He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of roy eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. It was the only time that the five men recorded together as a unit, and it was the last recorded meeting of parker and. Gillespie joined the earl fatha hines band in 1942, about the same time charlie parker 19201955 did. As a trumpet virtuoso gillespie stands firmly as a major influence in the development of the jazz trumpet. Depending on your point of emphasis, john birks dizzy gillespie 19171993 was either a groundbreaking, pioneer who taught the language of bebop to a whole generation of postworld war ii modernists or a turncoat and a traitor who along with alto saxophonist charlie parker, his primary partner in crime, was responsible for the destruction of the pure jazz that developed in this. Two of the finest names in jazz music collaborating on an album together. Hot house is a bebop standard, composed by american jazz musician tadd dameron in 1945. Charlie parker and dizzy gillespie were both participants at a recorded jam session hosted by billy eckstine on february 15, 1943, and parker at. William gottliebs classic 1947 photo of four important figures in b. Jazz trumpet virtuoso dizzy gillespie started bebop. Buy dizzy gillespies album titled bebop professor to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover.
Hot house became an anthem of the bebop movement in american jazz. The tune was made famous by dizzy gillespie and charlie parker as a quintet arrangement and become synonymous with those musicians. The lick starts with a dm add 9 arpeggio over the dm7 chord, a common choice in bebop. Bebop is a form of jazz that began to emerge in the late 1930s and 1940s, principally in new york city but also having origins in kansas city, missouri and elsewhere in the usa. Shipton emphasizes that dizzy gillespie and charlie parker at their best scaled heights other jazz musicians had never imagined. John birks dizzy gillespie was an american jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. Now that dizzy gillespie had become the world class jazz celebrity after making his solo recording debut in 1945 with two debut sessions, he again topped the jazz charts with this stunning upbeat big band album in 1947 that would define his trend setting trumpet artistry and bandleading skills, abeited by his own sense of humour. Bird and diz by dizzy gillespie 8436563182822 cd barnes. Jan 05, 2020 this festive album, the original mambo kings. Early in 1945, parker had begun his first live smallband gigs with gillespie, after he too left eckstine the previous december, working briefly with boyd radburn and then being booked on the street. His bestknown compositions include oop bob sh bam, salt.
Begin with an example of bebopa performance featuring alto saxophonist charlie parker and trumpet player dizzy gillespie entitled shaw nuff. The first bar starts with the opening phrase from groovin high, a bebop standard written by charlie parker and dizzy gillespie. In the meantime, charlie himself had played some monday nights at the spotlite run by clark monroe. Charlie parker bebop parker on alto sax, gillespie on trumpet here we have two of the three main originators of bebop, charlie parker and dizzy gillespie. Gillespie and bird parker were together in the earl hines big band and also in the billy eckstine big band of 1944. Heres a historic tv broadcast of the founding fathers of bebop, charlie parker and dizzy gillespie, playing together in 1952.
Through these musicians, a new vocabulary of musical phrases was created. Share dizzy gillespie quotations about jazz and music. Informed comment in 1948 rumors spread that jazz trumpet great dizzy gillespie was considering converting to islam. Dizzy gillespie and charlie parker groovin high vinyl. Dizzy gillespies most popular book is to be or not to bop. The main melody is based on the chord changes to another. August 29, 1920 march 12, 1955, also referred to by his nicknames. An introduction to afrocubop 19481954, features charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, bebo valdes and many others who capture the spirit of the era. Swing introduced a diversity of new musicians in the bebop era like charlie parker, thelonious monk, bud powell, kenny clarke, oscar pettiford, and gillespie. Along the way, shipton convincingly argues that gillespierather than charlie parker as is widely believedhad the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. Charlie parker plays with dizzy gillespie in only footage capturing. Books by dizzy gillespie author of to be or not to bop. And in contrast he had seen other great musicians saved by adopting islam. A noted composer, his songbook is a list of bebops greatest hits.
