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What book was the remembrances of Charlie Parker published in?<sep> What was | vived. His saxophones usually ended up in pawnshops, and the music he
hastily scribbled on the back of envelopes on the way to recording sessions
disappeared afterward. He rarely committed his thoughts to paper and was
not forthcoming about his personal life during interviews.
His chameleon-like ability to empathi... |
What was the name of the town that was formerly known as the Paris of the Plain | Kansas City Blues
C
harlie “Bird” Parker grew up in Kansas City, a community divided
against itself by the Kansas-Missouri state line. Born in Kansas City,
Kansas, Charlie came of age musically while hanging around the alleyways
behind the nightclubs that lined Twelfth Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The
two Kansa... |
What was the name of the town that was a slave state?<sep> What was the name | south from the Missouri River to beyond the city limits, known as “out in
the county.
” Musicians from across the southwestern territories flocked to
Kansas City, where jobs were plentiful. Pianist Mary Lou Williams found
Kansas City to be a “heavenly” place, with “music everywhere in the Negro
section of town, and... |
What was the name of the railroad that brought the railroad to Kansas City?<sep> What was the | by six o’clock that evening, with the stipulation that the fine would be sus-
pended if she never returned to Kansas City. When handing down Nation’s
sentence, the judge advised her that “Missouri is not a good place for short-
haired women, long-haired men and whistling girls.
” The judge then added,
“You may smash ... |
What was the name of the family that moved Ella to Kansas City?<sep> What was the | evangelical preacher. The family traveled widely across the South, living at
various times in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. As a youth, Charles
strayed from the straight-and-narrow path traveled by the rest of his family.
A dancer and entertainer, he toured on circus and vaudeville circuits. After
Reverend P... |
What was Charlie's older half brother?<sep> What was Charlie's older brother?<sep> | and fussed over his long hair. Charlie walked at eleven months and began
speaking complete sentences at age two. “He was the most affectionate child
you ever saw,” Addie declared years later. “When he was two he’d come to
the door and say, ‘Mama are you there?’ And I’d say, ‘Yes I’m here,’ and he’d
go on playing. S... |
What was the name of the school that was located in Westport?<sep> What was the name | dotte in a middle-class white neighborhood, known as Uptown. Two-story
shirtwaist houses, duplexes, and apartment buildings lined the broad streets
of the Uptown area, which was bordered by Main Street on the east and
Broadway to the west, Kansas City’s two main north-south commercial
strips. The Pla-Mor entertainm... |
What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie | that room in the Great Depression days of the early 1930s, from Miss Brown-
lee Baird, the teacher who taught me (us) what the English sentence was all
about, to us poor students, who I think realized in those days of Jim Crow,
that though we had little of this world’s goods, we had each other.
” Cameron
recalled Ch... |
What was the name of the school that was the only secondary school for African Americans in Kansas City | teenth and Vine, the business and spiritual center for the African American
community.23 To help make ends meet, Addie took in boarders. Charlie
completed seventh grade at Sumner School, located at 2121 Charlotte Street,
one of four grade schools for African Americans in the Kansas City, Mis-
souri, school district.... |
What was the name of the composer Charlie borrowed from?<sep> What was the name of the band | sical composer William Dawson. The band’s repertoire included classical
works and spirituals along with compositions by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
and other African American composers.
Charlie, having loaned his alto saxophone to a friend, picked up the
school’s baritone horn. He later recalled, “When I first went to... |
What was the name of the bassist who came to Kansas City in 1932?<sep> What | throw a pebble against the window, and we’d go to jam sessions and play.”31
Daniels, who was nine years older than Charlie, guided his young protégé
through the neon riot of Kansas City’s bright nightlife.
Music reverberated from the hundreds of clubs scattered throughout
Kansas City. Bassist Gene Ramey, who came ... |
What was the name of the school that Charlie and Rebecca attended?<sep> What was the name of | little effort. Mrs. Brownlee Baird, a teacher who had transferred to Lincoln
from Penn, tried her best to keep Charlie focused on school—to little avail.
