1:30 to around 1:54 is some of the hippest stuff around. No altissimo. No crazy changes. The genius of Bird IMHO is how he was able to do so much with so little. There are guys faster than Bird -- louder, higher, more licks, even standing higher: on top of more innovations (trane changes, woody shaw pentatonics etc). But I still come back to Bird. Transcribe this and take it to the piano. I'm never less than blown away how everything just "lays right" rhythmically, harmonically, and melodically when it comes to Yardbird Parker.
2:12-2:36 Probably one of the greatest bridges on the tune... Starting here he quotes a phrase Roy Eldridge played i think, then he uses another quote from a song I can't recall, yeah man. Bird's still the word. They can keep all that odd time signature shit.
Well, there really were no crazy changes to play, because, it was the time when most of the pop music was written by mostly white folks and many of were of Eastern European Jewish decent. Then, Bird, Diz and rest of those of that bop era made something great from the relatively corny shit that was popular, however clever and brilliant those songs were. "Cherokee" came out in 1938, eight years after "Body and Soul" and those changes became crazier after Bird and those cats got through with it, same for "I've Got Rhythm" changes. Also, Art Tatum was doing crazy (although, not bebop) things when Bird was still learning how to really play as well as working on changing the whole concept of jazz improvisation. And, by the way, who's faster than Bird? Perhaps, as fast after Bird woke everybody up, but, speed doesn't mean anything if you ain't playing the real hip shit, especially these days. In that way, nothing can top a great bebop or hard bop musician, especially a great saxophonist. A prime example of this is the amazing saxophonist Earl Bolstic..., unbelievable playing and master musician, but, everything else was super corny.
God bless you man I couldn't agree more. I've transcribed a bit of bird here and there, it's probably above my level but man... I heard a quote he said once was practice so much that the horn plays you, not the other way around. I can't imagine ever getting to that level but that's the only explanation I can come up with when listening to him. While he does have his signature licks, especially later on in his career, this early stuff is so incredible to listen to for just how incredibly creative it is. Pure art. Pure genius. For me, will always be the greatest.
This is a 22-year-old Charlie Parker, very creative and ahead of his time. Had he real competition, Parker would have given us all that and more for which his few today's critics are asking. Nonetheless, Parker's solos are as logical, coherent, melody-relevant, haunting and spiritually bluesy as any today - 73-years later. Still the best - ever! Ask John Coltrane - if you could have
He had competition- look at Earl Bostic, just to name one horn player! What Bird had that no one else did was vision. He took that music just where he wanted it. Today's critics forget that so easily.
It’s not just how great he was “during his time”. There is a force and depth to his conception that in his best playing remains unsurpassed to this day. Birds playing transcends era. Were he to be reborn and backed by a modern rhythm section, he would sound utterly fresh and valid, in no way dated, and as compelling as anyone. The test of this is in my deep study (as a Jazz Musician) and listening to all of modern Jazz. I’ll listen, to Coltrane, Rollins, Pat Martino, George Benson, Art Pepper, Tubby Hayes, Stitt, Bergonzi, Brecker, Tyner, Kenny Garrett, Methany, Paul Desmond, Monk, Oscar Peterson, Clifford Brown - I’ll dig all of them, transcribe there solos, appreciate all of it- and then after months and I go back to Bird and my jaw drops and I’m blown away, and he sounds even better than he did before. That is the category of the likes of Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. Joseph Cannavo
First of all, Paul Desmond should not even be on your list (What's that shit about?). Secondly....., Sonny Rollins, even more so than Trane at times, is definitely right up there with Bird in his own way. Monk is has always been his own lane. Dexter Gordon and Bud Powell should be on your list. Also, there was no other type of heavy "jazz" music to get into when Bird was 22.., which was why he, Dizzy, Bud Powell and a hand full of other "super heroes" developed and created the bebop concept, to move music and the executing of "jazz" improvisation forward.
@@skineyemin4276 Its weird that you are dictating to someone else what should be on their list of jazz musicians they like the most. Its completely subjective and plenty of people think Paul Desmond is one of the greats. No one likes the "jazz police", dont be that guy.
Happy bday Bird... U were born 100 years ago today, and ur still our GOAT... Here in particular I can hear u smile while u lay down these beautiful lines... Thank u Charlie Parker
Durante la Navidad de 1968 que pasé junto a Elke, oímos este disco inolvidable en la casita de su abuelo, fondeada en las brumas del Báltico, cercana a Kiel. Al compas de la guitarra de Efferge Ware, un tanto djanguiana, sentí como “Body and soul” se trenzaba y pian piano daba vuelo al saxo hasta dejarle planear en las alturas. Solo entonces, se acelera el compás alentando el paso de quienes gozamos de aquel son. Ella y yo bailamos en el ensueño de la hora efímera que ambos músicos propiciaban, incluso cuando el disco ya agotado, seguíamos acoplados al ritmo que irrigaba nuestras venas .
I think of this piece of music and how brilliant it is. And then I think of all the music that he created afterwards and I realize just how blessed we are, those of us that understand, to have had Charlie Parker amongst us and to have given us so much.
Quite a find, stunning development of the genius to blossom further, but this is such a good vision of his progress. Charlie Parker was and is an inspiration to all, of vigorous love and devotion to his cause, music of purity, invention, logic and beauty. All melody.
Early Parker very much reminds me of jazz manouche, someone else said it but his playing is reminiscent of fiddle players in that style. Perhaps the guitar helps give that effect
The allegedly "corny shit," alluded to by one commentator (the songs Bird transformed into high art) was--if not an equal partner--certainly part of the greatness and not to be sneered at. Jazz was an evolution and a commentary as well. There is never anything more productive in art than the dialectic between two or more cultures. Africa + Spain = the great afro-cuban; Germanic tribes + Islamic Africa + Jewish prayers + Romani = Flamenco, etc. ad infinitum. Black Americans created the only truly American art form of exceedingly refined quality. But the Eastern European/Jewish songs were an immense improvement over "Daisy, Dairy, Give me your answer do..." and were the highly commercialized by-product of Strauss Waltzes already commingling with the Black traditional blues. All the analysis in the world cannot explain the sui-generis nature of Bird's playing. Parker is an apotheosis. Genius is rare, and like a bird indeed, flies alone.
Excellent ! I never heard this version. He even did one earlier that I played on my show, but this is the BEST. He's all over his horn; low register, medium, upper, all over the place but fits in the melody. 1942.
This is by far the best Charlie Parker tune I’ve listened to. The minimalistic chord accompaniment allows Parker’s phrasing to shine while still maintaining a subtly that I feel is sometimes missing in Parker’s songs. This is also the only version of body and soul that I’ve heard that I genuinely like and speaks to me. The only songs that come close to this in Charlie’s catalog (IMO), are scrapple to the apple, Barbados, Out of Nowhere, and maybe Quasimodo if I’m strolling through a park in autumn; but these songs shine for other reasons, mainly there vibes.
So, all of that music Bird put out, he was lacking subtlety in his playing while at the same time he was revolutionizing jazz music as well as the saxophone itself?
Personnel and performers incorrectly listed. This is from 1956. There were TWO albums titled 'Cioltrane' . The listing shown for this is from the second one on the IMPULSE label from '62.
For me, I kinda feel like I hear lot of prez influence than Coleman hawkin. His rhythmic placement and swinging sense ,even though it's busier in term of note, but it resembles how prez play. Simply amazing, I prefer Bird in his early years than on heavy bebop era somehow
Zedele ma I think so. It's easily my favourite version. Complex enough to be an honest jazz solo, yet so beautiful it's hard to believe. Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance version is up there too, as well as Coltranes version. I'm probably missing some others like Louis Armstrong too.
From the very first moment you can hear his genius. Even the accompagment still is in the swing style, Parker here shows the way forward.
1:30 to around 1:54
is some of the hippest stuff around. No altissimo. No crazy changes. The genius of Bird IMHO is how he was able to do so much with so little.
There are guys faster than Bird -- louder, higher, more licks, even standing higher: on top of more innovations (trane changes, woody shaw pentatonics etc).
But I still come back to Bird.
Transcribe this and take it to the piano. I'm never less than blown away how everything just "lays right" rhythmically, harmonically, and melodically when it comes to Yardbird Parker.
2:12-2:36 Probably one of the greatest bridges on the tune... Starting here he quotes a phrase Roy Eldridge played i think, then he uses another quote from a song I can't recall, yeah man. Bird's still the word. They can keep all that odd time signature shit.
