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I love Jazz, and am a two-channel man at heart. Instead of buying the usual suspects Like "Keb-Mo" 54th studio recordings and "Frank Sinatra's, I picked this one amongst the pile... Before opening this, is there a story with some good jazz here to boot?
audioman
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Bird is a weak film, imho. It portrays Parker as a whining "tormented genius", like many films portray musicians. I watched about half of it. Couldn't take it any longer. It's not even that it doesn't give any "insight"(?) into his death, like the other poster noted, it's just a weak film as films go, imho.
Round Midnight is also cheesy and derivative. I guess it's tough to produce films about musicians. Perhaps I'm too hard on these films, but I think i know jazz music and jazz history just enough to tell when people fake it.
Good films about musicians are documantaries - Straight No Chaser, Jazz on a Summer Day, Jazz Scene, Triumph of the Underdog,etc.
There's a new film out called The Tick Code, based on life of one rather noted contempoary jazz musician who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome. I haven't seen it, but it shouldn't be too bad.
"Bird" is okay, but there really isn't much story or insight into his death. I think this is a problem with a lot of films about musicians who died young. Instead, try "'Round Midnight" with Dexter Gordon (hey, a musician who can act) as a once-great jazz musician fighting alcoholism and his reputation. It has decent music by Herbie Hancock and the sound (on my laserdisc) was actually natural and helped transport you into those nightclubs in Paris.
what a great film!
while i'm not crazy about charlie parker (although he did influence one of my mentors- jaco pastorius, an electric bassist), the movie gives a very good insight into the personal and musical life of a great pioneer in jazz.
as far as jazz sax is concerned, i'm more of a wayne shorter/michael brecker type of fan...but didn'they get the chops form bird anyway?
Dman
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