In the spring of 1934, love arrived on Charlie’s doorstep. On April 10, Fan-
nie Ruffin and her six children, neighbors from a few blocks away, moved in
to the se... |
What was Charlie's favorite band?<sep> What was Charlie's favorite band?<sep> What | school. When Rebecca took a job in the library, Charlie stopped by punctu-
ally at 5:00 every night to walk her home. Later, after Rebecca and the others
in the house were asleep, Charlie made his rounds of clubs, pursuing his
dream of becoming a jazz musician.
Armed with more enthusiasm than ability, Charlie start... |
What was the name of the song that was released by Lawrence Keyes?<sep> What was | Despite Charlie’s increasing indifference to school, he managed to com-
plete tenth grade. When Rebecca graduated on June 7, 1935, Charlie per-
formed with the orchestra for the graduation program. The orchestra played
“Pomp and Circumstance” by Elgar, and “Theme No. 1” from “An Imaginary
Belle” by Coleridge-Taylor. ... |
What was the name of the band that was formed in 1917?<sep> What was the name of | the band’s schedule with private parties, Keyes informed the Kansas City Call
that he was “especially interested in engagements for club parties and other
affairs” and promised “the best in entertainment.
”44
Band members made good money playing at Lincoln Hall, but in order to
move up to larger venues they had to... |
What was Lee's name?<sep> What was Lee's name?<sep> What was Lee | bandleader, Lee drove his band great distances between engagements. His
band members, tired of traveling for little pay, deserted, one by one, until
only a handful remained. Returning to Kansas City, Lee lined up a Hallow-
een engagement at Paseo Hall. Unable to build a full-size band in time for
the Halloween dance... |
What was the name of the band Basie joined in 1927?<sep> What was the name | Rhythm. Basie had just come into his own as a bandleader after scuffling
around the southwestern territories and Kansas City as a member of the
Blue Devils and the Bennie Moten band.
Originally from Red Bank, New Jersey, Basie arrived in Kansas City on
July 4, 1927, with the Gonzelle White Revue for a show at the ... |
What was the name of the band that sat in the Spook Breakfasts?<sep> | tertainers. It really didn’t have anything to do with color. It was something
that entertainers used to call themselves. I don’t really know where it came
from. Maybe it had something to do with being mostly nighttime people.
So we kept late hours, spooky hours. The hours when spooks came out.
”49
Maids, chauffeurs... |
What was the name of the wedding dress that Charlie and Rebecca married on July 25, 1936?<sep> | happy. Addie helped Rebecca fashion a wedding dress, then escorted her
downtown and bought her a wide-brim hat and a new pair of shoes.
On July 25, 1936, Charlie and Rebecca married at the Jackson County
Courthouse, located a block west of the Reno Club. Just before the ceremony,
Charlie confessed that he had forg... |
What mountains cover fifty thousand square miles of southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma?<sep> | Buster’s Tune
T
he Ozark Mountains cover fifty thousand square miles of southern
Missouri, northern Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma. Caves and cold
springs riddle the hollows of the rocky hills, thickly forested by hawthorn,
oak, hickory, maple, and basswood trees. Rugged individuals of Scots-Irish
descent settled t... |
What was the largest manmade lake in the world?<sep> How many cars passed over Bagnell | 129-mile-long, dragon-shaped Lake of the Ozarks was the largest manmade
lake in the world, with a shoreline longer than the coastline of California.
The Saturday after the grand opening of the lake, 2,914 cars passed over
Bagnell Dam. Local hotels, unable to accommodate the flood of tourists,
called on residents to... |
What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie | Daniels vaguely recalled the aftermath of the crash. “I’ve been told it was
at night and so they took us to a cabin, Charlie Parker and I, and we stayed
there all night. . . . We had a doctor in. I remember one of the first things
the doctor did was give me a shot of whiskey. . . . Anyway, the next day they
brought... |
What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie | him prior to his Ozarks sojourn. Gene Ramey explained, “In the summer
of 1937 Bird took a job with George E. Lee in the Ozarks region of Mis-
souri. When he came back, the difference was unbelievable.