Well, there really were no crazy changes to play, because, it was the time when most of the pop music was written by mostly white folks and many of were of Eastern European Jewish decent. Then, Bird, Diz and rest of those of that bop era made something great from the relatively corny shit that was popular, however clever and brilliant those songs were. "Cherokee" came out in 1938, eight years after "Body and Soul" and those changes became crazier after Bird and those cats got through with it, same for "I've Got Rhythm" changes. Also, Art Tatum was doing crazy (although, not bebop) things when Bird was still learning how to really play as well as working on changing the whole concept of jazz improvisation. And, by the way, who's faster than Bird? Perhaps, as fast after Bird woke everybody up, but, speed doesn't mean anything if you ain't playing the real hip shit, especially these days. In that way, nothing can top a great bebop or hard bop musician, especially a great saxophonist. A prime example of this is the amazing saxophonist Earl Bolstic..., unbelievable playing and master musician, but, everything else was super corny.
God bless you man I couldn't agree more. I've transcribed a bit of bird here and there, it's probably above my level but man... I heard a quote he said once was practice so much that the horn plays you, not the other way around. I can't imagine ever getting to that level but that's the only explanation I can come up with when listening to him. While he does have his signature licks, especially later on in his career, this early stuff is so incredible to listen to for just how incredibly creative it is. Pure art. Pure genius. For me, will always be the greatest.
i never heard Bird makes altissimo...
I never heard bird makes altissimo...
This is a 22-year-old Charlie Parker, very creative and ahead of his time.
Had he real competition, Parker would have given us all that and more for which his few today's critics are asking.
Nonetheless, Parker's solos are as logical, coherent, melody-relevant, haunting and spiritually bluesy as any today - 73-years later.
Still the best - ever!
Ask John Coltrane - if you could have
He had competition- look at Earl Bostic, just to name one horn player! What Bird had that no one else did was vision. He took that music just where he wanted it. Today's critics forget that so easily.
+PiotrLatoMusic
- with much respect!
Earl Bostic was amazing as a player, but, his directions in terms of overall presentation were too corny.
@@PiotrLatoMusic Earl Bostic had chops but he chose to play for the dance crowds..he was not pushing the genre forward
I think he would have been 16 or 17, not 22.
It’s not just how great he was “during his time”. There is a force and depth to his conception that in his best playing remains unsurpassed to this day. Birds playing transcends era. Were he to be reborn and backed by a modern rhythm section, he would sound utterly fresh and valid, in no way dated, and as compelling as anyone. The test of this is in my deep study (as a Jazz Musician) and listening to all of modern Jazz. I’ll listen, to Coltrane, Rollins, Pat Martino, George Benson, Art Pepper, Tubby Hayes, Stitt, Bergonzi, Brecker, Tyner, Kenny Garrett, Methany, Paul Desmond, Monk, Oscar Peterson, Clifford Brown - I’ll dig all of them, transcribe there solos, appreciate all of it- and then after months and I go back to Bird and my jaw drops and I’m blown away, and he sounds even better than he did before. That is the category of the likes of Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.
Joseph Cannavo
jpcannavo Charlie lives
Yes
First of all, Paul Desmond should not even be on your list (What's that shit about?). Secondly....., Sonny Rollins, even more so than Trane at times, is definitely right up there with Bird in his own way. Monk is has always been his own lane. Dexter Gordon and Bud Powell should be on your list. Also, there was no other type of heavy "jazz" music to get into when Bird was 22.., which was why he, Dizzy, Bud Powell and a hand full of other "super heroes" developed and created the bebop concept, to move music and the executing of "jazz" improvisation forward.
@@skineyemin4276 Its weird that you are dictating to someone else what should be on their list of jazz musicians they like the most. Its completely subjective and plenty of people think Paul Desmond is one of the greats. No one likes the "jazz police", dont be that guy.
@@alexhoward1884 Point taken. But, who has really been trying to sound like Paul Desmond? Or, Dave Brubeck? Name someone. Go ahead....; I'll wait.
Ah, September 1942: A Bird fan was born. Me.And I waited for 75 years to hear this!
Perry Weiner Ah, August 1942: this Bird fan was born, have enjoyed all these cats, especially Bird !
@@tomhockemeier6401 Finally, someone who is older than I!
Perry Weiner ... now wait a minute Mr Weiner !!! (jajaja) August 31... and late in the day !
@@princeandrey I'm older and been a Birdfan aal my life. I was born 1939.
🙏 TH-cam
Happy bday Bird... U were born 100 years ago today, and ur still our GOAT... Here in particular I can hear u smile while u lay down these beautiful lines... Thank u Charlie Parker
Makes me think of my Dad who passed away Dec 2018. 😢 I love you POP!!!!!! RIP ❤🥀
Mine left in 2018 too...
This is my most favorite Charlie Parker tune.
With Cherokee mine also 🌈
Just to be clear, it is not a Charlie Parker tune, but a Charlie Parker interpretation of someone else's tune.
Just imagine playing/hearing this in 1942... it's still mind blowing today
Durante la Navidad de 1968 que pasé junto a Elke, oímos este disco inolvidable en la casita de su abuelo, fondeada en las brumas del Báltico, cercana a Kiel. Al compas de la guitarra de Efferge Ware, un tanto djanguiana, sentí como “Body and soul” se trenzaba y pian piano daba vuelo al saxo hasta dejarle planear en las alturas. Solo entonces, se acelera el compás alentando el paso de quienes gozamos de aquel son. Ella y yo bailamos en el ensueño de la hora efímera que ambos músicos propiciaban, incluso cuando el disco ya agotado, seguíamos acoplados al ritmo que irrigaba nuestras venas .
pedro a. cantero muy lindo todo lo que decis
Beautiful
The childhood innocence in those eyes...
This piece of music is all the lessons you need to improvise… It’s got all the grammatical ingredients. Superb 👌🏾
I think of this piece of music and how brilliant it is. And then I think of all the music that he created afterwards and I realize just how blessed we are, those of us that understand, to have had Charlie Parker amongst us and to have given us so much.
This is unreal! Never heard Parker play quite like this. Awesome, thanks.
I like very much this performance i think is better than when he play fast stuff.....my english sucks becouse i'm a 15 years old italian sorry
Each standard of body and soul is so different from each other
I agree which is making it kind of difficult to learn on guitar for me. I love this version the most.
One of the first records of The Bird and here you hear already the genius. Very impressive.
Makes me cry.
me too
understand
Also me, and I'm not a one that cries that often so this is big then if it could do that first time hearing.
I can't even begin to describe this it's other worldly, like pretty much everything Charlie ever played. Pure Gold.
Truly Beautiful... Bird Lives...
Anybody disses Bird I swear I'll do time!
FACTS
You must be trash to even think that deaf man
Bro I'll do time w/ ya this is gold.
@@liamvargas1823 shut your fucking mouth bitch. You would never get that out your head in front of me boy. I'll flatten you .
@@TheRealG2024 stfu ur not cool. Parker was great and all, but he is clearly trynna rile people up
Now that's the way to play! What a gem, every note, oh my!
Every note!
What a gem indeed.
Beautiful! The early recordings of Bird, with a swing guitar rhythm such as this and such as he had with Jay McShann's band, are my favourites.
So many Bird "Bb low" noteson these version.. The boss, the genius, thaks for the post.
Quite a find, stunning development of the genius to blossom further, but this is such a good vision of his progress. Charlie Parker was and is an inspiration to all, of vigorous love and devotion to his cause, music of purity, invention, logic and beauty. All melody.
Genius in this delightful setting...Bird forever
Wow, that was excellent! Never heard him play before
Early Parker very much reminds me of jazz manouche, someone else said it but his playing is reminiscent of fiddle players in that style. Perhaps the guitar helps give that effect
Was this the same session that “Cherokee” was recorded on?
all this tune with Efferge Ware are truly gold
The allegedly "corny shit," alluded to by one commentator (the songs Bird transformed into high art) was--if not an equal partner--certainly part of the greatness and not to be sneered at. Jazz was an evolution and a commentary as well. There is never anything more productive in art than the dialectic between two or more cultures. Africa + Spain = the great afro-cuban; Germanic tribes + Islamic Africa + Jewish prayers + Romani = Flamenco, etc. ad infinitum. Black Americans created the only truly American art form of exceedingly refined quality. But the Eastern European/Jewish songs were an immense improvement over "Daisy, Dairy, Give me your answer do..." and were the highly commercialized by-product of Strauss Waltzes already commingling with the Black traditional blues. All the analysis in the world cannot explain the sui-generis nature of Bird's playing. Parker is an apotheosis. Genius is rare, and like a bird indeed, flies alone.
Absolutely marvelous. Puts me "in the mood"
Hadnt heard this before, thanks for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful, Bird was amazing.
amazing, i didn't know this one existed
WOW! INCREDIBLE! THANKS!
Such sweet sweet music :' )
Will always love the Yardbird. Amazing sax player. ❤️
Je ne reconnais même pas le thème de body and soul, c'est incroyable à quel point la créativité de Charlie Parker était extraordinaire. Pure génie.
The young genius!
This is unbelievably beautiful, thanks for sharing 🙏
this is gorgeous....22 years old....yow!
Just beautiful and supreme poetry, specially evident on the simple duo. I enjoy this version. It really touches my soul
so melodic. perfect
Excellent ! I never heard this version. He even did one earlier that I played on my show, but this is the BEST. He's all over his horn; low register, medium, upper, all over the place but fits in the melody. 1942.
This is by far the best Charlie Parker tune I’ve listened to. The minimalistic chord accompaniment allows Parker’s phrasing to shine while still maintaining a subtly that I feel is sometimes missing in Parker’s songs. This is also the only version of body and soul that I’ve heard that I genuinely like and speaks to me.
The only songs that come close to this in Charlie’s catalog (IMO), are scrapple to the apple, Barbados, Out of Nowhere, and maybe Quasimodo if I’m strolling through a park in autumn; but these songs shine for other reasons, mainly there vibes.
So, all of that music Bird put out, he was lacking subtlety in his playing while at the same time he was revolutionizing jazz music as well as the saxophone itself?
Don't forget all his interpretations of Embracebel You .
Pra mim um dos melhores solos do Yardbird!!!!
cool! never heard this version before, Thanks!
that's the genius to come!
Que genio, el saxo es como si hablara y te contara una historia que belleza.... Incomparable !
Anyone know who the guitar player is on this? I like his style!
The guitar player is Efferge Ware.
@@lesterwyoung guitar player is Hurley Ramey
Stunning perfection.
Favorite jazz solo of all time
he's able to throw absolutely everything into his phrases. how the fuck
Non avevo mai sentito prima questo brano interpretato da lui !!!
Just keep singing in your mind the melody while he solos and your mind will be blown.
Priceless!
Personnel and performers incorrectly listed. This is from 1956. There were TWO albums titled 'Cioltrane' . The listing shown for this is from the second one on the IMPULSE label from '62.
Such so fantastic musik.♥️♥️♥️
bird took hawkins solo to a nother level. and he still got hawkins fluidity and elegance transposed
¡EXCELSO ERA CHARLIE PARKER!!!!
Charlieparkerjazzart, how did you do the video-background? i like it, it adds to the music
thanks OP for this
Genius!!!!!!!!!
Who are the idiots who mark a thumbs down on a post of a 22 year Charlie Parker soloing over "Body and Soul"? Please, tell me.
Because they are special needs.
Best alto player ever
The greatest jazzman ever. The greatest artist of 20th century.
it is important to keep this alive
sublime cuerpo y alma de la música,dificil haya otro igual.
Always an inspiration
I like this one of Parker because his usual precision without his usual stress to play, maybe caused by drugs.
I don't know....his addiction began at age 16 and this song was recorded when he was 21.
Recorded February 19th, 1941 (21 years old!)
GENIUS!!!
The riff at 1:20 foreshadows the line "when you see those six pretty horses...pulling me" from Parker's Blues.
*Like a God*
Speechless...
For me, I kinda feel like I hear lot of prez influence than Coleman hawkin. His rhythmic placement and swinging sense ,even though it's busier in term of note, but it resembles how prez play. Simply amazing, I prefer Bird in his early years than on heavy bebop era somehow
This is my favorite Bird solo so far. Its beautiful.
Wow! What a mind!!
This song makes me feel ways
Great cut.
Senza parole
The greatest.
This is it 👍
I wish I could play like him
Magestuoso....
a young "Bird" trying out his wings, fly, fly, fly...
The Greatest
SALUTE TO THE LATE GREAT 👍🏽 CHARLIE PARKER AKA BIRD.
Man that guitar is so out of tune in the beginning. Must have been hard to keep them in tune back then. Sounds great though once he starts chunking.
How and where was this recorded?
what a sweet human being
My hero…Bird ♥️🎶♥️
grazie ancora
Freaking genius
Oh wow.... How beautifully raw.... !!
I see why Coltrane was so inspired by Mr Parker,wow it's mind blowing
hey, I heard what Billie Holiday was talking about, that funny style chord change then back again. wow.
It goes into a different key and then back again.
Instrumentally definitive 😊
guitar.so.out.of.tune... but Parker still sounds as if blues were a soft, luscious honey cake. divine.
Lachy Becke so was rev Gary Davis but he sounded beautiful
yeah lmao. the first second was what
The out of tune guitar gives a kind of nice lo- fi relaxing effect.
Perfection?
Zedele ma I think so. It's easily my favourite version. Complex enough to be an honest jazz solo, yet so beautiful it's hard to believe. Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance version is up there too, as well as Coltranes version. I'm probably missing some others like Louis Armstrong too.
the one and only.. Bird!
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