Charlie Parker - Embraceable You - 1947

[mscarolannstaples]

Sweet... so sweet.. love this piece, love Charlie Parker....

[Megajosh2]

I'm pretty sure Parker playing this is what got me hooked on jazz.

[msclguru]

This is just take 1 -- at 0:44 you can hear him improvise the riff that will become the basis for take 2

[sewitt60]

Great

[Skailish]

It goes exactly with my feelings today... exactly what I was looking for--

Thank you for uploading

[123must]

dramatic solo ! Bird lives

a lot of thanks

[mrperryjthomas]

Bird's fervent lyricism was what set him apart from his imitators,who could only run the changes of a ballad like this. His blues feeling gave a earthiness to his ballad

playing,that was never sweet,or syrupy.But he got the romantic message across

nontheless!

[paulj0557]

Sometimes when you play good you feel tired when you're done like you used up something to make those 5 minutes sound good. Charlie must have been tired a lot. I imagine the dope was to make him okay with himself. The drugs being responsible for the music is a big fat myth. Charlie made those notes not the drugs.

[burkness100]

The master



[bird12896]

one of the greatest bird solos of all time

[puffinonindo]

i dont like much jazz. but this is just beatiful

[melantoriano]

the most beautiful version of this great song; a romantic song became a passionate help cry

[mhatimy1]

I had an exam today, and had to memories this. Or was privileged to have to memories this.

[MrBluegrassGator]

Charlie Parker what a sad life. Born in Kansas City, started playing sax at 13. Quit school at 15 to become a musician. Laughed off the stage while trying to play body and soul when he was young. Mocked for messing up while playing with the Basie Band. Addicted to herion, which caused him to have a nervous breakdown and be addmited into a mental hopital. Died when he was 34. His body was estimated to be 60 because it was so abused. Such great music, such a sad story. His music has influenced me.

[shyanimegirlie]

this is the type of music that speaks to your soul and actually makes you feel something, unlike a lot of the music out there today.

[coolymac]

BIRD is AMAZING! Great music from a sad life....

[ebrama]

Beautiful, bro.

My respects.

Bramón.

[ebrama]

Beautiful, bro.

My respects.

Bramón.

[musickk810]

if u dnt like this u are a complete idoit who has no taste in music 

[hswatnik]

is that gershwin's tune- far out-

[musickk810]

@hswatnik ur right the real version is in f not almost f #

[mjjcng8958]

i saw the movie bird on tuesday and it made me realize just how deep and rich jazz is. it also introduced me to charles christopher parker. i love jazz and i really am happy i found out about him. i think clint eastwood did a great job with the movie.

[ChiTown7721]

@mjjcng8958 I would check out some bios on Bird to get a better idea of who he was. Dizzy and other friends of Bird's said they walked out of the theater disgusted after seeing the movie. There was much more to the man than his heroin habit, which the vast majority of the movie focuses on. It tells you nothing about his early years or gives the viewer any idea how influential he was. Check out the book "Celebrating Bird". It has a lot of good anecdotes from people that knew and played with him.

[mjjcng8958]

@ChiTown7721 yeah and i love jazz and bio books about jazz. jazz takes me away and relaxes me alot

[ChiTown7721]

@mjjcng8958 Yeah, jazz is such a wide spectrum that I can always find some kind of jazz to fit whatever mood I'm in at that moment. It's my favorite genre of music by far.

[mjjcng8958]

@ChiTown7721 i like that the words where brought fourth through an instrument

[ChiTown7721]

@mjjcng8958 I'm glad that the movie brought you into the world of jazz. I just think you would have an even better appreciation if you read some biographies of Bird to get a better understanding of who he was as a person. It's perfectly understandable how Bird's friends would be so angry with the movie. Think about this: what if somebody made a movie about a family member or best friend of yours who struggled with drugs and made that pretty much the focus of the whole movie? I know I'd be pissed

[mjjcng8958]

@ChiTown7721 oh not that it got me into jazz but into charlie. i had never heard of him before. but your right i have already read 2 miles davis bios. and i also understand but it helped me realize that jazz musicians struggled to get their music out there. i mean black jazz musicians had it had anyway. i was so angry when i watched that movie though.

[keyzcity]

that first major chord sounds ill. It's right between an F and a Gb.

[moik1000]

para fumar monte oyendola

[Platypustastic]

Funny how classical musicians thought about jazz much the same way that jazz musicians think about Elvis or the Beatles, for example...

[hydraman]

btw equally amazing is how idiotic some of these comments are, comparing entertainers to a genius artist

[ocnoreen]

BTW, There are no more originators but merely copyists. There is nothing new, only those who try to emulate the greatness. It is done...... and so is our country, as well. They have introduced mediocrity for a visit and it came to stay. We are losing all to greedy elitists who have no grasp of art.