” Ramey added,
“Basie’s ‘Jones-Smith’ record had come out and Bird startled everybody by
playing Lester Young’s solo... |
What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie | it. The curious thing about Charlie, I never seen him out of hand when he
was high or after he got a hit he could always play. He handled it very well.
. . . He never got logey or looked like he was out on it or anything else.”11
Rebecca tolerated Charlie’s marijuana smoking but disdained his use
of the needle. “I... |
When did Leon Parker die?<sep> What was the name of Leon Parker?<sep> What was the | wasn’t there when Leon was born and for the first four months, our child was
called ‘Baby Parker.
’ On his next visit home he named him [Leon Francis].
He wanted to name him, so I waited.
”15
Leon’s birth and the opportunity to work with alto saxophonist Buster
Smith brought Charlie temporarily back in line. Charl... |
What was the name of the high-fidelity station that was broadcast from Lucille's | to six pieces for an engagement at Lucille’s Paradise, Charlie made the cut.
The band included Smith and Charlie on alto, Odell West tenor saxophone,
Billy Hadnott bass, Emile Williams piano, Willie McWashington drums, and
Charles “Crooke” Goodwin vocals. Charlie and other young band members
rose to the occasion, m... |
What was the name of the band that was a member of the Bennie Moten band | Charlie played the broadcast.
’ They sure sounded alike. I thought sure it was
Prof [Smith].”19
Charlie put the lessons he learned from Smith to good use at jam ses-
sions. Charlie took on all comers, regardless of race. Interracial jam ses-
sions were discouraged by both the white and African American unions.
Char... |
What was the first local broadcast of African American variety show?<sep> What was the first local broadcast | Thirty-one hundred dancers turned out to welcome Basie back home.
The Douglas and Smith bands traded sets from 8:00 to 10:00, and then the
Basie band hit the stage to thunderous applause. The Kansas City Call reported
the “Count played ‘solid senders’ until 2 o’clock Tuesday morning and the
dancers at this time wer... |
What was the name of the band that Smith was a masterful pianist?<sep> What was | Vine. Then we would go through the same routine again, the pat for me, the
heavy for him, then I would take him home.
”24 Calloway and the others who
were hustled by Charlie shook their heads and forgave him, considering it
part of his charm.
At the end of June, the Smith band closed out at Lucille’s and moved to ... |
What was the name of the band that McShann was a leader of?<sep> | live in Kansas City. Besides, I’m goin’ up to see my uncle. I’m just on a rest
stop.’ So [Billy] Hadnott give me his keys. He said, ‘You stay at my apart-
ment as long as you want. I’ll stay out at my gal friend’s.’ Well . . . I couldn’t
turn that down. I said, ‘Okay.’”26
McShann quickly found steady work with drum... |
What was the name of the famous hotel that was modeled after the architecture of Kansas City? | well-stocked buffet. A stream of patrons circulated between Wolf’s, Lucille’s
Paradise, and other clubs dotting the Eighteenth and Vine area.
With the help of Walter Bales, a wealthy white patron, McShann moved
uptown to Clair Martin’s Plaza Tavern located on the Country Club Plaza, a
fashionable shopping district... |
Who was the first black band to go in there?<sep> Who was the agent for the Music | the Plaza and they did not have any black bands there. So we were the first
black band to go in there.”30
The McShann band alternated between Martin’s and the Club Continen-
tal. In mid-October 1938, McShann hired Charlie to replace Edward “Pop-
eye” Hale as one of the band’s leading soloists. The Kansas City Journa... |
What was the name of the band that wooed Charlie away from?<sep> What was |
In response to Alexander’s suggestions, Leonard adjusted the band’s
lineup. He ordered Edward Phillips to take drum lessons and hired Win-
ston Williams, a strong bass player, to anchor the rhythm section. Watching
Charlie solo at the Gold Crown Tap Room, Leonard thought he had found
the soloist needed to lead the... |
What was the name of the dance that Charlie did for the Rockets?<sep> What was the | the ‘Saxaphonist [sic] Supreme” for a Christmas night dance at Dreamland
Hall, located at Cottage and Vine.
