My father, Wallace Berman, did the illustration/artwork for this particular album. In many ways this is sort of the ultimate be-bop jazz album. Issued at the height of its greatness. For more (a bit more) info check the link : http://artjournal.collegeart.org/?p=1682

Listen to Charlie Parker: Ken Burns's Jazz by Charlie Parker on Apple Music. 2000. 16 Songs. Duration: 17 minutes.

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In March, members of our Classics subscription will receive Miles Davis & John Coltrane’s The Final Tour: Paris, March 21, 1960, a live recording of a Miles Davis tour date in Paris at L’Olympia. Recorded for radio, and remastered from the master tapes, this release has never been on vinyl until now, and you can only get it from Vinyl Me, Please Classics. Read below for a video explaining the album, pics, and an excerpt from the Listening Notes booklet by Ashley Kahn.

You turn up at the appointed time, armed with pages of questions, hoping to learn some things you don’t know about a figure who is ridiculously well known and endlessly scrutinized. You are ready to…

"I say, play your own way. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing ~ Thelonius Monk #jazz #music #quote #quotes #art