

4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@baguettedepain3975

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaBanne No idea either. Quality of recording is bad as fuck. The musicians Parker play with are nothing to be mentioned compared to the monsters he played with in his life. The solo is very good but as most of his solos are, so don't see the particular appeal here either. There are hundreds of Parker recordings more worthy to be sent than this one.

@MegaBanne

4 жыл бұрын

@@baguettedepain3975 Like I understand that this tune was where he began when he invented the bebop. But it is not even his original tune.

@fredpg

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaBanne Can't you hear the musical ideas, the incredible swing, the way Parker links his phrases so they underline the chord changes perfectly, the beautiful melodies he creates as he goes without ever repeating himself? Listen again, improvisation doesn't get better than this little piece, just different. Pure genius at work.

@bills48321

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaBanne It's just that good. My opinion, you can have your own opinion.

August 29, 2020: Happy 100th Birthday, Charlie!

@raulrichards412

3 жыл бұрын

Happy 100 Years Anniversary "Charlie Parker" . On this is Anniversary, I went visiting is Place of Residence / Landmark Home in Greenwich Village, New York City @ 151 Avenue B (Charlie Parker Place) 1950 - 1954 ♫♪♫♫ (Tribute to Bird.)

For those of you who would like to transcribe his solo, here are the time stamps to each part. Any other time stamps can be a reply to this comment. *Chorus 1* A1 0:04 A2 0:20 B 0:35 A3 0:50 *Chorus 2* A1 1:05 A2 1:21 B 1:36 A3 1:52 *Chorus 3* A1 2:08 A2 2:23 B 2:38 A3 2:54

@0pherSax

8 ай бұрын

1:36 is the best part

@baileyayyy5085

6 ай бұрын

goated bridge @@0pherSax

@nnommrr

3 ай бұрын

but but but if i want to transcribe the solo I I have to listen second by second waaaaaaaaaahhh

Still the best phrasing to ever improvise. So melodic and intelligent.

@travismclaurin9419

4 жыл бұрын

Especially for trumpeters. I agree.

@baguettedepain3975

4 жыл бұрын

True. Amazing phrasing. He has the spontaneity and lyricism that many beboppers after him lack.

@MHerreraMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Baguette Depain 💯

@peterdonovan8710

3 жыл бұрын

@@baguettedepain3975 In my mind only early Sonny comes close.

@baguettedepain3975

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterdonovan8710 Not the same instrument but respectable opinion.

That guitar player is laying it down beautifully.

@musicality8425

2 ай бұрын

Django style

That popeye lick at 0:45 always makes me laugh. Parker was brilliant.

@HairBilly

9 ай бұрын

He used it often, right?

@Thouveninpascal

9 ай бұрын

@@HairBilly No. "Hi society's Alphonse Picou clarinet solo, sure, but not that. Not right.

@jimswordsnchords1759

5 ай бұрын

Hey, that's cool!

Literally sounds like a singing bird and this is entirely improvised. Blows my mind everytime.

@fredpg

4 жыл бұрын

It is a singing bird! Blows my mind each time too...

@judybartha9021

Жыл бұрын

A a g. A d

the best part is only from 0:00-3:11

@n.a.2946

3 жыл бұрын

lol

The height of creativity. Here you are kid, just solo over these chords. This is why Charlie Parker is still so important.

@MegaBanne

4 жыл бұрын

What's so special about these chords?

@baguettedepain3975

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaBanne Nothing. They're standard as they can be in a jazz tune.

@MegaBanne

4 жыл бұрын

@@baguettedepain3975 Well the A parts are very standard, but not the B part.

@MaxBrinsterGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Electro-Cute This song is special because Charlie Parker would practice it in all 12 keys and due to the key changes in the B part it makes it a rather difficult tune for a horn player, as well as the speed it is normally played. Basically the A part is rather easy or natural on a Bb horn, so what you will find is that a lot of players can charge through the A section with ease but as soon As they get to the B section it becomes noticeably less fluent to the listener.

@MaxBrinsterGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Electro-Cute But obviously charlie parker seemed to have no trouble with these changes even in his earliest recordings.

"I could no longer bear the stereotypical harmonies that were then continually employed by everyone. I kept thinking that something else had to be different. Sometimes I could hear something, but I was not able to play it ... That night I did a long time on Cherokee. As I made it, I realized that using the melodic line the highest ranges of chords, putting them under new harmonies, quite similar, I was suddenly playing what I had felt inside of me all the time. Reward to new life. » authorized by the band Captian JB....

