Download:
"Thriving On A Riff" mp3
By Charlie Parker and the Be-Bop Boys, 1945.
available on The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings
"Warming Up On A Riff" mp3
By Charlie Parker and the Be-Bop Boys, 1945.
available on The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings
This is an interesting record. And when I talk about this record, I'm talking about this record - the very one you are looking at. When I first got it, I saw some writing on the inner grooves in grease pencil, and two concentric circles drawn right onto the grooves. Closer inspection revealed an arrow marked in pencil pointing upwards to the first of these two circles. This is the type of thing that audiophiles or a certain type of record collector might scoff at. Not me. I find it thrilling. There's a story in the grooves that goes beyond the music contained within them, giving life to this object and the purpose that it served, probably as study material to it's previous owner, whom I'm guessing was a musician.
The first circle comes precisely at the moment when the band drops out and Charlie Parker begins his lyrical solo on tenor - not alto - which he hadn't played since he was in the Earl Hines orchestra, and leads into Miles' solo and then pianist John Lewis' run. I have a few other Bird records, where you can visually see where the solos are, because the grooves are worn out from excessive replay of these parts. This is the first time I've seen it marked.
Modern technology makes this type of loving demarcation unnecessary. I can tell you that after making an mp3 of this record, that the first circle comes at exactly 0:34, and the second one (where the solos end) at 2:21. It also gives visualization to another another bit of mathematic symmetry. The band plays the harmonic be-bop riff on the chord changes over the head in a 32 bar form at the beginning and the end of this take for approximately 33 seconds.
If a paper airplane is sent off from the Empire State Building's observation deck on a clear day, and a bullet is fired from a smoking gun 100 yards away pointed toward a rocket leaving Cape Canaveral, who picks up Little Willie's bar tab?
Download:
"Little Willie Leaps" (take 3) mp3
by Miles Davis All Stars, 1947.
available on The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Bonus:
"Little Willie Leaps" (take 1 - incomplete) mp3
by Miles Davis All Stars, 1947.
available on Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions
"Little Willie Leaps" (take 2) mp3
by Miles Davis All Stars, 1947.
available on Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions
Happy Valentine's Day folks.
Here's some songs for you and your baby to dance to. It starts out rocking, builds to joyous crescendo, and then it gets nice and slow.
Use at your own discretion.
Download:
"Dedicated To The One I Love" mp3
by The "5" Royales, 1957.
available on The Very Best of the 5 Royales
"Tell All The World About You" mp3
by Ray Charles with the Raylettes, 1958.
available on The Birth Of Soul : The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959
"She's Sugar Sweet" mp3
by Eddie Hudson, 1958.
out of print
"That's Why (I Love You So)" mp3
by Jackie Wilson, 1959.
available on The Ultimate Jackie Wilson
"Whole Lotta Love" mp3
by B.B. "Blues Boy" King, 1958.
available on His RPM Hits 1951-1957
"Your True Love" mp3
by Carl Perkins, 1957.
available on The Essential Sun Collection
"My Funny Valentine" mp3
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, 1952.
available on My Funny Valentine
"My Funny Valentine" mp3
by Chet Baker, 1954.
available on Chet Baker Sings
"My Funny Valentine" mp3
Miles Davis Quintet, 1956.
available on Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
"My Funny Valentine" mp3
Ben Webster and Teddy Wilson, 1954.
available on Ben Webster for Lovers
top photo: © Ted Barron, 1988.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Download:
"Carvin' The Bird" mp3
by Charlie Parker Septet, 1947.
available on The Legendary Dial Masters Vol. 1-2
"Bird's Nest" mp3
by Charlie Parker Quartet, 1947.
available on The Legendary Dial Masters Vol. 1-2
"Bird of Paradise" mp3
by Charlie Parker Quintet, 1947.
available on The Legendary Dial Masters Vol. 1-2
"Bird Feathers" mp3
by Charlie Parker Quintet, 1947.
available on The Legendary Dial Masters Vol. 1-2
BONUS:
"Surfin Bird" mp3
by The Ramones, 1977.
available on Rocket To Russia
"I Thank You" mp3
by Sam & Dave, 1968.
available on The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968
"Thankful 'N Thoughtful" mp3
by Sly & The Family Stone, 1973
available on Fresh
"Be Thankful For What You Got"
by William DeVaughn, 1974
available on Be Thankful For What You Got
"Be Thankful For What You Got"
by Yo La Tengo, 1998.
available on Little Honda
"Thank You Friends"
by Big Star, 1974.
available on Sister Lovers
Along with Miles Davis, (as heard in the above Charlie Parker Quintet) here's a few perspectives on Thanksgiving from two more of St. Louis' finest....
Download:
"Thanksgiving Pussy"
by Redd Foxx
available on Fugg It!!
"Thanksgiving Prayer",
William S. Burroughs, 1986.
directed by Gus Van Sant
"Art is a powerful weapon that society, or the powers that be, use to control or direct the way people think. Culture is used to perpetuate the status quo of a society. Even though I'm involved in music for the sake of entertainment, I always hope to offer some kind of enlightenment."
-Max Roach 1924-2007
Download: "Woodyn' You" mp3
Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra
Recorded February 16, 1944.
Download: "Disorder At The Border" mp3
Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra
Recorded February 22, 1944.
Download: "Ko Ko" mp3
Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys
Recorded November 26, 1945.
Download: "Klactoveedsedstene" mp3
Charlie Parker Quintet
Recorded November 4, 1947.
Download: "Marmaduke" mp3
Charlie Parker's All Stars
Recorded September 24, 1948.
Max Roach photograph: © William P. Gottlieb
Buy Max Roach music at Amazon
or at your local independently owned record store.
Coleman Hawkins sides available on: Rainbow Mist
Charlie Parker sides available on
The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948
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