New Day Jazz
Justin Desmangles
Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955)
"Of course, there are exceptions: One of the reasons jazz is so appealing to large numbers of white Americans is precisely because they feel that in this black musical tradition, not just black musicians but black humanity is being asserted by artists who do not look at themselves in relation to whites or engage in self-pity or white put-down.
"This type of active, as opposed to reactive, expression is very rare in any aspect of African-American society. One usually sees either the highly assimilated black person who wants to be accepted by whites no matter what, which is symptomatic of self-doubt, insecurity and lack of power. Or, one sees someone like Louis Farrakhan, who can only assert black humanity by putting others down - a sign of moral immaturity. Unfortunately, those two modes of expression have been dominant in middle-class black America. However, one does not find this kind of 'reactive' behavior in jazz. Charlie Parker didn't give a damn.
"Jazz is the middle road between invisibility and anger. It is where self-confident creativity resides. Black music is paradigmatic of how black persons have best dealt with their humanity, their complexity - their good and bad, negative and positive aspects, without being obsessively preoccupied with whites. Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Coltrane were just being themselves. And for whites interested in the humanity of the 'other,' jazz provides them with examples of sheer and rare genius - a purely American form of artistic grace and elegance emanating from its subjugated people, exiled people, degraded people."
Cornel West, Charlie Parker Didn't Give a Damn, New Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 1991
Genre
Jazz
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| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Roach Double Quartet | Bird Says | Easy Winners | Soul Note | January 1985 |
| Abbey Lincoln | How High the Moon | The World is Falling Down | Verve | February 1990 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Charlie Parker Septet | Yardbird Suite | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1 | Spotlite | March 28, 1946 |
| Charlie Parker Septet | Ornithology | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1 | Spotlite | March 28, 1946 |
| Bud Powell's Modernists | Ornithology | The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 | Blue Note | August 9, 1949 |
| Archie Shepp & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen | Ornithology | Looking at Bird | Steeplechase | February 7, 1980 |
| Ishmael Reed | Rhythm in Philosophy | Conjure | Pangea | c. 1984 |
| Art Ensemble of Chicago | Dexterity | Message to Our Folks | Actuel | August 12, 1969 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Slim Gaillard And His Orchestra | Slim's Jam | BeBop's Heartbeat | Savoy | December 29, 1945 |
| Slim Gaillard And His Orchestra | Dizzy Boogie | BeBop's Heartbeat | Savoy | December 29, 1945 |
| Tiny Grimes Quintette | Romance Without Finance | The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions | Savoy | September 15, 1944 |
| Charlie Parker Rebeboppers | Ko-Ko | The Genius Of Charlie Parker | Savoy | November 26, 1945 |
| Charlie Parker All Stars | Steeplechase | Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1 | Savoy | September 24, 1948 |
| Hampton Hawes | Steeplechase | This Is Hampton Hawes | Contemporary | December 3, 1955 |
| John Lewis & Hank Jones | Confirmation | An Evening with Two Grand Pianos | Little David | c. 1979 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Gene Ammons | Confirmation | Boss Tenor | Prestige | June 16, 1960 |
| Langston Hughes | Bird in Orbit | Ask Your Mama | Buddha | c. 1961 |
| Phineas Newborn, Jr. | Cheryl | A World of Piano | Contemporary Records | October 16, 1961 |
| Teddy Edwards & Howard McGhee | Perhaps | Together Again! | Contemporary Records | May 1961 |
| Art Pepper | Shawnuff | Art Pepper + 11 | Contemporary Records | c. 1959 |
| Bud Powell | Shaw 'Nuff | Swingin' with Bud | RCA | February 11, 1957 |
| Dexter Gordon | Scrapple From the Apple | Our Man in Paris | Blue Note | May 23, 1963 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Charlie Parker Quintet | Lover Man | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1 | Spotlite | July 29, 1946 |
| Charlie Parker Quintet | The Gypsy | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1 | Spotlite | July 29, 1946 |
| Howard McGhee Quintet | Be-Bop | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1 | Spotlite | July 29, 1946 |
| Charlie Parker Quartet With Earl Coleman | This is Always | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 2 | Spotlite | February 19, 1947 |
| Charlie Parker Quartet With Earl Coleman | Dark Shadows | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 2 | Spotlite | February 19, 1947 |
| Charlie Parker's New Stars | Relaxin' At Camarillo | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 3 | Spotlite | February 26, 1947 |
| Original Charlie Parker Quintet | Dewey Square | Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 4 | Spotlite | October 28, 1947 |
| Sarah Vaughan | Mean to Me | Hot Jazz | Remington | May 25, 1945 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Lee Konitz | Billie's Bounce | Very Cool | Verve | May 5, 1957 |
| Lennie Tristano | Requiem | Lennie Tristano | Atlantic | c. 1955 |
| Barry Harris | Anthropology | Newer Than New | Riverside | c. 1961 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Gil Evan & Steve Lacy | Reincarnation of a Love Bird | Paris Blues | Owl | c. 1988 |