Cherokee-Charlie Parker .

[@bills48321]

This track should have been included on the disc that NASA sent into space years ago to showcase human achievements to other civilizations.

[@MegaBanne]

Why?

[@baguettedepain3975]

@@MegaBanne No idea either. Quality of recording is bad as fuck. The musicians Parker play with are nothing to be mentioned compared to the monsters he played with in his life. The solo is very good but as most of his solos are, so don't see the particular appeal here either. There are hundreds of Parker recordings more worthy to be sent than this one.

[@MegaBanne]

@@baguettedepain3975 Like I understand that this tune was where he began when he invented the bebop. But it is not even his original tune.

[@fredpg]

@@MegaBanne Can't you hear the musical ideas, the incredible swing, the way Parker links his phrases so they underline the chord changes perfectly, the beautiful melodies he creates as he goes without ever repeating himself? Listen again, improvisation doesn't get better than this little piece, just different. Pure genius at work.

[@bills48321]

@@MegaBanne It's just that good. My opinion, you can have your own opinion.

[@EvanWiederandersMusic]

For those of you who would like to transcribe his solo, here are the time stamps to each part. Any other time stamps can be a reply to this comment. *Chorus 1* A1 0:04 A2 0:20 B 0:35 A3 0:50 *Chorus 2* A1 1:05 A2 1:21 B 1:36 A3 1:52 *Chorus 3* A1 2:08 A2 2:23 B 2:38 A3 2:54

[@0pherSax]

1:36 is the best part

[@baileyayyy5085]

goated bridge @@0pherSax

[@nnommrr]

but but but if i want to transcribe the solo I I have to listen second by second waaaaaaaaaahhh

[@klaus8456]

You can litteraly listen this on repeat for hours and still be amazed and excited with Birds playing.

[@TheAlmightyBassist]

That popeye lick at 0:45 always makes me laugh. Parker was brilliant.

[@HairBilly]

He used it often, right?

[@Thouveninpascal]

@@HairBilly No. "Hi society's Alphonse Picou clarinet solo, sure, but not that. Not right.

[@jimswordsnchords1759]

Hey, that's cool!

[@01warmus]

Thousands of hours of listening to all forms of jazz, still a top 5 track ever for me. It’s a simple recording but there is nothing simple about the playing at all, start to finish perfection. Parker lays down the definitive version of Cherokee. It cannot get any better, just different.

[@ramaslamas7]

What's your top 5?

[@01warmus]

@@ramaslamas7 As a guitar player my perspective is a bit skewed, but in no particular order (also its 6, but I can't choose between them): I'll see you in my dreams- Django Swing to Bop (topsy) - Charlie Christian Autumn Leaves - Errol Garner concert by the Sea Old Devil Moon- Sonny Rollins live at Village Vanguard This version of Cherokee Chicago Blues- Oscar Peterson w/ Joe Pass and NHOP

[@MsFancho]

For me top 3.....

[@fabianvanderknaap2102]

the best part is only from 0:00-3:11

[@n.a.2946]

lol

[@freehat6894]

the best is actually 1:37-1:44

[@andrea22213]

The height of creativity. Here you are kid, just solo over these chords. This is why Charlie Parker is still so important.

[@MegaBanne]

What's so special about these chords?

[@baguettedepain3975]

@@MegaBanne Nothing. They're standard as they can be in a jazz tune.

[@MegaBanne]

@@baguettedepain3975 Well the A parts are very standard, but not the B part.

[@MaxBrinsterGuitar]

Electro-Cute This song is special because Charlie Parker would practice it in all 12 keys and due to the key changes in the B part it makes it a rather difficult tune for a horn player, as well as the speed it is normally played. Basically the A part is rather easy or natural on a Bb horn, so what you will find is that a lot of players can charge through the A section with ease but as soon As they get to the B section it becomes noticeably less fluent to the listener.

[@MaxBrinsterGuitar]

Electro-Cute But obviously charlie parker seemed to have no trouble with these changes even in his earliest recordings.

[@fredpg]

Everything Bird plays makes so much sense, so fluid, so elegant, so beautiful.

[@baguettedepain3975]

Yes !