Just as Charlie’s star rose with the band, he began missing practices and
engagements. His frequent absences threw the band off. Leonard, who
was determined to lead the Rockets to national fame, had little p... |
What was the name of the kid Charlie came up with on the drums?<sep> What was | Hootie Blues
A
rriving in Chicago early the next morning after his abrupt departure
from home and family in Kansas City, Charlie headed straight for a jam
session at the 65 Club, hoping to hustle up a few gigs and a place to stay. He
worked his way through the crowd, borrowed a saxophone, stepped up to
the micropho... |
What was the name of the entertainment Mecca that rolled out the car- pet for visitors | see at this moment. And he asks Goon: “Say man can I come up and blow
your horn?” Now Goon was always a kind of lazy cat. Anybody that wanted
to get on the stand and blow, just as long as Goon could go to the bar and talk
with the chicks, it was all right with him. So he said: “Yes, man, go ahead.
”
And this cat g... |
What was Charlie's nickname?<sep> What was Charlie's nickname?<sep> What was Charlie | Millinder, and other top bands. Small’s Paradise and other nightclubs dot-
ting Harlem showcased all-star combos. Charlie joined the throngs making
the rounds in Harlem. He paused awestruck in front of the Savoy Ballroom,
where in a few years he would make his national debut.
Like all newly arrived musicians, Charl... |
What was the name of the band that Charlie and Fleet joined at Dickie Well's | Streets. One night while sitting in with Fleet at the Chili House, Charlie
made the musical breakthrough he had been searching for since his summer
spent in the Ozarks. In a paraphrased interview he explained, “I remember
one night before Monroe’s I was jamming in a chili house on Seventh Avenue
between 139th and 1... |
Who fought Charlie and the Deans of Swing?<sep> What was the name of the | Room in the Street Hotel, Roseland Ballroom, and the Century Room at 3605
Broadway, a recently opened ballroom operated by John Tumino. Lanky and
gregarious, Tumino also booked groups for Fairyland Park, Kansas City’s
leading amusement park, and managed Harlan Leonard’s Rockets and the
Jay McShann band.7
McShann ... |
What was the name of the band that played at Fairyland Park?<sep> What was the name | about his pay. Step Buddy Anderson recounted, “It was a big band and we
were gettin’ some fairly nice dough. And that very thing was the cause of
Bird subsequently joining the band, because one of the cats was squawking
about the dough—Earl Jackson. . . . Earl was first saxophone player, and he
. . . could play jus... |
Who was the first person to meet Dizzy Gillespie?<sep> Who was the first person | Four hundred dancers showed up for the McShann band’s opening the
last week of June, breaking the record for season openers. Bob Locke praised
the band’s progress in his column covering the Kansas City scene for Down
Beat. “The 14-piece outfit has improved beyond the imagination of any one
who hasn’t heard it, and ... |
What was the name of the band that toured the Midwest?<sep> What was the name of | there is my colleague. . . . I had never heard anything like that before. The
way that he assembled notes together. That was one of the greatest thrills
because I had been a Roy Eldridge fan up until then, but I was definitely
moving on into myself. Charlie Parker and I were moving in practically the
same direction... |
What was the name of the band that was a part of the band?<sep> What was | Band members, amused by Charlie’s fondness for chicken and his use of the
colloquialism he had picked up years earlier while at Penn School, began
referring to him as Yardbird.
Charlie’s reliability and leadership pleasantly surprised McShann. “What
really helped was having Bird in that big band,” McShann explaine... |
What was the name of the band that McShann created in 1941?<sep> What was | to Chicago to record for Decca, but the local union stopped the session.
