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John H. Armwood Jazz History Lecture Nashville's Cheekwood Arts Center 1989

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Charlie Parker and the Meaning of Freedom - The New York Times

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“They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But man, there’s no boundary line to art.”

Those are the words of Charlie Parker, the jazz saxophonist also known as Bird, who was born on Aug. 29, 1920. Parker was arguably the greatest genius of the bebop era and indeed, one of the finest American musicians of the 20th century.

You might be tempted to take his words literally when you hear the seemingly effortless grace and ease of his virtuosic improvisational style. His freewheeling solos made up on the spot are pure freedom, right?

Wrong. Jazz, like all serious art, is slavish in its adherence to boundaries and rules. And therein it achieves the nature of true freedom, in both art and life.

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Friday, August 11, 2017

Wynton Marsalis Quintet at Jazz in Marciac 2017 on Livestream

The brilliance and unparalleled virtuosity if Wynton Marsalis and his band contrasted against the often frustrating wait for the groove, for swing and blues feeling. It comes but he make you wait occasionally wading through fields of corn.




Wynton Marsalis Quintet at Jazz in Marciac 2017 on Livestream