Super Don-O Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Today is Charlie Parker's 100th birthday. What better way to celebrate one of the most creative minds in 20th century music than by pulling out the old CDs or videos of the '91 Blue Devils and their amazing Conversations in Jazz show. As if you needed an excuse to bathe in the sound of one of the finest brass line DCI ever fielded. Edited August 29, 2020 by Super Don-O 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Not sure many people here know who the "Bird" is. Such an incredibly talented-gifted man. So sad he passed so young. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ironlips Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Re Bird and the Blue Devils: "Bird and Bela in Bb" was composed by Don Sebesky, and though it references and honors Charlie Parker in a stylistic way, the piece does not include any of his music. Bird did compose "Blues for Alice" (Bluecoats '94), "Straight, No Chaser" (Les Senateurs '97) and "Yardbird Suite" (Canadian Knights '86) I have always found it ironic that, despite the title, the corps played it on G brass instruments (of course) in 1991. Maybe it's time for a re-visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftwdrummer Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, ironlips said: Re Bird and the Blue Devils: "Bird and Bela in Bb" was composed by Don Sebesky, and though it references and honors Charlie Parker in a stylistic way, the piece does not include any of his music. Bird did compose "Blues for Alice" (Bluecoats '94), "Straight, No Chaser" (Les Senateurs '97) and "Yardbird Suite" (Canadian Knights '86) I have always found it ironic that, despite the title, the corps played it on G brass instruments (of course) in 1991. Maybe it's time for a re-visit. IIRC, they did touch on it in 2012. More recently, Bluecoats used it in 2018. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironlips Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, ftwdrummer said: IIRC, they did touch on it in 2012. More recently, Bluecoats used it in 2018. Good catch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 "You can tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker." - Miles Davis, who knew a bit about jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 2 hours ago, kdaddy said: "You can tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker." Five. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Ghost said: Five. Sorry, I added the "and" by accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Former US Navy musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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