“E. Mayo Williams came through Kansas City and heard the small group
at Martin’s and offered us a contract with Decca,” McShann recalled. “So
I signed it and sent it to Decca, and they made arrangements for us to re-
cord in Chicago. We went up... |
What was the name of the song McShann recorded for?<sep> What was the name | Kentucky Bar B Q. Brown brought along a catchy new song he had recently
composed, “Confessin’ the Blues.
”
On April 30, 1941, McShann’s band recorded for the Decca label in Dallas,
Texas. The band left Kansas City after a Saturday night date at the Casa Fiesta
Ballroom on Thirty-Ninth Street near Main and drove st... |
What was the name of the band that stayed in Kansas City for a summer engagement? | McShann remembered. “We came into Tulsa, Oklahoma, and ran into a guy
who told us he just heard our record at Jenkins, so we went down to Jenkins
and listened to it. We didn’t know the records had been released.
”22 “Confes-
sin’ the Blues” took the nation by storm, receiving strong play on jukeboxes.
Musicians who ... |
What was the name of the band that played farewell at Lincoln Hall?<sep> What was | Rebecca and was ill equipped to be a father to Leon. Before leaving town,
Charlie asked Rebecca for a divorce, telling her, “If I were free, Rebeck, I think
I could become a great musician.” Addie volunteered to file the necessary
paperwork for the divorce but failed to follow through. Charlie left Rebecca
and Leon... |
What was the name of the band that stopped off in Chicago?<sep> What was the name of |
On the way east, the band stopped off in Chicago to record for Decca. Seek-
ing to duplicate the success of “Confessin’ the Blues,” Dave Kapp exclusively
recorded Walter Brown and the rhythm section. Charlie and the rest of the
band sat out the session. The rhythm section recorded a jump tune, “So You
Won’t Jump,”... |
What was the name of the band that made the McShann band debut?<sep> What | McShann’s small group recordings, sent McShann a postcard, confidently
proclaiming, “We’re gonna send you hicks back to the sticks.”26
The McShann band took the wrong route to New York and arrived late
at the Savoy, considerably the worse for wear. Nevertheless, that evening
they bested the wildly popular Millinde... |
What was the name of the barnet band?<sep> Who was the bassist for the Bar | a sudden I heard this horn jump through there. Bird, playing ‘Cherokee,’
with McShann broadcasting—from the Savoy; when I heard this cat play
I said, ‘Who the hell is that? I ain’t heard nobody play like that.’ Of all the
alto players I knew—I knew everybody—I didn’t know anybody who played
like what was coming thr... |
What was the name of the band that was the first to play bop?<sep> What was | drummer who broke with tradition by shifting the rhythmic emphasis from
the bass drum to the ride cymbal to break up time. He assembled a band of
like-minded modernists, including pianist and composer Thelonious Monk,
who was known for his dissonant harmonies and unexpected melodic turns.
Minton’s back room served... |
What was the name of the band that was a part of the band?<sep> What was | changed in that time,” McShann confided. “His heart wasn’t like it was at
the beginning of our big band. He had got into the habit of going to places
like Monroe’s in New York with his horn under his arm. There he might blow
just a couple of tunes and then step off the stand for a taste. With me, too,
his time had ... |
What was the name of the band that played its first show on Friday night?<sep> Who was | Through the force of his personality, McShann kept the band together
and returned to New York. On July 2, 1942, Dave Kapp ushered the band
back into the studio for a recording session ahead of a recording ban ordered
by James Petrillo, the President of the American Federation of Musicians.
Petrillo had long railed ... |
What was the name of the band that Charlie hitched a ride with?<sep> What was | weekend, but on Monday he was high again. The owner of the theater told Jay
to get rid of him, and the next day Parker was on his way back to New York.
”38
Charlie hitched a ride with the Andy Kirk band, which happened to be in
Detroit.
