charlie parker relaxin at the Camarillo

[@boazmarva6247]

Charlie Parker (alto sax), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Wardell Gray (tenor), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), George 'Red' Callender (bass), Don Lamond (drums). you're welcome!

[@rickvosper7318]

Thanks so much. I hate it when people don't think the musicians are important enough to list.

[@dannygrewen3248]

thank you

[@kdoh7771]

Very many thanks from Japan. Camarillo is a mental hospital.

[@Elite59]

@@kdoh7771 yes, it was called Camarillo State Hospital. Located in beautiful Camarillo, California. The state hospital no longer exists, as it has now been converted in to a university. Cal State Channel Islands.

[@antechinus100]

@@Elite59 Parker composed this tune when or after his spell in the Camarillo sanatorium. Did not affect his genius but in the end drugs and alcohol won. Coincidence =- Yesterday a watched a film doco about the English singer Amy Winehouse. What a voice!. The lyrics she wrote to some of her songs. Tony Bennett said she could have been a jazz singer equal to Ella or Billie Holiday had she lived. A life ruined. Thankfully the music lives on.

[@mardicole4202]

Whenever I hear Charlie Parker it reminds me of my Uncle Joe (whom I adored) - he loved jazz and introduced me to all the greats when I was just a kid - greatest guy ever - miss him a lot.

[@xxczerxx]

The more I listen to Bird the more I realise just how much he 'WAS' the birth of modern jazz music. This song is actually a great example of that because you have Bird's signature bop playing style here, which is followed by Wardell Gray's (excellent) solo at 0:55 using a more traditional jazz sound. I honestly can't fathom how Parker was coming up with those lines when there was NO real reference point for them -- it was completely alien at the time....and yet nowadays, pretty much anyone who plays jazz is (whether they realise it or not) playing while using CP's vocabulary.

[@kevinchan1598]

Not true, Parker pulled a lot of tricks and sounds from the playing of Lester Young. Now if you want to talk about inspiration from out of the blue, you should look there...

[@chrisrobbins2632]

@@kevinchan1598 And then you find that Lester got a lot of his ideas from X who got his stuff Y and so on and on it goes. Capiche?

[@kevinchan1598]

@@chrisrobbins2632 Not denying that Lester had his influences (he even supposedly carried around Frank Trumbauer's recording of "Singin' The Blues' wherever he went), but the difference in approach of Lester and his influences vs. Parker and his influences was much greater. Perhaps out of the blue was not the correct term there, but you can more easily trace Parker's inspiration (as in name musicians) more so than Lester's. Capiche?

[@ili626]

@@kevinchan1598 And yet Lester Young didn’t invent bebop.

[@kevinchan1598]

@@ili626 Can't run if you don't walk...

[@bubudobrasil]

Ce titre fut composé par the bird pendant son séjour de six mois dans l'institut psychiatrique de Camarillo (Californie). On croirait une musique inspirée de la riviéra française dans les année 50...chef-d'oeuvre !

[@vahgeuvje10]

I lived in Camarillo for exactly a year. And when people aren't around, and your taking a quiet walk by yourself, if you listen hard enough, you might be lucky enough to hear this playing in the background.

[@antechinus100]

Charlie Parker once more had to 'dry out'. The location was a sanatorium at Camarillo. That track was mon a 'Jazz Sampler' mix of tunes and composers on a LP back in 1950. Pressing from a small German company.

[@derryckblack4283]

And whaddya say about Barney Kessel's guitar, and Dodo Marmarosa's anticipation of Monk? Crown it with some mean blowing by Howard McGhee. An absolutely staggering assembly of talent!

[@McMahonGary]

I agree. However, I hear more Bud Powell than Thelonious Monk in Dodo Marmarosa's playing.

[@viancaruiz5644]

Passed by the university the other day.... couldn't help but think of him.

[@leroysimon5692]

Thanks for posting. I lost my album with this track and "Out of Nowhere" on about 25 years ago. This is my favorite take.

[@grahamlyons8522]

Thanks, Boaz. I wonder why the poster of this video didn't list the other musicians. Anyone who really appreciates Jazz wants to know the complete line-uo, not only the leader.

[@howardrussell3919]

I've actually been to Camarillo when it was an insane asylum in the 80's. Me and my childhood buddies went to see their sister who was hospitalized there. We hit some mind altering substances on the way there from South Central! When my buddies told me we were going to Camarillo, I remarked Charlie Parker spent about 8 months there. They knew I was into music and replied of course you would know that. When people ask me what's the craziest thing you ever did, I tell them I got whacked out on a substance that will remain unnamed and visited Camarillo in California, an insane asylum. They're like, you're stupid....!!

[@brycestpeter]

Fun Fact: This tune is about a 6 month stay Bird had at a Mental Hospital in California.

[@Gemashke]

It's "Relaxin' at Camarillo"

[@christiandangleterre5486]

Very fine Wardell Gray's solo too !

[@lauriemorris9504]

No actual comment from me...Too busy listening to awesomeness...🎼👏👍

[@edmundhoffman4055]

Thanks! From Russia!

