People who want to appear deep speak in complicated, obscure terminology so other can't see their shallowness. People who actually are deep speak simply and clearly so others can see all the way down and understand what they're looking at. I'm knocked out by how much substance has been communicated in an unpretentious, to-the-point manner. Truly a first class musician and a first class mind.
Such a great overview of Bird's approach. But man....listening to you play is one of life's great pleasures. Your voice on upright is beautiful. Thank you!
The Charlie Parker of my era for me was Jimi Hendrix. I'm a child of the 50's so the impact that he had was me living in that moment was so great that I remember where I was and who I was with when I heard him in for the 1st time in 1967. When I heard "Bird" for the 1st time it felt like me hearing Jimi for the 1st time. His talent and ability was beyond understanding for me. I still ask the question when I listen to him, "How does anyone have the ability to create on the spot so quickly"? A truly talented musical genius that I loved listening to on a regular basis on "Bird Lives" on WKCR in New York. Thanks my Brother for diving into BIRD!
Hendrix was another messenger . I play Jimi Hendrix cds all the time . Actually was listening to Rod Stewart singing Angel last week. Good version . George Benson got close to Birds level at times would love to hear him play flat out jazz one day. Or record a jazz album with no commercial input . Just a quartet .
I’m 25, so I was obviously not alive when Jimi lived. And yet, his music holds a very special place in my heart, I can’t describe how it felt when I started listening to him. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to have heard him for the first time back then!
I don't even think a lot of people realize this but it's like Dizzy Gillespie once said the hardest era of jazz was Bebop because people were pushing it to it's limits notes wise. I truly personally love the very late 1950s on up till the early 1970 era of jazz (model jazz, hard-bop, post-bop, soul jazz and funk jazz) because it was like a very experimental time in history (1958-1974) meets a very experimental music which is Jazz. If not for all the Bebop guys like Bird, Dizzy, Monk and a young Miles that took Jazz to another level we wouldn't have all the great jazz that came in the sixties seventies and eighties on up. Love your videos, Bro. ✌🏽
The greatest gift from my late father were the late nights listening to his Blue Note collection which was centred around the bebop era. As a drummer, Art Blakey changed my outlook again & again, and the horn players, pianists and bass players, too many to mention, struck a place deep in my heart that no other genre of music has done since. Thankyou for another excellent post, wonderful knowing other people enjoy these greats as much these days as any. Sydney, Australia.
GLAD to see some love for the melody of Au Privave, that was the first charlie parker tune I learned to play on an instrument - guitar in that case. Learned the melody and chords and wound up with a slightly smoother reharmonization compared to the real book. That tune is just an awesome little pocket of bebop. OH and I dont' know how many of his tunes exhibit this behavior... but if you play a 12-bar Blues Walking Bassline 101 under the chord changes fro Au Privave, the chords 1000% support that bassline exactly. No odd or tense notes, just a really fulfilling rehamonization of a 12-bar blues. I wonder how many others are like that!
I first discovered Au Privave played by Oscar Peterson & Niels Henning Örstedt-Pedersen on album Nigerian Marketplace, which I believe was recorded live at Montreaux Jazz Festival in early 80's. Great stuff.
Your channel is fantastic! Im a drummer and songwriter but still find inspiration from each video you create. Thank you for your care and precision. 🙌🙌
Love all your videos, but you really reached me with this one. Love playing all these melodies, and learned so much from them. I was really appreciating your use of short notes at times to make the rhythms swing.
Yes Sir. You are Right. I LOVE Bird. I bought Charlie Bird Omini Book and Charlie Bird for Guitar Book. I was determined to learn BeBop. So, I figured that just trying to learn the Heads (along with his Solos) was a Great Starting Point.... Long Live Bird!
I’ve been thinking it’s too early in my bass career to order the bass clef Charlie Parker Omnibook. I’m gonna go ahead and get it now! Thanks for all you do!
Paul thanks again for the enlightening video. Hey Paul what I’ve learned from your playing and the breakdown of different bass jams and keyboard parts is you are and right up there in my opinion with the artist that you are covering. You’re a bad dude Paul , i so much appreciate your musical gift. Whether it’s you playing the bass, or playing the keyboards you are tight man. Solid!!!