@tommyt7566

5 жыл бұрын

Rafiq Wadi You sucked, then got better.... Great!

@JazzGuitarScrapbook

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently Parker never actually said that.

@marselmusic

5 жыл бұрын

thanks bro. needed this for my essay!

@ogdTo

5 жыл бұрын

But don't forget the rythm, the "slang". It's insane.

@chrissawyer4060

2 жыл бұрын

Good read. Got more info? Tell me about when he showed up 8 bars into Sweet Ga Brown and killed.

Thousands of hours of listening to all forms of jazz, still a top 5 track ever for me. It’s a simple recording but there is nothing simple about the playing at all, start to finish perfection. Parker lays down the definitive version of Cherokee. It cannot get any better, just different.

@ramaslamas7

6 ай бұрын

What's your top 5?

@01warmus

6 ай бұрын

@@ramaslamas7 As a guitar player my perspective is a bit skewed, but in no particular order (also its 6, but I can't choose between them): I'll see you in my dreams- Django Swing to Bop (topsy) - Charlie Christian Autumn Leaves - Errol Garner concert by the Sea Old Devil Moon- Sonny Rollins live at Village Vanguard This version of Cherokee Chicago Blues- Oscar Peterson w/ Joe Pass and NHOP

@MsFancho

3 ай бұрын

For me top 3.....

Everything Bird plays makes so much sense, so fluid, so elegant, so beautiful.

@baguettedepain3975

4 жыл бұрын

Yes !

@5hyguy42

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Fred....

You can litteraly listen this on repeat for hours and still be amazed and excited with Birds playing.

I've listened Charlie Parker for 37years but this tune could be the best for me. The reason could be...he was still really young, and maybe less poisoned by drugs and alcohol. Because he was so genius, his plays stayed special and great enough. But many of his plays in later years are rough and never the best for Charlie Parker I think. Same as Bud Powell or Jaco Pastorius. When they became world wide known, they were already losing the best condition. But here, we defintely can recognize the pure, young, perfect, true "Charlie Parker" Real Genius!! I'm totally blown away.

@monicabella7894

4 жыл бұрын

Facts! Don't forget the great tune that makes it so special.

@johncoffin9354

4 жыл бұрын

Several times in his history, Bird at least partially cleaned up. After Camarillo, for the 'With Strings' project etc. His sound is quite different in those intervals. His work with McShann shows the same kind of ease and freedom he shows here. Not struggling against the horn, the layered sound without the harsh 'chirping' overlay.

@spykid911

3 жыл бұрын

The consequence of poisoning is a matter of opinion. No one necessarily plays better sober or high. Our lives are linear.

@johncoffin9354

3 жыл бұрын

@@spykid911 Heroin and alcohol are lethal poisons in large enough doses. Have you noticed that there are actual, real-life laws intended to keep people from driving while IMPAIRED with alcohol? By reputation, heroin does less to impair motor skills, which may account for some of its popularity with musicians.

@spykid911

3 жыл бұрын

@@johncoffin9354 Toxicology aside, none of that matters much. If life isn't linear I'll be a younger man, tomorrow.

Mozart would have cried tears of joy and delight if he had the chance to hear Charlie Parker!!

lmfao @0:44 he quotes "POPEYE" theme...just great

@johnsurs22

8 жыл бұрын

He mixes in the quotes tastefully for sure. "Dardanella" toward the end

@johnsurs22

8 жыл бұрын

2:10 to be exact

@bausin

7 жыл бұрын

Sailor's Hornpipe.

@nominalegg5865

6 жыл бұрын

And at 00:50 Bird quotes Let's Fall in Love

@nominalegg5865

6 жыл бұрын

Also at 1:05 a quote from The Man on the Flying Trapeze ("he floats through the air...")

a settant' anni di distanza questa interpretazione potrebbe risultare vecchia e stantia.......ma è incredibilmente fresca e coinvolgente,era un genio del suo strumento,moderno e dinamico,un vero fuoriclasse.......bird forever!!!!!! il miglior musicista del secolo!!!!!!!

I always feel this recording marked the birth of modern jazz. The Bird is almost fully formed. Can definitely hear the roots of Art Pepper in there too.

@celticgodsoriginal

2 жыл бұрын

This was it, the birth of bebop.

This is pure magic.The way Bird just sails through that middle eight! He was truly incomparable. His music will inspire for ever.

@monicabella7894

2 жыл бұрын

Not magic! True genius!

