Category Archives: Charlie Parker

THE DAY BIRD FLEW AWAY: DIZZY GILLESPIE MEETS THE ORCHESTRA — WASHINGTON, MARCH 13, 1955

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Brew

Beside the lengthy “Afro Suite” on side 1, there is this wonderful version of “TIN TIN DEO” on the pictured LP. If Dizzy, or anyone else had known what had happened the night before, in Pannonica de Koenigswarter’s apartment, on March … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings | Tagged altosaxophone, bad dream, beauty, bebop, big band, cup mute, drugs, great american songbook, great solo | 2 Comments

Another eternal repost: CHRISTMAS JAZZ from SWING to BOP — BREW’s ULTIMATE SEASONAL PLAYLIST

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Brew

Have yourself a… …MERRY, HAPPILY SWINGIN’, COOL & PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS, dear folks! By the way: — NONE of the tracks on the below playlist could be found on the pictured album. — ALL of them have been taken from various … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Dorough, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Christmas, Delikatessen...LOLL., Duke Ellington, Edythe Wright, Exoticism, Glenn Miller, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Madness, Much snow, Santa Claus, Swing Era, The Modernaires, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, World War II | Tagged bad dream, bebop, big band, cool, from swing to bop, great american songbook, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz soundtrack, oldie, world war 2 | Comments Off

Complete for the first time: CHARLIE PARKER’s “BARBADOS”, ‘Live’ in Paris, May 1949

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Brew

Anyone who knows the LP-version (pictured) will love this: ‘Cause it’s the very first time you can listen to this version of “BARBADOS” with all four theme statements by the Charlie Parker Quintet, and without some distortions due to the … Continue reading →

Posted in All American Rhythm Section, Charlie Parker, Dedication, Exoticism, Jazz in Paris, May, Salle Pleyel, Saxophone | Tagged bebop, blues, great solo, jazz, jazz quintet, jazz rhumba, living jazz history, private tape, standard | Comments Off

THE BRIEF BUT DEEP CAREER OF RICHARD “DICK” TWARDZIK — OR: HOW ‘BOUT A LITTLE “RE-SEARCH”?

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Brew

It was not exactly the result of a research, it came to me as a gift: # 500 of the limited edition (1000 items) “Early Chet – Chet Baker In Germany 1955-59 – Lost Tapes”. The album is only available … Continue reading →

Posted in April, Blogging is swell!, Blues, CD review, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dedication, Etymology, Germans, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Richard Twardzik | Tagged bad habits, bebop, big band, great american songbook, great solo, jam session, jazz, love, standard, up tempo | 1 Comment

BRUNO LEICHT & HIS MADHATTAN FOUR (Berlin, 2007) with Charlie Parker’s KLACT-OVEEREDS-TENE

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Brew

While I was cleaning my hard drive, I’ve found this in the archives, updated, enhanced & uploaded it to JazzTube; and now here it is, for your watching & listening pleasure: Bruno Leicht (tp) Walter Gauchel (ts) Lars Gühlcke (b) … Continue reading →

Posted in Charlie Parker, Dedication, Etymology, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Miles Davis, Portrait, Saxophone, Tongue In Cheek, Trumpet | Tagged bad habits, bebop, cup mute, great solo, jazz, language, living jazz history, love, private tape, standard | Comments Off

BREW LITE’s FIVE YULE-ITES remembered GLENN MILLER with HARRY WARREN’s “I KNOW WHY”…

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Brew

…which was originally composed for the film Sun Valley Serenade (1941). It can be heard now – as promised – in a brand new version, here at this humble blog. — Blog owner’s acknowledgment: Thanks, Mr. Jay, for those beautiful … Continue reading →

Posted in Charlie Parker, Christmas, Dedication, Glenn Miller, Harry Warren, Jazz Adaptation, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Marion Hutton, Obituary, Saxophone, Swing Era, Trumpet, Winter | Tagged bebop, big band, Clarinet, great american songbook, jazz ballad, jazz soundtrack, living jazz history, love, oldie, soundtrack, standard, world war 2 | Comments Off

As a pre-Christmas gift, an update of one of my most viewed articles: ALL ‘ROUND CHEROKEE

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Brew

Dear folks — It’s the day before Christmas Eve, which is one of the coziest evenings, especially in Germany; and so, with this updated article, I want to thank all my 46.269+x readers for their patience, and for their love … Continue reading →