[78-L] Pre-bop [was Five Faves]

[Julian Vein]

simmonssomer wrote:
> I have  a 1942 line check of the Jay McCann band from the Savoy Ballroom.
> On "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" Charlie Parker blows an unmistakeable 
> Be-bop solo for
> mebbe four choruses. It is not an experimental bit of beta blowing.
> It is a full fledged, finely burnished bop creation.. I don't know exactly 
> what Diz was blowing in the summer of 1942 but
> it may be that Bird was there first with the most even if it was not under 
> his own name.
> It's on LP only but still is one of my top five.
> 
> Al Simmons
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My copy on CD has bad wow which detracts seriously from enjoying the 
performance.

Try pianist Frank Smith's playing on the Jimmie Noone session at the Yes 
Yes Club, Chicago, July 17, 1941. Bud Powell before Bud Powell.

      Julian Vein