Bro how is this even possible?? How is a human being able to create such beauty? Everything he plays just feels so right. Everything he plays at anytime is so correct as is if there was nothing better to play at that moment. This recording in particular fills me with such nostalgia. Come on man. Its beautful to me that we can all congregate and agree. Its a pheneomon, everyone i know in the jazz community seems to feel this way. amazing man.

This was 1942?? He already had his "sound"! Wow! He sounds so advanced compared to the rhythm section (although I love the band, too!), and even going into some pretty modern phrasing during the early part of his solo. Great stuff! First time I've heard this, and I've listened to a lot of Bird.

@clyski

3 жыл бұрын

he was 22 during this time. whenever i think of 22 year olds, i think of them as babies 😂😂😂 although a 22 year old Bird would influence almost a century of people

@bring_back_dislikes

3 жыл бұрын

@@clyski 22 year olds are adults. The human brain peaks at 25, afterwards cognitive decline begins. What the fuck are you talking about?

@AdamHallacher

3 жыл бұрын

@@bring_back_dislikes i think he means that jazz usually takes way more than 22 years of experience to become this influencial, congrats on knowing that fun fact tho

@jamestoddguitar1433

3 жыл бұрын

@@bring_back_dislikes woah, so much aggression in this comment!

@TheJackBlast

3 жыл бұрын

"Modern phrasing"? Isn't he a creator of modern phrasing?

The genius of Charlie Parker.

1:36-1:48 is truly the best part

@kenfarmer1139

4 жыл бұрын

It's nice alright - quite old style too, really.

@CMR1767

4 жыл бұрын

It is the best part

@boppincloud2125

4 жыл бұрын

I've listened to this tune 100s of times, literally every set of phrases could be the best.

@fabianvanderknaap2102

4 жыл бұрын

An amazing lick to be sure, yeah..

@bills48321

4 жыл бұрын

I love that part.

An amazing achievement by the greatest sax player that's even blown. I can't begin to imagine what music would be like without Bird.

Parker was a beast. Nothing else can be said man

To be this virtuoso on the horn is one thing, but to create these beautiful licks is another.

The Bird will fly forever

The highest of creativity in his musical concepts.

It just lifts you up and carries you off to another place... And then it ends. Beautiful.

Just stoned af, this is amazing

.... and 1942? Just stellar that this was captured for all time and how it codifies with such force and assurance of how so many would come to try and play. If you close your eyes, you can be there in that room and be transported every time. Life is wonderful.

@Minnevan

3 ай бұрын

well said

It never got any better!!!!! Just different-- - - m

It's hard to believe that it's the centennial of Bird's birth because he died so long ago at an absurdly young age. To think that he might still have been alive and playing into the early 21st century...

an excellent solo -you can feel the coming genius

@SELMER1947

5 жыл бұрын

Hum not the coming genius, he was already there !

I've been listening to jazz for 30 years... every time I hear Bird, I think not needing anything else to listen to ... but fortunately there's some good music made after his as well... :) yet still ... "amazing grace'!

This is a true find of Bird playing with only with a rhythm guitar and a great tune to play over!

Gosh , absolutely amazing and gorgeous playing... this playing with the incredible expression in his face in the final picture just make me cry. What a human being. Thanks for uploading it.

That piece from 0:35 to 0:46 is the best jazz lick it work for almost anything.

Love you, Bird! From Kansas City, MO

The Bird... The Endless Improviser.. The Best Hands Down 💯💯

One of the best jazz recordings I have heard!!

@MsFancho

11 ай бұрын

True!

Unequalled 22 years genius

so beautiful, ... incomparable... no other words to describe it

As bad as the recording is, this take is probably my favourite solo (Dexter on Ladybird in Belgium is close second). Parkers solo here is flawless from every angle; impeccable phrasing, articulation and phrasing, incredible inventiveness, catchiness (if that's a word), and a masterclass in "building" a solo. Above all else, it's pure entertainment. I don't think any of his later solos (when the effects of drugs etc were beginning to take their toll) come even close to completeness of this solo. His subsequent recorded versions of Cherokee highlight this. This was Parker at his peak to my ears.

@robertmudrow8034

2 жыл бұрын

No, this was Parker moving towards greatness. He's still a swing player here. Soon the great leap forward happens and he shakes off what you like about this and is mind-blowingly fast and inventive. Bebop. That's not the drugs. That's despite the drugs.

@tomdrawsstuffs6092

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmudrow8034 where would you put Parker at his peak? I’m curious to hear where you think that is

@AK-vm6lw

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmudrow8034 This isn't a swing solo mate.

@OwntoneFilm

5 ай бұрын

A true masterpiece.

Parker and Coltrane are equals. Parker being so much more listenable and accessible to the masses.

