{"id":1819,"date":"2018-03-14T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripm.org\/cnc\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2018-05-02T17:53:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:53:48","slug":"announcing-the-forthcoming-publication-of-ripm-jazz-periodicals-a-collection-of-100-searchable-full-text-titlescharlie-parker-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnc.ripm.org\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the forthcoming publication of   RIPM Jazz Periodicals<\/i> a collection of 100 searchable, full-text journals 
Charlie Parker Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJazz: The Metronome Yearbook, <\/em>s. v. No. 1 (1955): 37.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year RIPM will be releasing the second title in its Preservation Series,\u00a0Jazz Periodicals,\u00a0<\/em>in collaboration with the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and RIPM’s Partner and Participating Libraries.\u00a0 The first phase of this collection will consist of approximately 100 American (U.S.) full-text jazz journals published in the main from the 1920s to roughly the year 2000.\u00a0 Jazz Periodicals\u00a0<\/em>will be available exclusively on RIPM’s own specially-designed interface, the RIPMPlus\u00a0<\/em>Platform. In anticipation of this exciting new project, we\u00a0<\/em>will occasionally be selecting content from our jazz archive to be featured in RIPM’s\u00a0<\/strong>Curios, News, and Chronicles.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Bird’s Best Recordings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This week marks the 63rd anniversary of the untimely passing of the iconic jazz alto saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker (1920-1955). Perhaps the leading figure in the development of bebop, Parker\u2019s approaches to melody, improvisation, harmonization, and rhythm continue to leave a lasting impression on contemporary jazz culture, raising the profile of jazz artists to creative intellectuals.\u00a0 So significant were Parker’s contributions that when supposedly asked to comment on the history of jazz, trumpeter Miles Davis replied with just four words: Louis Armstrong; Charlie Parker. Also affectionately known as “Yardbird,” or “Bird,” Parker lives on today in his many classic live and studio recordings.<\/p>\n

In celebration of the genius of Charlie Parker, we present the words of his fellow jazz artists commenting on their favorite Bird recording in Jazz: The Metronome Yearbook\u00a0<\/em>(1950-51, 1953-59).<\/p>\n

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Jazz: The Metronome Yearbook, <\/em>s. v. No. 1 (1956): 81;\u00a0Down Beat Music Yearbook,\u00a0<\/em>vol. 4 (1959): 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ko-Ko<\/em>\u00a0is widely considered one of the first compositions to usher in the bebop era.\u00a0 The piece starts with Parker playing in unison with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (who also played piano for this recording), followed by the pair trading eight-measure melodic lines, then another brief unison passage, before Bird begins his solo.\u00a0 Read more about the unusual history of this piece here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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