[ocnoreen]

It is a way of playing that changed music forever. The depth and the altitude. That time also held a way of life lost forever in the morass of American Idol and other tripe in existence today and it started with repugnant music such as Elvis, Beatles and others of their ilk. Sucks to be young toay and have no real music except old recordings. This stuff lives in the souls of those who experienced it firsthand. Sucks to be those who didn't.

[MrTristanperotti]

@ocnoreen I resent your accusation that Elvis and the Beatles are repugnant. They had a huge and amazing impact on popular art and music. While I agree that the state of art in popular culture today is dismal, it is not the fault of pop artists such as those you accuse, rather it is the result of the comodification of art by industry executives who have no ties to real culture and art. Charlie Parker is a giant but it is unfair to judge one genre by another's standards.

[ocnoreen]

@MrTristanperotti Awwwwww! Too bad. I don't have any patience with anything but the true art form. That genre of which you speak is merely bubble gum music compared to a real art form so get a grip. There is no argument because what I stated is true. Bam, done, over and out. The fellas who played on those recordings were all jazz musicians who made that crap sound better. No lie.

[MrTristanperotti]

@ocnoreen All music is significant in its own way, and you're quite the elitist. There are many points of contention in our culture surrounding the definition of art and it seems completely bogus to me that you think you have the definition. What about indian carnatic music? is that a "real art form"? Or how about gamalan? or mariachi or twee pop? How can you even begin to think you know what a real art form is? people spend careers trying to find that answer.

[ocnoreen]

@MrTristanperotti Blah Blah Blah. I could care less what you think so let us end this conversation. You are not even on the same page. Take a pill. I told you, to be blunt, F any of the other bull you are spouting. Are we done yet or do you want to be completely roasted???? Stop already with your bull.

[MrTristanperotti]

@ocnoreen hehe

[BlackSoulAcid]

he did this drunk

[lljtam1960]

Memorable Parker solo.

[BENJAMINonfireXxXX]

i never wanted to do heroine until i fell in love with the bird.

[douglasgorney]

The Dial sessions rule.

[Keitarts]

One of my favorite versions of one of my favorite songs.

[Hadewijch]

Bird lives. :)



[BuckshotLaFunke]

Immortal intro by Duke Jordan.

[lubrimatic]

I was amazed when I heard this recording in Edge of Darkness. Made the movie 10 times better

[Saxation1]

@lubrimatic i remember that when i was seeing that movie! thought the same exact thing, lol.

[ton41]

Bird forever

[230660g]

La persona que me envio esto todavía no lo puede creer! Su deseo se ha cumplido TAL CUAL. Si quieres que tu deseo se cumpla, tienes que hacer lo siguiente:

1 - Cruza tus dedos (el índice y el dedo medio) y mensiona en tu pensamiento el deseo 5 veces

2 - Hace lo mismo, con el mismo deseo y todo, pero con los dedos de la otra mano

3 - Pega esto en otros 15 lugares de facebook

4 - Tu deseo se cumplirá al instante que hayas puesto comentar por désima quinta vez, HAZLO, S

[electroma5]

@230660g son solo supersticiones

[sinaweena]

the motif bird plays makes this song my new heroin

[HEADSUPBERKELEY]

You wouldn't hear this as Embraceable You

[Garramedia]

Sorry, I've got the author wrong. The composers of "A Table in the Corner" were: words: Sam Coslow. music: Dana Suesse

[Garramedia]

What Bird plays in the intro is the tune "A Table in the Corner" by Conway Twitty.

[TheEnglishRedneck45]

@Garramedia The Conway Twitty of Family Guy fame? (of course he was known before that, but that is the only time I've heard his name)

[SEVFEST]

Where's the end of it? I was so dissapointed that it stopped so sudden!!!

Damn Bird was the best ever......

[TheCentaur23]

Damn right. The Best Ever. Full Stop. All subsequent jazz saxophonists, great or not, have devoted their musical lives to approaching/re-creating the depth and emotional impact of Bird. None have succeeded. It's out there for all our ears to hear. Bird changed music forever.

[ZackPomerleau]

@TheCentaur23 I can't agree, I think Coltrane did just as much great as Bird did. 

[briancolejennifer]

@TheCentaur23

You shouldn't make comments unless you really know what the fuck you are talking about.

[elangtimur31]

there was a lot of so-called "soul jazz" that happened in the 1950's and 60's.

For me this is the REAL SOUL JAZZ!

[sitarnut]

@TheCentaur23 True my friend- Bird and Wes Montgomery are it.... no one has ever cut either of them.

[MrCIMASTUDENT]

@TheCentaur23 stop exaggerating you prick

[AwaTu]

@TheCentaur23 Certainly the most impactful...

[PuffsofVenekor]

@TheCentaur23

Yeah. It's truly a shame he didn't live longer. He had so much more to give, so much more to influence. There's no telling where music would be today if he had lived a full life.

[jwhite11222]

oh man ... Bird's the best

[ginzaloon]

wtf?! no miles solo?

[chapaxonga]

el persehuidor

[ghostofdolphy]

The Great BIrd.