Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr., also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth29 August 1920
CityKansas City, KS
CountryUnited States of America
play bored alive
I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with appropriately related changes I could play the thing I'd been hearing. I came alive.
bit
It was a bit of a switch-up, really,
faster improving results stronger works
It works on improving your neuromuscular system. You'll see results faster and you'll also get stronger in the process.
faster improving results stronger works
It works on improving your neuromuscular system, ... You'll see results faster and you'll also get stronger in the process.
music i-like-you mets
I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much.
children bops jazz
Bop is no love-child of jazz.
music play eight
I can play all I know in eight bars.
music art men
Man, there's no boundary line to art!
jazz instruments
You've got to learn your instrument.
looks rhythm look-at-me
I look at melody as rhythm.
forget
Learn the changes, then forget them.
music thinking play
I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.
music jazz-and-life boundaries
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.
clean notes
It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes.