"I Knew the Real Charlie Parker"

"I Knew the Real Charlie Parker" - Sonny Rollins

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Жыл бұрын

Charlie Parker cast a spell on young musicians when Bebop was born. A mythic figure who changed Jazz, Bird's unconventional lifestyle led some musicians down a rather negative path. Here, Sonny Rollins remembers the real Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
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@Selmerpilot Жыл бұрын

Chan’s autobiography offers up a lot on just who Bird was as a person as well. She noted Bird, outside of the music, really just wanted to be a normal father and live in the suburbs. Bird went to the grocery store, hung out in neighborhood bars in their area of NY, which were primarily Russian immigrants at the time, thus no one knew who he was, and he immersed himself in that life. Had he lived, Chan stated his intentions were to go to Paris and study composition and soak in that scene. Who knows how much he could have grown.

@guitargil 10 ай бұрын

Does Chan touch on her relationships before Bird TYIA

@Selmerpilot 10 ай бұрын

@@guitargil Yes, she had a thing for alto players. Before Bird there was with another alto man in her life, Johnny Bothwell, then after Bird it was of course Phil Woods, who gave Phil two children, but apparently Chan drove Phil mad and wanted to stay in Europe in the early 70s while Phil wanted to go back to make his mark, hell bent on making his mark on the American jazz scene which treated him so poorly in the 60s.

@steves1588 Ай бұрын

Charlie Parker is still helping us all know music and its possibilities.

@sheskimusic Жыл бұрын

I would love to meet Sonny.

@jpsned 20 күн бұрын

Bird lived an extreme life: he achieved the highest levels of musicianship, while often living the lowest level due to his horrible drug addiction. It's so nice to know that he was a very humble guy who just wanted to live a regular life. He is one of the few musicians who I feel deep in my soul when I listen.

@JazzVideoGuy 19 күн бұрын

It's a great American tragedy.

@jpsned 18 күн бұрын

@@JazzVideoGuy Yup.

@patrickashby15 Жыл бұрын

Parker was not only the greatest instrumentalist of the twentieth century he was innovator of the first order right up there with Stravinsky and Joyce it was wonderful to see and listen to Sonny Rollins the living God of the tenor saxophone.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

you speak the truth

@calkig Жыл бұрын

I love every opportunity this channel provides to hear Sonny Rollins speak, but I especially appreciate the context he provides in this clip on Charlie Parker and the environment that he (and Sonny) navigated at that time. Thank you for posting this, Bret.

@jamieforjazz Жыл бұрын

I’ve known 6 people who knew Bird (including one British musician who had dinner with him!) and they’ve all talked about that experience as kind of central to their lives. Amazing how he still inspires.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

I've had the same conversation with many musicians who knew him.

@olebirgerpedersen Жыл бұрын

He was not only a giant of music, but had an enormous knoledge of anything that koncernes human life and kultur.

@pallhe 3 күн бұрын

"Coltrane has taken over that mantle." Interesting to hear Sonny say that, as he is right up there beside Bird and Trane 😉

@postatility9703 Жыл бұрын

Let's appreciate Sonny while he is still with us(as of 6/1/23)He,Roy Haynes and a very few others are the last of that era.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

There are only two musicians left from the famous "Great Day in Harlem," photo, Sonny and Benny Golson. They are both in their 90s.

@tioliak 10 ай бұрын

Herbie Hancock

@bobcosmic Жыл бұрын

If Bird was alive today and we all heard him for the very first time, he would still have that same affect on all of us. Bird lives!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Agree!

@bobcosmic Жыл бұрын

@@JazzVideoGuy We know exactly where I'm coming from !

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

@@bobcosmic Great handle, by the way. Sounds like something you dreamed up during the Acid trip.

@bobcosmic Жыл бұрын

@@JazzVideoGuy Sorry to disappoint but I've always been on the trees from the West Indies. Strictly Ganja !

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

@@bobcosmic No disappointment, its familiar territory.

@hugoyanez8752 Жыл бұрын

Painting, decorating, creating, dreaming, dressing, expression, unmasking, running, walking and silence, beautiful that JAZZ to me

@3340steve Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this beautiful wisdom. Sonny ROLLINS is our greatest creative ARTIST.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

No doubt!

@bassocanario Жыл бұрын

Big Love for YOUR love of this music and its musicians. Thank you for your hard work!🙏🏽💖✌🏾

@bobjuke4216 Жыл бұрын

Wonderfully straightforward and intelligent perspective ..no attempt at a sale - just telling it the way it was.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

That's who Sonny Rollins is.