❤🖤💚 Bird Is The Prophet. I have loved the channel for some time. I play Bass and many of my friends who play other instruments love it for all the possible reasons. Your information is on point. A good friend of mine recommended this Bird take. Glad I caught it and I'll on those Bird lines Pronto. Also love tge Hip Basslines and the CTI( a favorite label, I was a teenager in the 70s) basslines. Ever consider a Book? You have a lot to offer.
Another great video, thanks! I'm a neophyte to jazz harmony and Bird, but just the little dabbling I've done with my bass guitar and the Charlie Parker Omnibook has been so eye-opening. It immediately pushes me outside my fretboard comfort zones, yet also flows so well on the bass - when I'm playing it, it feels like it's meant to be played on the bass, and so melodic. I play it a lot slower than Parker did, but the melodies are so strong that they hold up at any tempo. It's some of the most rewarding learning/playing I've done. Even in small pieces, there's no much great phrasing and harmony - I have seen Jeff Berlin suggest picking out a couple measures of Parker and playing it in 12 keys. Any way you approach it, just vast amounts of great music to work with. (On a side note, I have really grown to love the sound of your upright playing!)
Imagine you’re a teenager in the 50s being forced to practice your violin every day by a father deeply involved in classical music and that community. You get your hands on some Charlie Parker records and within a few years, you’ve left home and are now playing in a band in Vegas scraping by and learning everything you can. Eventually you have to go home and make your career playing the Tenor Sax and hating the Clarinet. That’s my Dad, he tells the stories way better than I ever could, I wasn’t even an idea at the time
My mum saw Graffiti in New York exclaiming Bird Lives ! This would have been 1964 . Sounding good Paul . I need a big slice of Bird , maybe the Verve compilations cosmic rays
I fully endorse this. I currently have Moose the Mooch (head and sax solo) on my practice stand after hitting Relaxing at Camarillo for several weeks. It is most definitely getting me better fast. Thanks!
Well put, professor. And after getting into Bird, and as another commenter said, Dizzy, folks should study Tad Dameron, and of course Monk. As I would always say to my students, you have started an adventure that never has to end. Thank you for all your enlightening videos.
Thanks professor Paul. Again, you have given great advice and educated an old wannabe bassist! Keep the videos coming please! BTW; check out "Life on Mars" by Dexter Wansel if you haven't already....
My teacher is trying to get me to play the head of Donna Lee on bass, I said it is too hard and fast to play on bass (he is a pianist). I hope he doesn't see this...
People who want to appear deep speak in complicated, obscure terminology so other can't see their shallowness. People who actually are deep speak simply and clearly so others can see all the way down and understand what they're looking at. I'm knocked out by how much substance has been communicated in an unpretentious, to-the-point manner. Truly a first class musician and a first class mind.
Bird's music certainly chanfed my life. Learning "Ornithology" changed me from a saxophonist to a bass player.
lol how did that happen
@@Yash42189 Bird used the base as a melodic tool which was fairly innovative at the time. This was before Funk was invented by Adderley.
Wow! I Have to do a deep study of Bird.
You've given us a great list of heads to work on. Thank you, my brother. TO THE SHED!!!☝🏾
Such a great overview of Bird's approach. But man....listening to you play is one of life's great pleasures. Your voice on upright is beautiful. Thank you!
Listening to his partner Dizzy Gillespie had an enormous impact on my life.
The Charlie Parker of my era for me was Jimi Hendrix. I'm a child of the 50's so the impact that he had was me living in that moment was so great that I remember where I was and who I was with when I heard him in for the 1st time in 1967. When I heard "Bird" for the 1st time it felt like me hearing Jimi for the 1st time. His talent and ability was beyond understanding for me. I still ask the question when I listen to him, "How does anyone have the ability to create on the spot so quickly"? A truly talented musical genius that I loved listening to on a regular basis on "Bird Lives" on WKCR in New York. Thanks my Brother for diving into BIRD!
Hendrix was another messenger . I play Jimi Hendrix cds all the time . Actually was listening to Rod Stewart singing Angel last week. Good version . George Benson got close to Birds level at times would love to hear him play flat out jazz one day. Or record a jazz album with no commercial input . Just a quartet .
