Poor Bird the shock treatments at Camarillo messed up his playing. All those mistakes. He's trying to keep up with the drummer and before the shocks drummers was trying to keep up with him. His timing is messed up
Thanks, Andre. ... A very fine mouthpiece I'm sure. But we must remember Phil Woods' words upon once lending Bird his horn. "He could've made the strap sound good."
I’d expect a listing of the musicians playing on this date somewhere in the description. It sounds like Max Roach on drums, and maybe Dizzy on trumpet, I can’t tell who on base, maybe Mingus if this recording is from the Massey Hall date. We shouldn’t have to guess.
It has been said that Lester’s playing style was an inspiration for bebop…and given the comments on this video, it could also be said that Prez’s solo (and the ending especially) was a wry comment on the bebop scene itself
I went to Quasimodo, a famous jazz club in (then West) Berlin. I went each night during a two week residency by Dewey Redman, Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell, 1987. I went early every night to grab a table by the bandstand. I played alto since a kid and was in the British Army though not in the band. After a few nights Dewey and Ed noticed me there. They saved me a place for the rest of the residency and would join me during intervals. They were such wonderful men. All three. Mark Helias was there one time. I’ll never forget that experience. That era is gone now. To have spent those evenings with Dewey, Don, Ed and sometimes Mark who stood in for Charlie Haden (who I never got to see); among my sweetest memories.
It’s 2024 and at 65 I think I’m listening to more Bird, Trane, Miles, Monk, et al, for 50 years, and can enjoy it like it’s the first time. JAZZ LIVES…BIRD LIVES