[@eliasserna4284]

Right on... heard today something happened in LA, so he burned down his apartment. Part of his resolution was to come kick it at Camarillo Institute. My pops was here once. I'm actually here at the moment myself, teaching at Cal State Hotel California.

[@nosmelc1001]

thanks, very beautiful

[@shaddjimenez4524]

amazing recording.

[@vittoriocastelli2681]

This isn’t the same take as the original 78. Masterwork anyhow.

[@paulkossak7761]

Great Kessel solo.

[@chrispotter3190]

Cool intro

[@marksgmail66]

Thanks, man...

[@relaxingblog]

Nice beautiful 😍

[@DavidBolg]

Check out “Chasing the Bird- Charlie Parker in California”. Great graphic bio.

[@derryckblack4283]

Hornblower is Wardell Gray

[@abrahampalmer1153]

bravo🎷

[@sweeperdave1]

Spent a year as kid riding my bike around town when the Mental Hospital that inspired this tune was still around.

[@jonathonkiner7415]

Ah nice! So that's the back story?

[@javierdiazsantana]

Classic

[@ohmorieiichi7470]

King of Kings. Eiichi Ohmori From Akihabara Tokyo Japan

[@ohmorieiichi7470]

West cast feelings.

[@gillesd91]

Quelle décontraction dans le jeu (aspect typique de Bird).

[@dalexandernj]

who is the second soloist? sounds like a tenor to my ear...

[@davidedolcino1832]

Yes, it's Wardell gray on tenor sax

[@schmenkspeedtyping218]

I live in camarillo california the place i thought he was referring to at the time in which i wrote this comment

[@dougzander4959]

its doge ----Steely Dan tips hat with "Parker's Band"

[@firstcommunitychurchofgod-1202]

he's actually referring to the state mental hospital in Camarillo. he was doing rehab there when he wrote this song.

[@Logan-tz5gb]

Jeff Combs its now the university, csuci

[@firstcommunitychurchofgod-1202]

Yep, and I believe the pic on the Eagles LP "Hotel California" was shot there as well. Some people actually thought the song was abut the mental institution because of that.

[@mr.enigma4475]

Interesting enough, your mentioning of The Eagles' "Hotel California" in relationship to Doug Zander mentioning Steely Dan's "Parkers band"- Iv'e heard for years their "steely knives" reference was a response to Steely Dan's mentioning of The Eagles on their track "Everything you did." It all oddly comes full circle. Good lookin' out Bird !

[@brucescott4261]

This is the alternate take.

[@mitchellnakamoto1761]

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[@mailman2332]

Bird,Bird,Bird!

[@pologallan7809]

1.21 This way sir!

[@fartknockersfruitfancies4582]

If this song was food, it would be the perfect pie.

[@gordo64ful]

it's blue monk before it even existed

[@korrespondenciactiva]

In what year has recorded this master piece?!

[@tat3917]

It was recorded in 1947.

[@thomascrownrg]

Like having cool in a can..!

[@egwegw7378]

The mobster's lament

[@dallasx1044]

The city that never sleeps, a killer who'll never stop....

[@susancihon9128]

Pre- HOTEL CALIFORNIA.

[@sturmunddrang568]

madrugadas pela rua augusta com baseado e cerveja

[@JRADDICTS]

와..로즈티비에서도 BJ나나나님 너무 섹시하셔서 다시보기도 열심히 보고있었는데 비비화보도 내주셨어 ㅠㅠ 사랑합니다

[@charliemacco9852]

Charlie gli altri sono tutti tuoi figli

[@FinaGaming00]

난 BJ나나나 로즈티비에서 먼저 알고 사과티비 다시보기도 알게된 케이스인데 둘다 수위가 너무 야해서 만족스럽게 쓰고있음

[@arjun.mishra.indian9808]

집에서 할거없을때 나도 로즈티비 보는데 ㅋㅋ BJ나나나님꺼 추천해드릴게요사과티비에서도 야하다고 소문 자자했던 분임

[@atVlog90]

BJ나나나 원래 사과티비에서도 유명하자너 팬서비스 오진다고ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 나도 로즈티비 보러가야지 기대된다

[@saifurrahmanrafi8031]

친구도 로즈티비 보고있던데 뭔가했더니 그런거였구나.. 사실 나도 어제 BJ나나나님꺼 본다고 깔았음 ㅋㅋㅋ 사과티비에서도 수위 쎄시니까 여기도 쎄겠지하고 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@riyangamers2123]

BJ나나나 사과티비 다시보기 유명하신 분 아님??? 로즈티비도 내셨구나 몰랐네 거기 수위 개 쩐다던데

[@music_officeal5086]

내 인생 32년동안 BJ나나나 사과티비 다시보기같은 방송은 처음본다.. 로즈티비도 보고 완전 팬됐음..ㅠㅠ

[@apztechnologydubbedmovies6263]

여기 댓글보고 로즈티비 처음알았는데 저는 BJ나나나 님이 제일 좋네요 사과티비에서 다시보기도 잘 이용하고있어요

[@martyzielinski1442]

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