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Chasin' The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker,Used
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Charlie Parker has been idolized by generations of jazz musicians and fans. Indeed, his spectacular musical abilitieshis blinding speed and brilliant improvisational stylemade Parker a legend even before his tragic death at age thirtyfour.Now, in Chasin' The Bird, Brian Priestley offers a marvelous biography of this jazz icon, ranging from his childhood in Kansas City to his final harrowing days in New York. Priestley offers new insight into Parker's career, beginning as a teenager singlemindedly devoted to mastering the saxophone. We follow Parker on his first trip to New York, penniless, washing dishes for $9.00 a week at Jimmy's Chicken Shack, a favorite hangout of the great Art Tatum, whose stunning speed and ingenuity were an influence on the young musician. Priestley sheds light on Parker's collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Mary Lou Williams, and Thelonious Monk, and he illuminates such classic recordings as "Salt Peanuts" and "A Night in Tunisia" and Parker's own compositions "Shaw 'Nuff" and "Yardbird Suite"music which defined an era. Priestley also gives us an unflinching look at Parker's dark sidethe drug abuse, heavy drinking, and tangled relations with women and the law. He recounts the death of Parker's daughter Pree, who was only twoandahalf years old, and Parker's own death at thirtyfour, in such wretched condition that the doctor listed his age as fiftythree.With an invaluable discography that lists every recording of Charlie Parker that has ever been made publicly available, here is a musthave biography of a true jazz giant, one that helps us penetrate the dazzling surface to grasp the artistry beneath.
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