@fluffshepnetwork7067

Жыл бұрын

I certainly agree that they are equals. The two greatest saxophonists ever, in my opinion. IDK about accessibility. They were both very much at the cutting edge of their respective eras and this created both great excitement and some apprehension among different factions of jazz listeners at their time. Still, it's very easy to appreciate them both today.

@tlawengmophosho4848

11 ай бұрын

But Charlie parker was earlier and when Coltrane went to see his concert, he was not sure what it was and called it snake charmers music. I would include Sonny Rollins as a performer in that list.

@yoelcapoful

7 ай бұрын

Coltrane was more avant garde, more expressive but both were top level musicians

This is pure magic.

Great record to transcribe!

This is incredibly beautiful! I like the early Charlie Parker. He was only 22 back then... :-D

A portrait of the artist as a young man.

@robertmudrow8034

2 жыл бұрын

Never got old

Amazing genius beyond the call forever and ever, amen. PS great comments.

L'éclosion d'un génie de 22 ans....!!!

The perfect solo

ThankyouVeryMuch.

I like this part of Parper's legacy. A mix of swing and bop

1:37 the lick has always sounded like great fairy fountain from legend of zelda

@5hyguy42

3 жыл бұрын

Like a tone deaf version yeah

@5lender92

3 жыл бұрын

They are both arpeggios, yes

It doesn't get much better than this

The human race cannot be so terrible if one of us created this.

I dig the guitar with bird...wish there were more recordings of bird with guitsr

@metalband

5 жыл бұрын

ya man so swingin

@farshimelt

4 жыл бұрын

That style of guitar playing is too restrictive for Be Bop.

@villinbchillin2373

4 жыл бұрын

there is quite a few recordings of

@sean8190

4 жыл бұрын

@@farshimelt gypsy jazz bebop

@clancyconlin2760

4 жыл бұрын

There 'his session. September 1942

The best that ever was and ever will be. No one like Bird before or since.

@smctrout4423

3 жыл бұрын

Coltrane?

@michaelsammin9055

2 жыл бұрын

@@smctrout4423 Nope,

Love this format.

Bird…an unprecedented and other worldly, brilliant original.

The change of the 20th century in music!

Mille grazie! Uno scoperto unreal! Adesso questo Cherokee raggiunge Slim's Jam nel mio Pantheon personal

The greatest sax man of all time

Play the audio in 0.75 , everything( notes )is so balanced , gentle, beautiful…….

The Popeye quote easily makes this the best solo ever

Another mind blower! He was 22 then developing his unsurpassed saxophone playing, not to mention all the great songs he wrote.

In the whole Evolution Of Jazz History Parker stands amongst AN ISOLATED FEW Jazz Immortals whose SOUND IS THE BEDROCK OR CENTRALISED MUSICAL CANON REPRESENTATIVE OF JAZZ EPITOME.

pure JAZZ music is TIMELESS message by Charles BIRD PARKER.....THE MASTER.....PS ENOUGH SAID ALREADY

Grandioso "the bird" e il suono degli uccelli con sassofono

IRRESISTIBILE 👌👌👌👌

Sounds fresh!

Beautiful!

Magic!

Una joya de la musica universal: Cherokee !!! De aqui nacio el Be Bop

1:37 i rly love that part

Favorite song for now

Thank you commenters ! I have learned a lot just reading here

magic

Sublime

CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birth of modern music

questa è classe!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Classic Bird. Beautiful!

É sempre uma aula escutar o vô parker

@sardinha7917

10 ай бұрын

Vovozin parker

@sardinha7917

10 ай бұрын

o primeiro deles

Awesome post thanks................Sounds like Efferge was a Django fan. :)

@alexovenden8698

7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't sound like Django to my ears, just like his rhythm guitarist. It was normal to play like this before rock and blues reduced everything to three chords.

@jeepykay

4 жыл бұрын

Guitarist sounds more like Freddie Green. Doesn't have "Le Pomp" going.

@johnrothfield6126

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing about Django after listening to this. Remember that Coleman Hawkins and Django were tight in the 30s.

fabuloso Cherokee, con Bird.

GENIO !

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

every cool teacher i've had has said the best way to git gud is learning solos by ear so here i am guise what's your story

Gênio!

Perfect performance, Greatest!

History!

Yes in deedy!!!!!!!!!!

Bird LIVES

fantastisch !!

Great!

This is great, Charlie Parker in 1942 before the real beginning of Be Bop. People should now listen to Ko ko which is deived from Cherokee.

Super!