Just listening to the Brand X track illegal Alien you liked . Awesome
I’m 25, so I was obviously not alive when Jimi lived. And yet, his music holds a very special place in my heart, I can’t describe how it felt when I started listening to him. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to have heard him for the first time back then!
Your content is do wide ranging and Always so interesting and Enlightening. Thank you so much. 😊
I know your fingers have ached when you started I’m so glad you’ve overcome that
I don't even think a lot of people realize this but it's like Dizzy Gillespie once said the hardest era of jazz was Bebop because people were pushing it to it's limits notes wise. I truly personally love the very late 1950s on up till the early 1970 era of jazz (model jazz, hard-bop, post-bop, soul jazz and funk jazz) because it was like a very experimental time in history (1958-1974) meets a very experimental music which is Jazz. If not for all the Bebop guys like Bird, Dizzy, Monk and a young Miles that took Jazz to another level we wouldn't have all the great jazz that came in the sixties seventies and eighties on up. Love your videos, Bro. ✌🏽
The greatest gift from my late father were the late nights listening to his Blue Note collection which was centred around the bebop era. As a drummer, Art Blakey changed my outlook again & again, and the horn players, pianists and bass players, too many to mention, struck a place deep in my heart that no other genre of music has done since. Thankyou for another excellent post, wonderful knowing other people enjoy these greats as much these days as any. Sydney, Australia.
Crazy lifestyle too... with Miles. Very influential on cultural revolution... a pioneer in many ways.
GLAD to see some love for the melody of Au Privave, that was the first charlie parker tune I learned to play on an instrument - guitar in that case. Learned the melody and chords and wound up with a slightly smoother reharmonization compared to the real book. That tune is just an awesome little pocket of bebop.
OH and I dont' know how many of his tunes exhibit this behavior... but if you play a 12-bar Blues Walking Bassline 101 under the chord changes fro Au Privave, the chords 1000% support that bassline exactly. No odd or tense notes, just a really fulfilling rehamonization of a 12-bar blues. I wonder how many others are like that!
I first discovered Au Privave played by Oscar Peterson & Niels Henning Örstedt-Pedersen on album Nigerian Marketplace, which I believe was recorded live at Montreaux Jazz Festival in early 80's. Great stuff.
Very cool about the blues line - I’m very interested to know if that applied to any of his others, as well!
Yup it's how I started getting into jazz age 16. Never looked back... he is the Bach of jazz... you're right.
You are one of our best jazz expositors! Thank you!
Your channel is fantastic! Im a drummer and songwriter but still find inspiration from each video you create. Thank you for your care and precision. 🙌🙌
wow, another legend to study
This video makes me want to go play jazz. well done
BRILLIANT!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Nice chops bro. Charlie Parker was my favorite
Great lesson professor
Right on! I absolutely love ‘Billie’s Bounce’...
Thank you for the reminder!
Thank YOU for watching!!
Yes!! There are a couple of those I haven't worked on yet - off to the shed. Thank you for the inspiration and perspective 🙏
Love all your videos, but you really reached me with this one. Love playing all these melodies, and learned so much from them. I was really appreciating your use of short notes at times to make the rhythms swing.
Concise and effective. I know zero Bird's heads... now I know that I need to learn at least one... or seven, thanks!!
Another great lesson!
Yes Sir.
You are Right.
I LOVE Bird.
I bought Charlie Bird Omini Book and
Charlie Bird for Guitar Book.
I was determined to learn BeBop.
So, I figured that just trying to learn the Heads (along with his Solos) was a
Great Starting Point....
Long Live Bird!
THANK YOU!❤
love Bird... transcribed loads and was playing Bach on classical guitar too.. some lines are exactly the same!
over my head but in it at the same time
Even as a guitarist Bird was my fav musician. Learning from the omni book changed my perspective.
Hi Paul,
Just saw you earlier today playing at the Pitt Jazz Composers concert. Awesome playing and great tunes (especially that last one, wow!)
I’ve been thinking it’s too early in my bass career to order the bass clef Charlie Parker Omnibook. I’m gonna go ahead and get it now! Thanks for all you do!
