Chen, Richard

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Chen, Richard

Book Report:
Bird Lives! By Ross Russell
Ross Russell, the author of this book, has been president and director of artists at Dial Records, proprietor of a jazz retail store, producer of jazz festival concerts, and for the two years that Charlie Parker was under contract to Dial, he was the artist’s personal manager. The book is very narrative and shares a lot of stories that shed much insight into not only Bird, but also the look and feel of the times then. Right off the bat the book hooks you into a side story where Dean Benedetti tries to pirate a live show w/ his idol Parker. Then it takes you to his child hood.
The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940’s.
When Parker was still a child, his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where jazz and other forms of black music were flourishing. His first contact with music came from school. In high school, he played baritone horn with the school’s band, where he just contributed simple notes to the bass clef. His mother bought him his first horn, an alto sax “The first horn I got him only costed forty-five dollars at Mitchell’s down on Main Street… I had it overhauled, and it ran into money”. When he was 15, he showed a great interest in music and a love for the alto saxophone. Soon, Parker was playing with local bands until 1935, when he left school to pursue a music career.
From 1935 to1939, Parker worked in Kansas City with several local jazz and blues bands from which he learned to develop his art. One night in 1937 Parker was in the Reno Club, where he preformed terribly, not knowing the chord changes. Jo Jones, the drummer, picked up his cymbal and threw it at the ground. Laughter poured out from the audience at the young frightened Charlie.. Parker said “They are laughing at me now, I’ll be back. I’ll fix these cats” Afterwards Parker went “wood-shedding” and later emerged to blast everyone away with his virtuoso playing.
In 1939, Parker visited New York for the first time. He stayed in that city for nearly a year working as a professional musician and often participating in jam sessions. It was during this period that Parker developed his musical style.
In 1938, Parker joined the band of pianist Jay McShann’s, with whom he toured around Southwest Chicago and New York. One year later, Parker went to Chicago where he played at a club on 55th street. From there, Parker move...

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