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Bebop: The Controversy, Part 2: Complex Forms and Trying to Hear The Changes (+ Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find the rare version of “Groovin’ High” by Gillespie with young Dexter Gordon.) In the first essay on this…
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Earl Hines: His Unrecorded Band, by Leif Bo Petersen, 3 of 3 (+Bonus)
[Lewis notes: In the first two essays of this series, Petersen shared a tremendous amount of new information about this legendary band, with photos and…
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Earl Hines: His Unrecorded Band with Parker and Gillespie, by Leif Bo Petersen,2: A Destroyed Recording! (+Bonus)
(From Lewis: In the first essay, Petersen took the Hines band through the Fall of 1942. Let’s continue now to learn everything we can from Leif’s…
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Earl Hines: His Unrecorded Band with Parker and Gillespie, by Leif Bo Petersen,1 (+Bonus)
Guest Essay by Leif Bo Petersen
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Every Film of Charlie Parker, 10A: Bonuses for Paying Subscribers
Dear Paying Subscribers, I owe many thanks for your support, which allows me to spend many, many hours researching and writing these essays. This time I…
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Every Film of Charlie Parker, 10; The TV Host Did Not Insult Bird (But It Was Typical of the Era)
(Paying Subscribers, I have two unique audio supplements for you. This time I am posting them separately as Part 10A.) Last time we saw the famous TV…
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Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 9; For Bird's Birthday, The Most Complete Copy of "Hot House" Film!
Last time we looked at some details of the famous Bird and Diz “Hot House” TV performance, which was discovered by the late jazz film collector David…
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Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker,8: Bird and Diz 1952, Background Info +Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, enjoy a complete historic and relevant magazine, below.) Because of the great response to the first personal memory story that I…
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Every FIlm Clip of Charlie Parker, 7A—A Few More Silent Seconds from Sweden 1950
In the previous post we watched and learned about the little bit of silent footage of Bird from his tour of Sweden in 1950. I thank Len Pogost and…
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Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 7: A Tiny Silent Clip +Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, be sure to scroll to the bottom.) This series started back in December 2022 with the post linked here; please scroll through the…
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Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 6; Audio from a 1950 TV Show
In this chronological series about Charlie Parker’s film and TV appearances, you’ll find more info than has ever been published before, plus every film…
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Every Film Clip of Charlie Parker, 5A; A Better Version of the Silent 1950 Outtakes
Some people found that the silent portion of the outtakes starting at 5:30 did not play. So here it is as a separate clip. This should play fine. As I…
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