{"title":"Charlie Parker","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirdland, the celebrated New York nightclub, was named after him. Charlie 'Bird' Parker played the alto saxophone with dazzling speed and invention, tearing through complex chord changes in long, darting lines that helped create bebop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Dizzy Gillespie he turned jazz from dance music into an art for listening, on records such as 'Ko-Ko', 'Salt Peanuts' and 'Now's the Time'. 'Just Friends', from \u003cem\u003eCharlie Parker with Strings\u003c\/em\u003e, was his own favourite, and \u003cem\u003eJazz at Massey Hall\u003c\/em\u003e captured him in 1953 with Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died in 1955, aged 34, leaving behind a vocabulary every improvising soloist since has had to learn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Charlie Parker you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/thelonious-monk-vinyl\"\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/miles-davis-vinyl\"\u003eMiles Davis\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sonny-rollins-vinyl\"\u003eSonny Rollins\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cannonball-adderley-vinyl\"\u003eCannonball Adderley\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-coltrane-vinyl\"\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/art-blakey-vinyl\"\u003eArt Blakey\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charlie-mingus-vinyl\"\u003eCharlie Mingus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/billie-holiday-vinyl\"\u003eBillie Holiday\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chet-baker-vinyl\"\u003eChet Baker\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stan-getz-vinyl\"\u003eStan Getz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"charlie-parker-jazz-at-massey-hall-180g-yellow-vinyl-lp","title":"CHARLIE PARKER 'Jazz At Massey Hall' 180g YELLOW Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1953\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eCharlie Parker played a cheap plastic saxophone at this 1953 Toronto concert and was credited as 'Charlie Chan' for contract reasons, yet it's one of the greatest live jazz records ever made. With Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach, the 'Quintet of the Year' tear through 'Salt Peanuts' and 'A Night in Tunisia'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43131272855773,"sku":"GM01453","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/charlieparkerjazzmassey180YELLOW1.jpg?v=1765602229"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/charlie-parker-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}