Pioneered by gifted musicians such as dizzy gillespie, the bebop era during the 1940s1950s is considered to be the end of classical jazz and the start of modern jazz. Salt peanuts, woody n you, con alma, groovin high, and a night in tunisia all became jazz standards. Charlie parker was a legendary grammy awardwinning jazz saxophonist who, with dizzy gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. A biography of jazz great dizzy gillespie traces his early life and examines. Buy dizzy gillespies album titled bird and diz to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another. A jazz trumpeter dizzy gillespie played with charlie parker and developed the music known as bebop. Dizzy gillespie has 16 books on goodreads with 477 ratings. The quintet was composed of five leading modern players of the day.
With parker, gillespie jammed at famous jazz clubs like mintons playhouse and monroes uptown house. They recorded a few times before, but this was their last album together and there only album with jazz piano master thelonious monk. In the 1940s gillespie, with charlie parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. Charlie parker, american alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, a lyric artist generally considered the greatest jazz saxophonist. Miles davis once said, you can tell the history of jazz in four words. In 1945 dizzy left the collapsing billy eckstine big band to. Jazz saxophonist and composer charlie parkers entire oeuvre is being examined in a new book, called charlie parker, composer, published via oxford university press this april parker began playing as a teenager after being gifted a secondhand alto sax by his mother. How charlie parker changed the course of jazz history. Charlie parker plays with dizzy gillespie in only footage. Begin with an example of bebop a performance featuring alto saxophonist charlie parker and trumpet player dizzy gillespie entitled shaw nuff. Gillespie biography life, family, childhood, children, name, school, book.
Gillespie, thelonious monk, charlie parker and other young musicians were exploring ways to create a radical new jazz style called bebop. This drummer was known for his unorthodox klookamop style. There is an intro with angular unison and octave lines in saxophone and trumpet. Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid1940s in the united states, which features songs characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales and occasional references to the melody. Discs 111 contain all the master takes on parkers key labelssavoy, dial and verve and its associate labelsplus others from the first phase of his documented career on decca, continental, guild. Bird charlie parker gave the world his music, and if you. From 1941 to 1943 gillespie played in several big bands, including benny carter, lucky millander, charlie barnet and earl hines.
As the greatest musical heir on alto sax to charlie parker, it seemed only natural for phil woods to record a date with dizzy gillespie. Diving into the aesthetics, history and philosophy of his output. Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid1940s in the united states, which. The complete masters 19411954 is a brilliant way station. Maggin shows how, with bebop during the late 1930s and early 1940s, dizzy and four colleagues charlie parker, kenny clarke, thelonious monk, and charlie christian radically expanded the rhythmic and harmonic foundations of jazz. October 21, 1917 january 6, 1993 was an american jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. Several things distinguish this from numerous other quintet recordings featuring these two bebop pioneers. Jazz at massey hall is a live jazz album featuring a performance by the quintet given on 15 may 1953 at massey hall in toronto. Dizzy gillespie, charlie parker town hall nyc june 22. As gillespie himself had a tendency to over indulge in alcohol, this was far from an abstract question for him. By 1950, the hype ended, and he was forced, due to economic pressures, to break up his orchestra. Dizzy gillespie, charlie parker, bud powell, charles mingus, and max roach.
His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit. Charlie parker, dizzy gillespie groovin high amazon. Anthropology dizzy gillespie charlie parker sheet music. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters miles davis, jon faddis, fats navarro, clifford brown, arturo sandoval, lee morgan, 5 chuck mangione, 6 and balladeer johnny hartman. In 1945 dizzy left the collapsing billy eckstine big band to return to small combo playing. Apr 25, 2019 shipton emphasizes that dizzy gillespie and charlie parker at their best scaled heights other jazz musicians had never imagined. Its one of only two known sound films of parker playingand the only one of him playing live, rather than synching to a prerecorded track. Together with charlie parker sax, bud powell p and kenny clarke dr, gillespie was part of the 1940s jazz revolution known as bebop. The life and legacy of charlie parker, by by brian priestley. In 1943, parker played in earl hiness band along with dizzy gillespie. I will share this book with children and let them listen to charlie parker and dizzy gillespies bebop esp. Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, andtogether with louis armstrong and ornette colemanhe was one of the three great. This book, along with the miles davis autobiography miles and ross russels.
