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How glibly I had talked of modern jazz, without realizing
the force of the adjective:
this was modern jazz, and
Parker was a modern jazz player just as Picasso was a modern
painter
and Pound a modern poet. I hadn't realized that jazz
had gone from Lascaux to Jackson Pollock in fifty years,
but
now I realized it relief came flooding in upon me after
nearly two years' despondency.
I went back to my books:
"After Parker, you had to be something of a musician
to
follow the best jazz of the day." Of course! After Picasso!
After Pound!
There could hardly have been a conciser summary
of what I don't believe about art.
‐ Philip Larkin
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Ornithology (Bird Lore): Charlie Parker Septet, March 28, 1946 (3'21)
Embraceable You: Charlie Parker Quintet, October 28, 1947 (3'43)
Now's the Time: Charlie Parker Quartet, August 4, 1953 (3'01)
I've Got You Under My Skin: Charlie Parker Quartet, August 4, 1953 (3'40)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Shaw 'Nuff: Dizzy Gillespie's All-Star Quintette, May 11, 1945 (3'03)
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Summertime: August 4, 1958 (3'18)
So What: March 2, 1959 (9'02)
Ornette Coleman (1930-)
Lonely Woman: May 22, 1959 (5'02)
Eventually: May 22, 1959 (4'20)