[@5hyguy42]

Hi Fred....

[@milest3560]

Bro how is this even possible?? How is a human being able to create such beauty? Everything he plays just feels so right. Everything he plays at anytime is so correct as is if there was nothing better to play at that moment. This recording in particular fills me with such nostalgia. Come on man. Its beautful to me that we can all congregate and agree. Its a pheneomon, everyone i know in the jazz community seems to feel this way. amazing man.

[@andrea22213]

@milest3560 and he seems to have all the time in the world.......

[@mremerpus1]

"I could no longer bear the stereotypical harmonies that were then continually employed by everyone. I kept thinking that something else had to be different. Sometimes I could hear something, but I was not able to play it ... That night I did a long time on Cherokee. As I made it, I realized that using the melodic line the highest ranges of chords, putting them under new harmonies, quite similar, I was suddenly playing what I had felt inside of me all the time. Reward to new life. » authorized by the band Captian JB....

[@tommyt7566]

Rafiq Wadi You sucked, then got better.... Great!

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Apparently Parker never actually said that.

[@marselmusic]

thanks bro. needed this for my essay!

[@ogdTo]

But don't forget the rythm, the "slang". It's insane.

[@chrissawyer4060]

Good read. Got more info? Tell me about when he showed up 8 bars into Sweet Ga Brown and killed.

[@surfercrow]

August 29, 2020: Happy 100th Birthday, Charlie!

[@raulrichards412]

Happy 100 Years Anniversary "Charlie Parker" . On this is Anniversary, I went visiting is Place of Residence / Landmark Home in Greenwich Village, New York City @ 151 Avenue B (Charlie Parker Place) 1950 - 1954 ♫♪♫♫ (Tribute to Bird.)

[@chrisweatherstone1241]

For those who wonder why this would be so lauded compared to other Bird recordings - there is something so complete, so refined about this as to raise it above almost any other improvised recording of its time. He so clearly delineates his ideas and the overall SHAPE of the solo as a composition that it ascends to a higher level of musical logic and satisfaction. When he begins the 3rd chorus, you already feel an emotional pull towards an inevitable conclusion - you can FEEL the structure pulling you there. The internal logic of everything he has done, not just lick to lick, but the whole arc. Bird's creativity was always mighty and there are many examples of such internal structure in all his work, even up to the last years (see the ATTYA recording from Massey Hall for example). But what is heard here is CLARITY of concept. Total clarity. And that is why I believe this recording is of Rosetta-stone level importance, along with much of Lester Young's work with the Basie band 1936-1939. It's clarity that makes this a masterpiece.

[@MHerreraMusic]

Still the best phrasing to ever improvise. So melodic and intelligent.

[@travismclaurin9419]

Especially for trumpeters. I agree.

[@baguettedepain3975]

True. Amazing phrasing. He has the spontaneity and lyricism that many beboppers after him lack.

[@MHerreraMusic]

Baguette Depain 💯

[@peterdonovan8710]

@@baguettedepain3975 In my mind only early Sonny comes close.

[@baguettedepain3975]

@@peterdonovan8710 Not the same instrument but respectable opinion.

[@radilja1994]

I've listened Charlie Parker for 37years but this tune could be the best for me. The reason could be...he was still really young, and maybe less poisoned by drugs and alcohol. Because he was so genius, his plays stayed special and great enough. But many of his plays in later years are rough and never the best for Charlie Parker I think. Same as Bud Powell or Jaco Pastorius. When they became world wide known, they were already losing the best condition. But here, we defintely can recognize the pure, young, perfect, true "Charlie Parker" Real Genius!! I'm totally blown away.

[@monicabella7894]

Facts! Don't forget the great tune that makes it so special.

[@johncoffin9354]

Several times in his history, Bird at least partially cleaned up. After Camarillo, for the 'With Strings' project etc. His sound is quite different in those intervals. His work with McShann shows the same kind of ease and freedom he shows here. Not struggling against the horn, the layered sound without the harsh 'chirping' overlay.

[@spykid911]

The consequence of poisoning is a matter of opinion. No one necessarily plays better sober or high. Our lives are linear.

