04/06/08

swing swang swung. april is jazz appreciation month and poetry appreciation month so every week you'll hear jazz (of course) but also music-related poetry both famed and contemporary. today started with the obvious choice. i didn't mention this, but happy birthday bill hardman and art taylor. also i didn't have a chance to actually play charlie parker, but we can get to that next week or you can look it up as homework. either way.

This is what Charlie Parker
Said when he played, All is Well:

Twelve / Jaki Byard Quartet / Live! Vol. 1
Birdlike / Freddie Hubbard / Ready For Freddie
Change Partners / Art Farmer Quartet / Perception
What is This Thing Called Love? / Ahmad Jamal / Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
Broadway / Oscar Peterson / Plays Count Basie
Basie Ain't Here / Frank Wess / Wess Point
Indiana / Art Tatum / The Complete Capitol Records
Wabash / Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane / Cannonball & Coltrane
Reunion / Benny Golson Sextet / The Modern Touch
Half Nelson / Charlie Rouse / Social Call
Old World, New Imports / Hank Mobley / No Room For Squares
Passion Flower / Billy Strayhorn / Lush Life
Introduction/Tribute to Ellington / Randy Weston / Carnival
East of the Sun (West of the Moon) / Sonny Stitt Quartet / Personal Appearance
Good Spirits / Al Cohn / Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer
Five Brothers / Gerry Mulligan Quartet / Paris Concert
Monaco (alt. take) / Kenny Dorham / 'Round About Midnight At the Café Bohemia Vol. II
Charlie Parker / Jack Kerouac / Mexico City Blues