This is Charlie Parker’s birthday. If he had lived, he would be 92. I wish that he had taken better care of himself.
Here’s a segment from Ken Burns’ film Jazz.
Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
With less than a month of summer to go (in the northern hemisphere), this is timely.
If it has been a while since you have heard “Summer Sequence,†the brilliant suite composed by Ralph Burns for Woody Hermanor if you have never heard itthis is your lucky day. Rifftides reader Roger Hunter’s comment on our recent Hi-Los post triggered a search for a recording of that timeless piece by Herman’s First Herd. To read Mr. Hunter’s comment and hear the music, go here and scroll down to the end of the comment section.