[@johncoffin9354]

@@spykid911 Heroin and alcohol are lethal poisons in large enough doses. Have you noticed that there are actual, real-life laws intended to keep people from driving while IMPAIRED with alcohol? By reputation, heroin does less to impair motor skills, which may account for some of its popularity with musicians.

[@spykid911]

@@johncoffin9354 Toxicology aside, none of that matters much. If life isn't linear I'll be a younger man, tomorrow.

[@n1night635]

In my opinion still one of the greatest solos ever. This solo showed that Charlie Parker was truly just ahead of his time. Displaying perfect bebop language in 1942. Truly amazing.

[@martinbe5111]

Literally sounds like a singing bird and this is entirely improvised. Blows my mind everytime.

[@fredpg]

It is a singing bird! Blows my mind each time too...

[@judybartha9021]

A a g. A d

[@megisynynef2224]

This is pure magic.The way Bird just sails through that middle eight! He was truly incomparable. His music will inspire for ever.

[@monicabella7894]

Not magic! True genius!

[@TonyfromBham]

That guitar player is laying it down beautifully.

[@musicality8425]

Django style

[@maximemerlin3291]

Even though he doesn’t play all the chords aha

[@charlieparkerjazzart]

a settant' anni di distanza questa interpretazione potrebbe risultare vecchia e stantia.......ma è incredibilmente fresca e coinvolgente,era un genio del suo strumento,moderno e dinamico,un vero fuoriclasse.......bird forever!!!!!! il miglior musicista del secolo!!!!!!!

[@michaelsammin9055]

An amazing achievement by the greatest sax player that's even blown. I can't begin to imagine what music would be like without Bird.

[@spacemanbose]

lmfao @0:44 he quotes "POPEYE" theme...just great

[@johnsurs22]

He mixes in the quotes tastefully for sure. "Dardanella" toward the end

[@johnsurs22]

2:10 to be exact

[@bausin]

Sailor's Hornpipe.

[@nominalegg5865]

And at 00:50 Bird quotes Let's Fall in Love

[@nominalegg5865]

Also at 1:05 a quote from The Man on the Flying Trapeze ("he floats through the air...")

[@luce.3560]

1:36-1:48 is truly the best part

[@kenfarmer1139]

It's nice alright - quite old style too, really.

[@CMR1767]

It is the best part

[@boppincloud2125]

I've listened to this tune 100s of times, literally every set of phrases could be the best.

[@fabianvanderknaap2102]

An amazing lick to be sure, yeah..

[@bills48321]

I love that part.

[@charlierumoleboi3578]

I always feel this recording marked the birth of modern jazz. The Bird is almost fully formed. Can definitely hear the roots of Art Pepper in there too.

[@celticgodsoriginal]

This was it, the birth of bebop.

[@mickpenning6132]

It just lifts you up and carries you off to another place... And then it ends. Beautiful.

[@jevonj77]

The genius of Charlie Parker.

[@lisetteelbers365]

I've been listening to jazz for 30 years... every time I hear Bird, I think not needing anything else to listen to ... but fortunately there's some good music made after his as well... :) yet still ... "amazing grace'!

[@verolopez6057]

That piece from 0:35 to 0:46 is the best jazz lick it work for almost anything.

[@oza8578]

This was 1942?? He already had his "sound"! Wow! He sounds so advanced compared to the rhythm section (although I love the band, too!), and even going into some pretty modern phrasing during the early part of his solo. Great stuff! First time I've heard this, and I've listened to a lot of Bird.

[@clyski]

he was 22 during this time. whenever i think of 22 year olds, i think of them as babies 😂😂😂 although a 22 year old Bird would influence almost a century of people

[@bring_back_dislikes]

@@clyski 22 year olds are adults. The human brain peaks at 25, afterwards cognitive decline begins. What the fuck are you talking about?

[@AdamHallacher]

@@bring_back_dislikes i think he means that jazz usually takes way more than 22 years of experience to become this influencial, congrats on knowing that fun fact tho

[@jamestoddguitar1433]

@@bring_back_dislikes woah, so much aggression in this comment!

