Ko-ko

[WoahItsAndyyy]

@PalerThenTheMoon 'I have to study this for a level music' was the very first thing I said.

[PalerThenTheMoon]

@WoahItsAndyyy

[WoahItsAndyyy]

I have to study this for a level music, and i really do not see why people like it. Yes he's a brilliant player, but it's fucking horrible to listen to

[WoahItsAndyyy]

@WoahItsAndyyy Paler THAN The Moon... not 'then'

[Megajosh2]

That genuinely shocked me. It made my heart beat faster.

[TheBmar21]

this is like the musical equivalent of vomiting. X( How anyone could enjoy this is beyond me.

[LGKxBEaTzxFTW]

@TheBmar21 I.COMPLETELY.AGREE :L

[PalerThenTheMoon]

@TheBmar21 sigh, thanks for letting me know that you have know taste in music

[0live0wire0]

@TheBmar21 can't help but wonder what music you listen to then

[MrEvelynOakleigh]

This is amazing to say the least.

[denverfan97]

sax playing taken to the max level!

Charlie forever!

[danilogiotto]

il primo disco autodefinito da BIRD" questa è la mia nuova musica che avevo dentro di me " questa musica era definitivamente il BE-BOP

[aaronamccoy]

there a live version from europe, so cohesive and sick..but this is great..

[Frisbieinstein]

Giant Steps' Daddy.



[FunkadelicSixties]

Holy hell ... in jazz we trust

[carmexsd4]

damn the drummer is a little distracting and annoying with his constant cymbal crashes

[BRazor92]

@carmexsd4 Someone needs to listen to more bebop

[Jazzdeity]

Brilliant photographs!

[JAZZI40]

think what you wan`t but this is bop..real bebop..hell yeah..

[AttemptingToBeBusy]

This is different to the version I am familiar with...

[Jesus2010Freak]

i really like this music. Thanks music appreciation for making me listen :D

[jiannisDimi]

There are birds like Desmond, that sing so sweet and lovely...

And there are Birds like Parker, that sing, and flatter and fly,

and go high over the sky.

Hey, guys...If you cannt sing with him (somewhere over the rainbow)

then go some other place out there, anywhere and hear some dog,..

here in contrary plays the one and only,

the Charlie Parker, and plays like a god.....

[Garramedia]

During these magical four and half minutes God WAS in the house!

[brunostung]

Truly amazing!

[MrNDSteinbach]

Holy crap, this is AMAZING!

[tisonlythree]

jizz...in....my....pants



[tHuNdErCaTz68]

bebop :D

[aaronamccoy]

mad genius

[WAMEDJO]

I would feel dumb if I comment this...

[BuckshotLaFunke]

As free as free jazz.

[societyforrealmusic]

This live right?

[micaofboca]

Bird had a mischievous smile that was part of his hipness, like he knew something we didn't know. And hit he did. But when he was drunk he looked disheveled and unattractive. But who cares. If I were with a sloppy drunk and high Marilyn Monroe, even though she didn't look great she was still the bomb. But Bird's hygiene wasn't great. He wasn't a tidy cat. He'd dress with his shirt sloppily fit into his fat slacks and his necktie poorly tied and adorned. He ate like an impolite rube.

[katerinahejdova]

ale předpokládala bych, že muzikantům není jedno co zpívají. není to tak. často sami netuší, co chtěl autor písní říci a tápají ve slovech jak slepec na jezdících schodech. škodí je sami sobě. když budou zpívat hovadiny, neuživí se, protože nebudou nikoho zajímat. a my pak budeme poslouchat další smutné skladby o těžkém životě. nuda.

[katerinahejdova]

jiná doba, jiná hudba. osudy muzikantů jsou si ale pořád víceméně dost podobné... holt jsou asi skutečně svědomím a hlasem národa, jak se traduje. anebo né. jak chcete.

[katerinahejdova]

jiná doba, jiná hudba. osudy muzikantů jsou si ale pořád víceméně dost podobné... holt jsou asi skutečně svědomím a hlasem národa, jak se traduje.

[katerinahejdova]

jiná doba, jiná hudba. osudy muzikantů jsou si ale pořád víceméně dost podobné...

[arthurjohnblond]

4D :D !

[Jerkicus]

i sure wish i could hear the bass/drums/piano

[funpow5566]

(head explodes due to awesomeness of charlie parker)

[HARON08]

It's crazy how a 3rd of this is improvised.

[SCGod2010]

Charlie plays a mad alto saxophone in this performance :)

[rockrocks66]

This song would make a cool guitar solo

[haberstr]

Only Satchmo is similar, the future arriving full blast perfect and completely original.

