Charlie Parker - Compulsion video free download

Klaus-Werner Pusch

A wonderful example of the artistry of Miles Davis. One can see how he in 1953 had developed is more horizontal style of improvising which finally was even more pregnantly represented in the Capitol Orchestra. Was he in the former Charlie Parker still but a highly melody and not lick orientated player, in this recording he is already a step further. Bebop was something of the past and a new generation of musicians on the move. WOW!

james perry

According to Ira Gitler...who was the A&R man at Prestige Records in 1953, this date assembled Miles,Bird and Rollins...along with Walter Bishop,Jr ,Percy Heath,and Philly Joe Jones. Gitler states that he had brought some libations to the studio,to "loosen" up the musicians before recording the session. Parker...who possessed a great appetite for alcohol,consumed the entire quart of gin,Gitler had provided for everyone involved in the session. Beer had also been brought,as a chaser for the gin. Bird just swallowed the gin,without chasing it with the beer...and became very intoxicated,(and drowsy) as a result. Miles was pissed at Parker ,for being drunk at his recording date. Nonetheless, the date went down. Rollins took the first tenor solo on Compulsion and the two takes of The Serpent's Tooth. Sonny was indeed, a Bird disciple on tenor. Look up Sippin' at Bells,Half Nelson,Little Willie Leaps,and Milestones from 1948,with Bird on tenor and Miles. You hear Sonny's early style from Bird,exactly..on those dates. Bird does the second solo stints on the above named 1953 titles. If he had not been so drunk,his solos might have been more cleaner. The only way you can tell the difference between Sonny's solos and Bird's...is that Parker's tone is more darker, biting, and definitely more slurred...than Rollin's tone on these tracks.

JAZZI40

This is bebop and you must got brains if you understand this music. Meaning good, and relaxing music. This is my music and i understand this.

2300 skiddoo

I had not heard that this was one of the tunes Miles is supposed to have stolen from Jimmy Heath. This is only time he recorded it, though. One could say that these aren't the best solos Miles and Bird ever played, but, as someone once said, SO WHAT?

christian perseu

QUESTA è...MUSICA

christian perseu

QUESTA è...MUSICA

Ralph Außerbauer

If Charlie Parker was a Gunslinger...

GeoCoppens

Don't forget or ever underestimate early Lee Konitz, especially with Lennie Tristano at the Confucius Restaurant. Fabulous!!!

GeoCoppens

Too simple!

Deniss Pashkevich

amazing record

scabbard1597

Miles reminds me of Dizzy in this

Ibogaine

Better late than never. I am 41 and just started listening to his music recently. I just didn't know what I was missing.

Rafael Bernardo Coopi

why has it taken me so long to discover the greatness of charlie

chris dennehy

not really be-bop, this recording is a pre-cursor to the dawn of the then emerging hard bop era...

Garramedia

To avoid legal dificulties in this recording he figures as Charlie Chan (Chan was his common law wife at the time)

Sotiris Zampelis

awkward..... :D:D

nate fegan

fantastic... thanks for posting!

horbergus

It's both, Bebop is a style of jazz.

joel talje

Well jazz comes from the blues. But it evolved later into swing and after that into bebop so this is just a part of the jazz history

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