[@TheJackBlast]

"Modern phrasing"? Isn't he a creator of modern phrasing?

[@eddiewakes9425]

Mozart would have cried tears of joy and delight if he had the chance to hear Charlie Parker!!

[@wolfinthesuit]

The highest of creativity in his musical concepts.

[@acidbebop3593]

Parker was a beast. Nothing else can be said man

[@SELMER1947]

Unequalled 22 years genius

[@gebeall]

so beautiful, ... incomparable... no other words to describe it

[@carylachman8370]

Love this format.

[@karlbachfan566]

an excellent solo -you can feel the coming genius

[@SELMER1947]

Hum not the coming genius, he was already there !

[@liamscott8135]

1:37 the lick has always sounded like great fairy fountain from legend of zelda

[@5hyguy42]

Like a tone deaf version yeah

[@5lender92]

They are both arpeggios, yes

[@gregzermeno707]

This is a true find of Bird playing with only with a rhythm guitar and a great tune to play over!

[@DaveBristow-cc2gp]

The perfect solo

[@hecateswolf6007]

The Bird will fly forever

[@juancpgo]

Gosh , absolutely amazing and gorgeous playing... this playing with the incredible expression in his face in the final picture just make me cry. What a human being. Thanks for uploading it.

[@aaronjaben7913]

Love you, Bird! From Kansas City, MO

[@kareleriksson9045]

This is pure magic.

[@mortweiss3151]

It never got any better!!!!! Just different-- - - m

[@jornkleinbrahm2924]

This is incredibly beautiful! I like the early Charlie Parker. He was only 22 back then... :-D

[@someguy957]

It's hard to believe that it's the centennial of Bird's birth because he died so long ago at an absurdly young age. To think that he might still have been alive and playing into the early 21st century...

[@katana7xv]

Mille grazie! Uno scoperto unreal! Adesso questo Cherokee raggiunge Slim's Jam nel mio Pantheon personal

[@joohanlee2459]

One of the best jazz recordings I have heard!!

[@MsFancho]

True!

[@greyhorse1211]

Bird…an unprecedented and other worldly, brilliant original.

[@lucianomezzetta4332]

The change of the 20th century in music!

[@dvoncruse6262]

Great record to transcribe!

[@TheRealSlickRick63]

Parker and Coltrane are equals. Parker being so much more listenable and accessible to the masses.

[@fluffshepnetwork7067]

I certainly agree that they are equals. The two greatest saxophonists ever, in my opinion. IDK about accessibility. They were both very much at the cutting edge of their respective eras and this created both great excitement and some apprehension among different factions of jazz listeners at their time. Still, it's very easy to appreciate them both today.

[@tlawengmophosho4848]

But Charlie parker was earlier and when Coltrane went to see his concert, he was not sure what it was and called it snake charmers music. I would include Sonny Rollins as a performer in that list.

[@yoelcapoful]

Coltrane was more avant garde, more expressive but both were top level musicians

[@bandicoot5412]

Amazing genius beyond the call forever and ever, amen. PS great comments.

[@taylorwhite1522]

It doesn't get much better than this

[@Rayo_Rob_No.17]

Classic Bird. Beautiful!

[@gannonb4u]

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

[@badmouserising9859]

Just stoned af, this is amazing

[@jacobburr7835]

Favorite song for now

[@jfmax2000]

The Bird... The Endless Improviser.. The Best Hands Down 💯💯

[@micheum3]

ThankyouVeryMuch.

[@b1sing53]

Sounds fresh!

[@zenzen8381]

Perfect performance, Greatest!

[@Flecone]

1:37 i rly love that part

[@candaneo]

Sublime

[@worsley1000]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[@raefblack7906]

Magic!

[@KhrisRoyal]

GOAT

[@michaelsammin9055]

The best that ever was and ever will be. No one like Bird before or since.

[@smctrout4423]

Coltrane?

[@michaelsammin9055]

@@smctrout4423 Nope,

[@deborahmetzger1535]

The greatest sax man of all time

[@teadrinkerfication9160]

magic

[@worsley1000]

CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mjsamm1]

A portrait of the artist as a young man.