Paul thanks again for the enlightening video. Hey Paul what I’ve learned from your playing and the breakdown of different bass jams and keyboard parts is you are and right up there in my opinion with the artist that you are covering. You’re a bad dude Paul , i so much appreciate your musical gift. Whether it’s you playing the bass, or playing the keyboards you are tight man.
Solid!!!
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
❤🖤💚 Bird Is The Prophet. I have loved the channel for some time. I play Bass and many of my friends who play other instruments love it for all the possible reasons. Your information is on point. A good friend of mine recommended this Bird take. Glad I caught it and I'll on those Bird lines Pronto. Also love tge Hip Basslines and the CTI( a favorite label, I was a teenager in the 70s) basslines. Ever consider a Book? You have a lot to offer.
Excellent!
Another great video, thanks! I'm a neophyte to jazz harmony and Bird, but just the little dabbling I've done with my bass guitar and the Charlie Parker Omnibook has been so eye-opening. It immediately pushes me outside my fretboard comfort zones, yet also flows so well on the bass - when I'm playing it, it feels like it's meant to be played on the bass, and so melodic. I play it a lot slower than Parker did, but the melodies are so strong that they hold up at any tempo. It's some of the most rewarding learning/playing I've done. Even in small pieces, there's no much great phrasing and harmony - I have seen Jeff Berlin suggest picking out a couple measures of Parker and playing it in 12 keys. Any way you approach it, just vast amounts of great music to work with. (On a side note, I have really grown to love the sound of your upright playing!)
The Royal Roost gig was always a high standard and Al Haig
Love this such motivation!!
Imagine you’re a teenager in the 50s being forced to practice your violin every day by a father deeply involved in classical music and that community. You get your hands on some Charlie Parker records and within a few years, you’ve left home and are now playing in a band in Vegas scraping by and learning everything you can. Eventually you have to go home and make your career playing the Tenor Sax and hating the Clarinet. That’s my Dad, he tells the stories way better than I ever could, I wasn’t even an idea at the time
My mum saw Graffiti in New York exclaiming Bird Lives ! This would have been 1964 . Sounding good Paul . I need a big slice of Bird , maybe the Verve compilations cosmic rays
I fully endorse this. I currently have Moose the Mooch (head and sax solo) on my practice stand after hitting Relaxing at Camarillo for several weeks. It is most definitely getting me better fast. Thanks!
Well put, professor. And after getting into Bird, and as another commenter said, Dizzy, folks should study Tad Dameron, and of course Monk. As I would always say to my students, you have started an adventure that never has to end. Thank you for all your enlightening videos.
No spell checker is’t TADD, with two ‘d’s.
Yes! Everyone talks about "the notes"... Parker's rhythmic concept, phrasing, chromaticism...is the *****!!!! Be prepared to play...anything!
Concise and to the point. 4 minutes. About the length of a tune, coincidence?
now i am a wise man . tnx again
Bird, Diz, Bud, OP, and Roach - the greatest BeBop band that never was
Which albums should I start with?
Thanks professor Paul. Again, you have given great advice and educated an old wannabe bassist!
Keep the videos coming please!
BTW; check out "Life on Mars" by Dexter Wansel if you haven't already....
I think of the rhythm like the soul and the other part the mind
Bird rules!
Hey Paul, love your vids! This might be a dumb question, but do you mean to practice the Parker lines he plays on trumpet/sax, on our basses?
Also, what do the names mean in the video like time titles, like Antonius vs Schemion
Yes. These heads should be learned on every instrument!
I’m not sure what you mean here 🤔
What did you use to learn all the heads for the video?
Recordings and lead sheets
✌️
New to jazz...what's a head?
The melody to a song. Sorry bout that.
🎉❤
😊
What do you mean by a Charlie Parker head?
The melodies he wrote to his tunes
@@pdbass thank you.
Now ya' know where "BIRD'S THE WORD" comes from.
Charlie Parker taught my friend how to sharpen a hypodermic needle on a matchbook!
My teacher is trying to get me to play the head of Donna Lee on bass, I said it is too hard and fast to play on bass (he is a pianist). I hope he doesn't see this...
LOL
Charlie would've been a great drummer too.
is it true? can you get good just by learning the heads?