[thetyleranasaurus]

this song is so freaking fast!

[cholocharile]

1:25 Diz lol

[ZupraVisor]

lol simply red at 1:16

[TheGREATESTniggaeva]

bird is pure sickness. pure sickness. man, i didnt even know he could play that fast. but the song is not as good as it could be because there wasnt enough flavor from the bass, drums and piano. (i didnt even hear the piano). no disrespect to the musicians though. i just think it should have like a "play anytime" type beat. (not for the sax) if u listen to moose the mooche, yardbird suite, or ornithology u might know what i mean

[Alejandro4891]

@wdmounger lol don't worry. there's hope for us metalheads, i describe myself as a metal guitarist that wants to play everything and my guitar instructor is always making me play charlie parker standards.

[brownscirocco]

is someone yelling at 1:24?

[kingkoeller]

The tempo on this cut is quarter note =MM- 354!!!!!!!!!!!

Incredible!!

[oelon]

No video responses to this one eh??

[lipsman92]

@oelon I agree with you on this!

[kaseyWtrumpet]

"And Mingus counted off Charlie Parker's Ko-Ko, as fast as he could play it. And Man that was fast!"

[HillbillyJ]

Amazing.

[steveteddy555]

very good

[jazzgent]

Outrageous!!!

[hippojuice23]

There can be only one. That's why he died @ was it 38? He did everything to the maxium!

[polymath7]

Thirty-four. He died at thirty-four.

[TEAMSERVERKILLER]

He did heroin to the maximum, also.

[MonsterFify]

very nice shit

[thegrassifuldead]

I didn't know if any of you knew this, or you were too busy talking about Bird's looks, but he was extremely addicted to heroin, and drank a lot. Both of the drugs that he was abusing are depressants, making you slower. If Bird was going this fast while being slowed down, he must be pretty fucking fast if he wasn't doing that shit.

[elputokade]

1:56 Charlie Parker,the One,

[josemolina13]

all you guys are gay!!! lmao if you have to point out he's good looking instead of commenting on his music than you should consider rethinking your sexual preference

[mahoose6]

I wish I could have been there!!!!

[Ibelieveinjazz]

Me too

[el39dady]

@Ibelieveinjazz

its my dream to go back to the past and meet him

[shinybald36]

@mahoose6 favorite version

[mglibanes]

Charlie Parker owns.

[DiaryofaMadman1982]

1:09 Im not gay or anything, but Bird sure as hell was a good looking guy. Perhaps his skill reflects his looks.

Dizzy and Bird sure were a great musical couple!!!

[tetrica]

That makes you gay. But i agree. But i am not gay.

[DiaryofaMadman1982]

............Ok, that makes no sense at all.....

[tetrica]

Well, i just found it odd that you had to point out the fact that you are not gay.

[DiaryofaMadman1982]

When 1 guy calls another guy good looking, its a good idea to point out that your not gay. There are guys who are good looking, (e.g. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Orlando Bloom,) Not in a sexually attractive way, but they just look nice.

I love Bird, but for his music. lol

[tetrica]

But what does it matter if you are gay or not? It seems like you are really paranoid of others thinking you are gay if you always have to point out that you are not.

"I'm not gay or anything, but i like europian movies.

[GassyMaskz]

I think the point was supposed to be satire...And he's sexy...and I'm gay.

[thomaski]

@DiaryofaMadman1982 gay

[ZupraVisor]

@thomaski detected xD

[OwrKeeng]

@DiaryofaMadman1982 You write like a gay

[aha45]

@DiaryofaMadman1982

Do you really feel the need to clarify your heterosexuality despite the anonymity of the Internet?

[unsensible]

@aha45 I think he's just stating that even a straight guy can find him good looking.

[rodcrippler]

omg! those 2 does the most amazing shit together, RIP Dizzy and Bird!

[JeraldRJ1]

Hey Man, do yourself a favor and buy the CD with Miles and Bird on it. Good stuff.

[Glove398]

This is one of my favorite versions of KoKo. I also have a version by Bird played live in another concert setting. I dubbed it on tape (remember music tapes? lol) from my band teacher back in the early 90s so I have no idea of the album, musicians, etc., but it, too is killing. The trumpeter actually solos (he and Bird go back and forth at the beginning before Bird destroys everyone. The trumpeter solos after Bird). Someone holla if you know what I'm talking about.

[waterbedsrstupid27]

i like the blues more but jazz is so ridiculously warming for me so much improv and feel man jazz is great!!