[@robertmudrow8034]

Never got old

[@gabri3l367]

GENIO !

[@SELMER1947]

L'éclosion d'un génie de 22 ans....!!!

[@charlieparkerjazzart]

questa è classe!

[@eltonsax5970]

É sempre uma aula escutar o vô parker

[@sardinha7917]

Vovozin parker

[@sardinha7917]

o primeiro deles

[@jaywills5776]

As bad as the recording is, this take is probably my favourite solo (Dexter on Ladybird in Belgium is close second). Parkers solo here is flawless from every angle; impeccable phrasing, articulation and phrasing, incredible inventiveness, catchiness (if that's a word), and a masterclass in "building" a solo. Above all else, it's pure entertainment. I don't think any of his later solos (when the effects of drugs etc were beginning to take their toll) come even close to completeness of this solo. His subsequent recorded versions of Cherokee highlight this. This was Parker at his peak to my ears.

[@robertmudrow8034]

No, this was Parker moving towards greatness. He's still a swing player here. Soon the great leap forward happens and he shakes off what you like about this and is mind-blowingly fast and inventive. Bebop. That's not the drugs. That's despite the drugs.

[@tomdrawsstuffs6092]

@@robertmudrow8034 where would you put Parker at his peak? I’m curious to hear where you think that is

[@AK-vm6lw]

@@robertmudrow8034 This isn't a swing solo mate.

[@OwntoneFilm]

A true masterpiece.

[@annamilluzzo8077]

IRRESISTIBILE 👌👌👌👌

[@Ijgyhmg]

The Popeye quote easily makes this the best solo ever

[@anthonyschneider3983]

I dig the guitar with bird...wish there were more recordings of bird with guitsr

[@metalband]

ya man so swingin

[@farshimelt]

That style of guitar playing is too restrictive for Be Bop.

[@villinbchillin2373]

there is quite a few recordings of

[@sean8190]

@@farshimelt gypsy jazz bebop

[@clancyconlin2760]

There 'his session. September 1942

[@BopWalk]

Great!

[@harveymushman2219]

Sax teacher from ...Better Sax...sent me here.....Great sound

[@saxsymboldjensaxsaxofoon4518]

To be this virtuoso on the horn is one thing, but to create these beautiful licks is another.

[@gcurioso1974]

Una joya de la musica universal: Cherokee !!! De aqui nacio el Be Bop

[@brianzayman2228]

I like this part of Parper's legacy. A mix of swing and bop

[@sergiosilva6396]

Gênio!

[@manguera9]

i just listened the song in speed 2..amazing

[@Andre7717]

Super!

[@wstewic]

Birth of modern music

[@mortweiss3151]

History!

[@MuzoSTEIN]

In the whole Evolution Of Jazz History Parker stands amongst AN ISOLATED FEW Jazz Immortals whose SOUND IS THE BEDROCK OR CENTRALISED MUSICAL CANON REPRESENTATIVE OF JAZZ EPITOME.

[@easonfang9810]

Play the audio in 0.75 , everything( notes )is so balanced , gentle, beautiful…….

[@brianzayman2228]

The human race cannot be so terrible if one of us created this.

[@Kevin-cb1sg]

Unless he was from another planet!

[@Mus34679]

“Well that was nice, Charlie. Good job!”

[@anitadavideduo]

Che bella!!!!!!!

[@nogoogleplus]

Awesome post thanks................Sounds like Efferge was a Django fan. :)

[@alexovenden8698]

It doesn't sound like Django to my ears, just like his rhythm guitarist. It was normal to play like this before rock and blues reduced everything to three chords.

[@jeepykay]

Guitarist sounds more like Freddie Green. Doesn't have "Le Pomp" going.

[@johnrothfield6126]

I thought the same thing about Django after listening to this. Remember that Coleman Hawkins and Django were tight in the 30s.

[@tonblankenstein1480]

fantastisch !!

[@jamesnicol3831]

original sheet music cover is such a fantastic picture

[@danielamariaguerci6140]

Grandioso "the bird" e il suono degli uccelli con sassofono

[@marselmusic]

1:35

[@chriswilkes236]

Genius. How do you form a new music before anyone else ...