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Charlie Parker
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Charlie Parker grew up in Kansas City, where as a teenager he listened in the clubs to the saxophonists of Count Basie. Lester Young was his great example; he learned his solos note for note from the record. In 1939 he went to New York for the first time. He then played with Jay McShann and Earl Hines, and worked out bebop with Dizzy Gillespie. Parker played fast, long lines on the alto saxophone, with unexpected accents and complicated harmony, but also with a deep feeling for the blues. His nickname was 'Bird'. His recordings for Savoy and Dial from 1945 to 1948 became the model for almost every later jazz musician. He was addicted to heroin and died in 1955 at the age of 34.
Listening
Ko-Ko · Charlie Parker, 1945
Ornithology · Charlie Parker, 1946
Parker's Mood · Charlie Parker, 1948
Anthropology · Charlie Parker, 1946Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 1949Charlie Parker With Strings
- 1950Charlie Parker Sextet
- 1951Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
- 1952Bird and Diz
- 1952South of the Border
- 1953Bird - Diz - Bud - Max
- 1954Charlie Parker With Strings
- 1955Charlie Parker Memorial Vol. 1
- 1956The Charlie Parker Story
- 1957Plays Cole Porter - The Genius of Charlie Parker #5
- 1961An Historical Meeting At The Summit
- 1961The Happy "Bird"
- 1962Once There Was Bird
- 1982Fragments
- 1982Royal Roost Bop
- 1986Charlie Parker in Sweden 1950
- 1990Jam Session
- 1991Bird’s Night
- 1992An Evening at Home With the Bird
- 1993Bird on the Wing
- 1997Blue Rondo
- 2002Super Session
- 2005Bird's Nest
- 2006Night in Tunisia
- 2020At Café Society
- 2020Bird and Diz
- 2020Charlie Parker With Strings
- 2020Complete Recordings
- 2020Now's The Time
- 2020Plays Cole Porter
- 2023Radio Bird
- 2025The Fire and the Flight
- ?'Round Midnight
- ?Bird Takes Off
- ?Charlie Parker [Direct Source]
Other work
- 1945Ko-Ko
- 1946Ornithology
- 1948Parker's Mood
- 1953Jazz at Massey Hall
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 2: Youth Cultures 1950-1980NL Reader
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 1NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Bebop Genre
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were the pioneers; in Paris and Amsterdam it became the music of the artistic set.
- Kansas City jazz Genre
Andy Kirk with Mary Lou Williams, Jay McShann with the young Charlie Parker, and the singer Big Joe Turner with the pianist Pete Johnson also came out of this scene.
- Saxophone Technology
Coleman Hawkins made the tenor saxophone a solo instrument, and Charlie Parker played the lightning-fast lines of bebop on it.