Chris raschkas charlie parker played be bop doesnt include any of. Dizzy gillespie, american jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was one of the seminal figures of the bebop movement. Jazz saxophonist charlie parkers pioneering work explored. Charlie parker, king of bebop, celebrated in film biography. Dizzy gillespie, the high priest of bebop, who has died in new jersey aged 75, was a true innovator, responsible, with a handful of fellow spirits, for bringing a radical new dimension to jazz music. But for many things, not only how to play the trumpet but the way to choose the notes, how to play them and how to phrase all of them, i took that from sweets edison. Onscreen standouts in secondary roles include samuel e. Bebop trumpeter, dizzy gillespie 19171993 jazz historians consider parker and gillespie to have had a yin and yang like relationship. Along the way, shipton convincingly argues that gillespie rather than charlie parker as is widely believedhad the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. After gigs, gillespie and parker would often go to harlem for the latenight jam sessions.
This is a music video about the childrens book, charlie parker played be bop written. Dont say im forsaking christianity, christianity is forsaking me, or better, people who claim to be christian just aint. John birks gillespie dit dizzy gillespie, ne a cheraw caroline du sud le 21 octobre 1917 et. The history of charlie parker is well documented, so much so that most devotees of. Jun 23, 2019 charlie parker was a legendary grammy awardwinning jazz saxophonist who, with dizzy gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. Its one of only two known sound films of parker playing and the only one of him playing live, rather than synching to a prerecorded track. This album features bop legends dizzy gillespie and charlie parker making their way through 9 amazing jazz cuts. Dizzy gillespie biography life, family, childhood, children.
This paper seeks to explore and evaluate the origins of bebop and afrocuban jazz and how it had changed the landscape of jazz music including the social and cultural context by. This european studio session features dizzy as a special guest sitting in with one of. Like louis armstrong, duke ellington, miles davis, and john coltrane, he was a transitional composer and improviser who ushered in a new era of jazz by. The dizzy gillespie collection songbook by dizzy gillespie book resume. He had occasional reunions with charlie parker up until birds death in 1955, he toured with jazz at the philharmonic and headed allstar recording sessions. Dizzy gillespie download pdfepub ebook gets free book. Dizzy gillespie popularized bebop and became a symbol of the new music in the late 40s. He argues that gillespie, the young trumpeter from south carolina, played the major theoretical and organizational role in bops development. Dizzy gillespie 19171993 was an american jazz trumpet virtuoso as well as. Fifty years after helping found a new style of progressive jazz that came to be known as bebop, dizzy gillespies 19171993 music is still a major contributing factor to the development of modern jazz. Its harmonic structure is identical to cole porters what is this thing called love.
Gillespie had seen the lives of many of his fellow musicians, including charlie parker, destroyed by substance abuse. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. Digital download composed by charlie parker and dizzy gillespie 19171993. Dizzy gillespie, byname of john birks gillespie, born october 21, 1917, cheraw, south carolina, u. Although parker became famous as an alto saxophonist, he was playing tenor sax at that time. Charlie watts, drummer for the rolling stones, wrote a childrens book entitled ode to a high flying bird as a tribute to parker. Dizzy gillespie discografia 19372010 internet archive. Complete your charlie parker dizzy gillespie collection. In 1945, gillespie played in billy eckstines big band alongside fellow bebopper, charlie parker. Aug 26, 2019 a jazz trumpeter dizzy gillespie played with charlie parker and developed the music known as bebop. His bestknown compositions include oop bob sh bam, salt peanuts and a night in tunisia. Gillespie told journalists that the important religious issue for him was not the success of another religion but the failure of christianity.
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