[marioskassapis]

fou fou fisa

[JazzmanJibilla]

There ain't but three tempos in jazz; slow, medium and fast, and you're in a world of trouble if you get in the cracks - Ben Webster

This is fast.

[leonidas0292]

does anyone know waht the bpm is on this song??

[wakanabeotai]

308 bpm

[joebandana]

man it's quick, around 375-385bpm throughout.

[hremdldw]

Dizzy And Charlie Parker Live At Carnige Hall.

[willy4u4u]

this is the version i've been looking for..this isn't the best though, i've heard him just kill it a live in paris? charlie parker allstars '49..

[mahoose6]

WHERE THE HELL did charlie learn to play like THAT!?!?!? mannnnnn he just kills

[PhuckHue2]

he got a job washing dishes at a club where Art Tatum played and was inspired by his playing. He was also inspired by Dizzy and Tommy Dorsey. Dizzy was almost playing bebop but he didn't have the complex harmonic structure that Charlie pioneered

[mahoose6]

Yee Art Tatum was the man. I think Lester Young helped too ;)

[g0ldbuG]

@PhuckHue2 can you explain this harmonic struct. in layman's terms?

[guitarman63mm]

Well, I think that he really shines on Koko because of the 'ole rumour about him learning Cherokee in all 12 keys, and being that Koko is a contrafact of Cherokee....you get the point.

He's also just a beast.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

From woodsheding all summer of 1937.

[Actar411]

@mahoose6 He just played along with records.

[playbeautiful9]

@mahoose6 : i guess he learned to play like that when he practiced 11 to 15 hours a day :D by the way this only reflects how fast he could play....almost nothing else!

[Diomedes22]

@playbeautiful9 it reflects a lot more than how fast he could play. if all you hear is fast playing, then give up on jazz. you don't get it

[playbeautiful9]

@Diomedes22 : yeah well thank you.

anyway this is not the stuff i'd like to play cause this is more a challenge than music, hell technique but what do you get out of it?

nothing in the end. listen Paul Desmond, that is music how it shoul be played

anyway, i don't wanna argue with u, so taste is considerable yours truly!

[Diomedes22]

@playbeautiful9 there's an interview of charlie parker by paul desmond. it is totally obvious, to anyone who isn't an biased or stupid, that desmond, like all the jazz artists of that era, saw bird as a living legend. desmond isn't even in the same universe with bird

[gjbsaxman94]

@Diomedes22 though i agree with you that he is doing more than fast playing, i still feel that its just too technique focused. sure his playing is a great example of perfect time and alignment, it is lacking in one of the reasons that makes saxes so awesome, the emotion that be projected from them

[demandango]

@gjbsaxman94

you are confused. this performance is as overflowing with what you term emotion as could be imagined. lacking is a word that can not be reasonably applied to this performance in any respect.

[JohnWC134]

@demandango i think im probably with gjbsaxman94. im not saying this piece sucks. its certainly not my kind of thing, just playing fast, but i dont get much sense of "emotion" as it were in this. thats just my opinion anyway.

[andygjata]

@JohnWC134 thats what bebop was all about, musicians were tired of practically playing orchestrated music in the "swing era" of jazz, they barely had a chance to improvise, therefore the later age of angry musicians after world war 2 expressed their anger to the world like this, it was like shouting that this aint no dance music, this aint music for everyone, but they showed all of their talent this way

[Diomedes22]

@gjbsaxman94 the speed forces you to focus more. it makes you engage with the music such that if you can train yourself to follow along you get much more enjoyment. this is key to all the most intense bebop. its not for everyone, though, just like Moby Dick isn't for everyone.

[shinybald36]

@Diomedes22 the book or the song?

[muyi]

Does anyone know what album this is from..i've been looking for it for a while now

[AltosaxMan44]

I'm not sure but,I think that this sing is in his"De Ja Vu"album

[Anarchous]

Kehindetrump you can find the recording on the Introduction to Jazz History 2 disc set.

[Kehindetrump]

This is his best recording of ko ko, I had this CD but lost it last year in a fire. do you know what CD or collection I can get this recording from ?

[Teis9574]

The 'Ken Burns Jazz' has released a series of cd's, and one is a collection with the bird here. That CD has got ko-ko on it.

[BRazor78]

no kidding! The quality is incredible for 1947recording! One qualm, is that I have a hard time hearing the bass & piano.

[psyne000]

AGREED

[polymath7]

Is this live?

[polymath7]

Ah, stupid question; now I can hear the audience.

This is flawless.