Charlie briefly rejoined the McShann band when it returned to New
York but lef... |
What band did Hines join in 1925?<sep> What was the name of the band that H | Bebop
A
few months after Charlie joined the Earl Hines band, Jay McShann ran
into Hines at a jam session on Fifty-Second Street. Hines begged Mc-
Shann to take Charlie back. McShann chuckled, “He [Hines] threw up his
hands when he saw me and said, ‘That’s the worst man I ever met in my life!
He owes everybody money... |
What was the name of the band that Hines reorganized in 1928?<sep> What was | when it returned to Chicago for an engagement at the famed Sunset Club.
Armstrong had been freelancing around Chicago while making his ground-
breaking Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings for the OKeh label, featuring his
wife Lil Hardin Armstrong on piano. Hines and Armstrong became close
friends while working togeth... |
What was the name of the band that Eckstine helped Hines scout? | scored another hit with “Stormy Monday Blues.” Off stage, Eckstine helped
Hines scout young talent, bringing Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and other
modernists into the band.
In November 1942, Eckstine convinced Gillespie to join the band. Gil-
lespie had been dividing his time between leading the house band at ... |
What was the name of the band that opened at the Apollo Theater?<sep> What was the name |
After rehearsing for three weeks at the Nola Studio, the Hines band
opened at the Apollo Theater for a weeklong engagement starting on January
15, 1943. The stage review featured the comedy duo Long & Short and the
dancing Three Business Men of Rhythm, along with Patterson & Jackson,
rotund dancers and entertaine... |
What was the name of the band that met Albert Einstein?<sep> What was Albert Einstein | met Albert Einstein. The band arrived early for the dance, so Charlie and
saxophonist Junior Williams took a stroll around campus. Charlie spied
Albert Einstein walking across campus wearing a black fez and bulky wool
sweater. Charlie introduced himself and the two hit it off. Einstein invited
Charlie and Williams ... |
What was the name of the band that began touring in 1943?<sep> What was the name of | Other times, Charlie used his amazing gift of recall to nod out on the band-
stand, sitting straight up with saxophone to his pursed lips, dark glasses
hiding his closed eyes.
As before with the McShann band, Charlie became undependable. “He
[Charlie] used to miss as many shows as he would make,” Billy Eckstine
mu... |
What was the name of the band that was a modern group on Fifty-Se | for their lives. After a dance in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Charlie verbally defused
a racially charged altercation between Gillespie and an angry white patron.
“I used to sit up on the bandstand during intermission,” Gillespie explained.
We were playing white dances, and during intermission you couldn’t go out
in the a... |
What was the name of the area Charlie moved in with when Charlie moved in?<sep> What was |
Back in Kansas City, Charlie moved in with Addie, who had recently
returned to Kansas City after spending several years living on a farm in
Kansas. Back when Charlie left for New York with the McShann band in
the winter of 1941, Addie moved to a farm in northern Kansas with her
boyfriend, Augustus Daniels. Rebecc... |
What was the name of the group that featured Charlie Johnson?<sep> What was the name of the | The Williams group at Tootie’s featured Charlie “Little Dog” Johnson
on trumpet; Charlie’s local connection, drummer Edward “Lil’ Phil” Phil-
lips; Buddy Anderson on trumpet and Leonard “Lucky” Enois on guitar;
along with Charlie’s pianist of choice, Edward “Sleepy” Hickcox, a slender,
dreamy eyed modernist, who, ac... |
What was the name of the first big bebop band?<sep> What was the name | war years. Servicemen flocked to the clubs, crowding the basements and
ground floors of the dingy, four-story brown stones lining either side of the
street, for one last night on the town before shipping out to the European
theater. The swank exteriors of clubs, sporting neon signs and colorful aw-
nings jutting out... |
What was the name of the white club that the mob operated?<sep> What was the name | naturally we sounded different,” Gillespie related. “There was no band that
sounded like Billy Eckstine’s. Our attack was strong, and we were playing
bebop, the modern style. No other band like this one existed in the world.
