| Watson, Bobby/ Vincent Herring/ Gary Bartz / Bird At 100 |
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| Album: | Bird At 100 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Watson, Bobby/ Vincent Herring/ Gary Bartz | Added: | Nov 2019 | |
| Label: | Smoke Sessions | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2020-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2020-05-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 16 | Feb 9 | Feb 2 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 06, 2021: | Music Casserole Yardbird Suite | 4. | Mar 07, 2020: | Music Casserole The Hymn | |
| 2. | Nov 04, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 6, 2020) These Foolish Things | 5. | Feb 29, 2020: | Music Casserole Yardbird Suite | |
| 3. | Mar 12, 2020: | Old fart At Play The Hymn | 6. | Feb 11, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Yardbird Suite |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-12-11 | ||
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Reviewed: 2019-12-10 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: 2020 marks the centennial of one of jazz’s most iconic figures, Charlie Parker. There we have three of the current top sax players in a dynamic set of Parker tunes, as well as tribute pieces, and tunes Parker performed. If You Like: Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Lou Donaldson Track Review (favorites denoted by *): **1/ Klactoveedsedstene (5:45) – saxes start> uptempo jam> sax solo> 2nd sax solo> 3rd sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop *2/ Bird-ish (6:38) – drums/saxes start> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam> 2nd sax solo> 3rd sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam with drum fills & saxes trading off the lead> uptempo jam> crescendo end *3/ Lover Man (9:33) – piano starts> slow tempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> slow jam> 2nd sax solo> crescendo end **4/ The Hymn (9:59) – piano starts> fast tempo jam> sizzling sax solo> fast jam> 2nd sax solo> fast jam> piano solo> drum solo> fast jam> saxes trade solo runs> fast jam> quick stop *5/ These Foolish Things (8:51) – sax solo starts> slow tempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> 2nd sax solo> slow jam> 3rd sax solo> crescendo end 6/ Folklore (7:30) – drums start> uptempo jam> sax solo> 2nd sax solo> uptempo jam> 3rd sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop *7/ Bird Lives (6:09) – saxes start> fast tempo jam> sax solo> 2nd sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop **8/ April In Paris (6:52) – sax starts> slow tempo jam> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade ***9/ Yardbird Suite (11:01) – piano starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> 2nd sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> 3rd sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Klactoveedsedstene | 5. | These Foolish Things | |||
| 2. | Bird-Ish | 6. | Folklore | |||
| 3. | Lover Man | 7. | Bird Lives | |||
| 4. | The Hymn | 8. | April In Paris | |||
| 9. | Yardbird Suite | |||||