ghost of miles Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Mark Stryker's excellent contribution to Ethan Iverson's Charlie Parker centennial overview: Live Bird Is The Best Bird Edited October 6, 2020 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 Fascinating playing through some of these clips, David. Highly astute commentary by Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thanks, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Mark said: I just want to know what it was like to experience the intensity of that sound and creativity in person, to feel the air move in the room when he played the alto saxophone. According to Tony Bennett, it made him vomit. Don't be like Tony Bennett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 17 minutes ago, JSngry said: Mark said: I just want to know what it was like to experience the intensity of that sound and creativity in person, to feel the air move in the room when he played the alto saxophone. According to Tony Bennett, it made him vomit. Don't be like Tony Bennett. Just so no one gets the wrong impression, what he said was "Yeah, I regurgitated. It was so phenomenal, so emphatic … It was more music than I ever heard anyone play at one time. I just couldn't believe how great it was." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Right, that's all part of the story. But still, don't be like Tony Bennett. Or like Rob Lowe, for that matter. Don't be like Rob Lowe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 14 hours ago, JSngry said: Right, that's all part of the story. But still, don't be like Tony Bennett. Or like Rob Lowe, for that matter. Don't be like Rob Lowe. I would not like to be like any part of the essence of Rob Lowe. But Tony Bennett? There's part of his essence that I wouldn't mind emulating, though not the vomiting part. Speaking of vomiting, I once saw Richie Cole throw up in a drinking fountain off to the side and back of the bandstand during a set he was playing at a jazz festival in a hotel setting. It wasn't like a lot of puke but it was definitely enough of a taste that nobody was using that drinking fountain after it happened.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Did the Rob Lowe DirecTV campaign not get national saturation? It was a classic! The variant without Rob Lowe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, JSngry said: Just so I'm straight, it's ok to be like the Robe Lowe with Direct TV but I should not be like the Rob Lowe with cable? When did the world get so fucking complicated? Edited August 30, 2020 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 The spots get a huge thumbs up but DirecTV is horrible. Also, this election season is the wrong time for "hair sniffing Rob Lowe". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Stryker said: Just so I'm straight, it's ok to be like the Robe Lowe with Direct TV but I should not be like the Rob Lowe with cable? When did the world get so fucking complicated? When you hear Bird in person for the first time, don't be like Tony Bennett. That's as simple as it needs to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, JSngry said: When you hear Bird in person for the first time, don't be like Tony Bennett. That's as simple as it needs to be. This I can handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 it is simple. And yet, experience-diminishing vomit persists in places and times both known and unknown. Don't be like vomit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 Great Play list and great commentaries ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Gheorghe said: Great Play list and great commentaries ! Many thanks. Had fun putting it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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