”23
Billy Shaw, who felt the band would fare better on the road playing the-
aters and ball... |
What was the name of the band that was a member of the Eckstine band? | high-flying Charlie and down-to-earth Rebecca, however, found little com-
mon ground. “I thought it was a trip for us to get together, you know, like
husband and wife,” Rebecca recalled. “But he brought me to this little room
after the gig and asked me did I want something to drink. I said no and we
took off our clo... |
What was the name of the band that left Eckstine in September 1944?<sep> What was | observed, “A big band slows anybody down, because you don’t get a chance
to play enough.
”29
In August 1944, the band returned to New York. After a September en-
gagement at the Apollo Theater, Selective Service agents appeared backstage
and ordered band members to report to the draft board. The next day, Charlie
... |
What was the name of the singer who won a recording contract with the Continental label?<sep> | star known for playing the modern style left handed, Hart won a recording
contract with the recently established Continental label, one of a number of
small labels capitalizing on the musicians playing on Fifty-Second Street.
During the early morning session, blues shouter Rubberlegs Williams
inadvertently drank C... |
What was the name of the song that Gillespie wrote for the Manor label?<sep> | new musical ground, outside of finely crafted solos by Charlie and Gillespie,
but they set the stage for future sessions together.
The next week, Gillespie inadvertently coined “bebop,” the phrase that
defined the new movement during his first recording session as a leader.
On January 9, 1945, Gillespie, joined by... |
What was the name of the band that re-boped Charlie and Gillespie |
Howard McGhee received plenty of grief from older musicians for play-
ing the new style on Central Avenue in Los Angeles. “The musicians out
there hated us, man,” McGhee exclaimed. “They thought we were bringin’
somethin’ there to destroy their kingdom. They hated it. Kid Ory an’ them,
they hated me. Oh, boy! We w... |
Charlie and Gillespie were together in a marriage of convenience, separated by their own personalities | Gillespie composition, “Dizzy Atmosphere.” Gillespie based “Groovin’
High” on the chord changes of the pop standard “Whispering.” Charlie and
Gillespie introduce the theme with a sinuous unison line taken at a bright
tempo, punctuated by Hart’s percussive piano exclamations. Charlie fol-
lows with a brilliantly cons... |
What was Charlie Parker's style?<sep> What was Charlie Parker's style?<sep> What | The height of the perfection of our music occurred in the Three Deuces with
Charlie Parker. He’d gotten in touch with me, played in the [Eckstine] big
band, and finally we’d assembled in a setting ideal for our music, the quin-
tet. With Yard and Max [Roach], Bud Powell and Curley [sic] Russell, aw,
man it was on fi... |
What was Chan's mother's name?<sep> What was Chan's mother's | of beginning them with a four-bar introduction in which the rhythm was
suspended (as in a cadenza), then slamming into tempo, giving his listen-
ers a tremendous release, an excited relief. Al Haig played pleasant piano in
Dizzy’s groove and Curley [Curly Russell] and Harold [West] played well; the
former with an un... |
What was Chan's favorite birthday present?<sep> What was Chan's favorite birthday present? | the street. She spent the rest of her time circulating on the street, checking
out the scene. Hip, with exotic features and wavy auburn hair, Chan at-
tracted the attention of musicians and pimps who worked the street. Robert
Sylvester crowned her “The Queen of 52nd Street” in an article about the
clubs on Fifty-Sec... |
What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie's name?<sep> What was Charlie | light in the early dawn. Mixed couples were apt to be met with hostility, and
we were attracting a lot of attention with our hissing cerise torch. . . . Be-
sides, I was stoned. “That’s beautiful, Bird. I’d love to have a dress that color,
but let’s split before the fuzz comes,” I pleaded. We ran up Broadway hand
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This is a try out to generate a dataset from a biography, in this case: Charlie Parker. Questions are generated with text2text-generation model="valhalla/t5-small-e2e-qg To create a question based on a pragraph and include the context for the answer. To ultimately use distilbert or anything like that to create the answers.
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