@bobjuke4216 Жыл бұрын

@@JazzVideoGuy Yes, I do believe it. I only met him once briefly when he was doing a week at Ronnie Scott's and Ronnie's partner Peter King introduced me to him because I wanted to book the band for a single in Liverpool.. I asked Sonny would he be interested and he said yes but that he didn't think he could do it (no free dates).. but I should check with his wife... It turned out that he couldn't do it, but the good side of it all was that I did get to see Sonny Rollins live in the mid 70's - which was really something :-)

@romainbertrand253 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting interview. It's great to remember the jazz history with that type of perspective : jazz was a force of emancipation for a lot of people.

@richardbell4176 Жыл бұрын

Love this interview Bret. It’s so beautiful to hear Sonny Rollins speaking about Bird challenging additional social boundaries in addition to those musical ones he’s best know for. Thank you again!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@davekana8388 Жыл бұрын

Great interview!

@walterhayley7252 Жыл бұрын

Really nice piece. Thanks Bret!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@timbruer7318 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff

@ggmusicdrums Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bret. Great stuff, as always. -Gordon 👍🎶

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@brendaboykin3281 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bret and Sonny🌹🔥😎😎🌹🔥

@jeromec592 Жыл бұрын

Totally enjoy these musician's interviews.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@carlosbartnickitort6557 Жыл бұрын

Just great content!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

thanks so much

@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 Жыл бұрын

Great video !!!!!!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@YvesJacques-lv5wj Жыл бұрын

inspiration

@DaveFrank Жыл бұрын

Very important video, thanks Bret)

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@dirkweddington996 Жыл бұрын

great video! Jazz Video Guy serves the music.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

I try!

@callmejeffbob Жыл бұрын

Very, very cool!

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@geoffnelson4777 Жыл бұрын

It's interesting to speculate where Bird would have flown had he lived longer.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Trane, as well.

@emilianoturazzi Жыл бұрын

@@JazzVideoGuy Dolphy...

@Rhythmicons 7 күн бұрын

If the BOSS thinks Bird is God, that's the highest of compliments.

@leomiles8658 Жыл бұрын

that's very interesting to hear

@rightchordleadership Жыл бұрын

Love Bird. Love Sonny. 🎷🎵👍

@gitarmats Жыл бұрын

Cool

@edwardjons8684 Жыл бұрын

More greatness from Sonny. We are so lucky to have this guy still around, still as lucid as ever, unpretentious and avoid the usual spritual cliches that some of the other greats seem to rely on as gestures of profundity, and even now still able to contribute so much to the new biography. If only Miles had lived so long, he would have talked straight too, but would he have been so open?

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Two entirely different people.

@NickWeissMusic Жыл бұрын

Miles had all kinds of health problems, and was a genuine recluse, not just to look cool lol. I don’t think more years would have been very kind to him, but I too wish we had an ancient, healthy Miles around today, just to see what he’d do next.

@miguelrivera9878 Жыл бұрын

i recently watched whiplash the movie and they mention an anecdote about charlie parker. i would love it, if mainstream media would program content about jazz more often.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Mainstream media has always eschewed Jazz. Thankfully, it's not the same in Europe and Japan.

@emilianoturazzi Жыл бұрын

@@JazzVideoGuy "Thankfully, it's not the same in Europe" are you sure? being european I have a pretty different impression... but maybe in the US is even worse...

@dongorgon4168 Жыл бұрын

Now that is interesting. Reminds me of my Father's attitude - "...there are enough entertainers."

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

We need some entertainment, especially now, that's for sure. But we need inspiration as well, and that's what Bird and Trane and Sonny give us.

@c.thompson6638 Жыл бұрын

Sonny's perspective on Bird is great. How's Sonny doing today? Anyone? I hope well.

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

He's resting comfortably.

@ianbuxton8332 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@henridelagardere264 Жыл бұрын

"I Knew the Real Charlie Parker" - Sonny Rollins "I Know the Real Sonny Rollins" - Bret Primack

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

I know most of the real Sonny, but as you can well imagine, he's a rather enigmatic fellow.

@Osnosis Жыл бұрын

This interview looks from quite awhile ago; date?

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

2009

@RoryVanucchi Жыл бұрын

Bird lives

@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын

Bird is still the word nearly 80 years later

@martyg374 22 күн бұрын

The most important artists (visual and musical) are innovators. They often seem to have huge personalities as well, but not always. Quoting an art museum president who is an acquaintance, "98% of all art is crap." Not these guys!

@JazzVideoGuy 19 күн бұрын

yup