Danny Barker in New York City - mid 20th Century
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 344:
Diz [Dizzy Gillespie] continued to work on these beautiful patterns, and I think that was the start of the new sounds. Next thing I heard of there was a character in town called Bird [Charlie Parker] who had worked with Jay McShann and another called the Mad Monk [Thelonius Monk], and they played at Monroe's. They would meet there in the mornings and play those sounds and experiment with harmonies. When I heard Bird for the first time I didn't pay it no mind because I had heard benny Carter and Hilton Jefferson. They are still great today, and Hilton was then doing some of the same things. … more >>
Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (London, 1992), p. 344. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435850883225 accessed: 19 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| jazz horn music | performed by Charlie Parker, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Hilton Jefferson |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | mid 20th Century |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | indoors, in public |