Chasin' the Bird
Brian Priestley, , , ,
In his short life, Parker was one of the most influential musicians in jazz, and together with Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, he was the main architect of the modern jazz revolution of the 1940s known as bebop. Addicted to drugs and alcohol, and with a tangled private life, Parker... Read more
Published: 2005
Pages: 261
eBook: 9781845533298
| Cover | Cover | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| contents | v | ||
| preface | vii | ||
| acknowledgements | ix | ||
| introduction | 1 | ||
| 1 body and soul | 9 | ||
| 2 the jumpin’ blues | 22 | ||
| 3 now ’s the time | 39 | ||
| 4 parker ’s mood | 55 | ||
| 5 celebrity | 71 | ||
| 6 i remember you | 88 | ||
| 7 the song is you | 106 | ||
| Plate section | |||
| 8 confirmation | 125 | ||
| discography | 139 | ||
| notes | 199 | ||
| introduction | 199 | ||
| 1 body and soul | 200 | ||
| 2 the jumpin’ blues | 203 | ||
| 3 now’s the time | 207 | ||
| 4 parker’s mood | 211 | ||
| 5 celebrity | 214 | ||
| 6 i remember you | 217 | ||
| 7 the song is you | 222 | ||
| 8 confirmation | 228 | ||
| bibliography | 231 | ||
| index | 233 |