View basket “Bing Bing Bing! (Classic Vinyl Series)” has been added to your basket. Bird Lives John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band SKU: ACTLP9934-1 Barcode: 0614427993410 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Released Date: 13th October 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 2020 wasn’t just Beethoven’s year, it was also the centenary of Charlie Parker’s birth. And if it hadn’t been for the pandemic, the world would have seen notices of all kinds of major concerts to celebrate the legacy of Bird (as Charlie Parker was known), one of the giants of jazz; one of the great musical innovators of the 20th century; the co-inventor of bebop; and probably the most important and influential saxophonist in jazz. Magnus Lindgren was voted Sweden’s Best Jazz Musician in 2001, he has gone on to win many important prizes internationally. He says: “When I started playing the saxophone at 13, Charlie Parker was my ultimate hero, so this project really does bring me full circle.” Lindgren has been Artist In Residence with the SWR Big Band since 2018, a post which has been renewed for him for another three years. He has overseen an ongoing development in the band’s sound both through reinforcing its engagement as a specialist ensemble in orchestral jazz, and also by exploring various projects involving modern reinterpretations and makeovers of works from the jazz / big band canon. John Beasley’s work as composer-arranger and pianist extends beyond jazz into film and television, notably alongside Thomas Newman working on ‘1917’, James Bond ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Spectre’. Beasley has nine GRAMMY nominations and won Best Arrangement for Charlie Parker’s ‘Donna Lee’ in 2021. Beasley is Music Director for International Jazz Day global gala concerts hosted by the Herbie Hancock Jazz Institute. His 2016 ‘Jazz in the White House’ earned Beasley an Emmy nomination for Best Musical Direction. ‘Bird Lives’ feels like a soundtrack for an imaginary film co-written by Lindgren and Beasley. The SWR Big Band performs with a string section of 10 players, but this recording is not a recreation of Par-ker’s ‘Bird With Strings’ albums. “We wanted to introduce new generations to Bird’s music, but we also wanted Bird fans to hear his music in a fresh and new approach,” Beasley explains, noting that near the end of his life, Parker idolised Edgard Varese and was longing to bring more structure, depth and variety into the way he wrote for orchestra. “We didn’t want to repeat what that has been done before, but rather create something different,” adds Lindgren. The choice of compositions is true to the duo’s aim: there are Parker originals such as ‘Scrapple from the Apple’, bursting with bebop, and there are also some of his favourite standards, such as the opening ‘Cherokee/Koko’ mash-up and the grand finale, ‘Overture to Bird’. But above all the great arrangements suit the context: they not only play to the strengths of the classic big band and of Parker’s endlessly inventive music, but also enhance them with newer stylistic elements, such as a joyous celebratory funk reading of ‘Confirmation’. Charlie Parker was still in the early stages of working with orchestras when he died at the tragically early age of 34. ‘Bird Lives’ may chart the territory of fulfilled dreams that Parker was not able to explore in his short lifetime. This recording has nothing of the ‘museum piece’ about it: this is music both of and for our time. Artist John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band Genre Jazz Label ACT Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Cherokee/Koko (Ray Noble, Charlie Parker) Summertime (George & Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) Scrapple from the Apple/Ah Leu Cha (Charlie Parker / arr. by John Beasley) I´ll Remember April (Gene Paul, Don Raye / arr. by John Beasley) Confirmation (Charlie Parker) Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) Laura (David Raksin) Overture to Bird (Charlie Parker, Barry Harris, DavidRaksin, George Gershwin, Gene DePaul / arr. by Magnus Lindgren) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Billy Parker's Fourth World Freedom Of Speech Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 27th October 2017 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Billy Parker's Fourth World Freedom Of Speech £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: SES19754 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 27th October 2017 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Count Basie & The Kansas City 3 For The Second Time (Analogue Productions/Pablo) Jazz | Analogue Productions/Pablo | 180g, 1LP Released 29th November 2024 £47.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Count Basie & The Kansas City 3 For The Second Time (Analogue Productions/Pablo) £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions/Pablo SKU: AAPJ 166 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th November 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Scott Hamilton Quartet Danish Ballads & More Jazz | Sundance Records | 1LP Released 5th September 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Scott Hamilton Quartet Danish Ballads & More £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sundance Records SKU: STULP18101 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Julie London Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2 Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 14th July 2017 £65.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Julie London Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2 £65.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPP7100-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 14th July 2017 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Kirk Lightsey Trio With Chet Baker Everything Happens To Me Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd May 2024 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kirk Lightsey Trio With Chet Baker Everything Happens To Me £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3716C Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Awakening, The Mirage Jazz | Black Jazz | 1LP Released 6th August 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Awakening, The Mirage £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Black Jazz SKU: RLGM12611PMI Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tubby Hayes Quartet Grits, Beans And Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969 Jazz | Fontana | 180g, 1LP, Includes Booklet Released 26th July 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tubby Hayes Quartet Grits, Beans And Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969 £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Fontana SKU: SFJL1969 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Booklet Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Evans & Jim Hall Undercurrent (Jackpot) Jazz | Jackpot Records | 180g, 1LP Released 25th December 2024 £TBC Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Evans & Jim Hall Undercurrent (Jackpot) £TBC Genre: Jazz Label: Jackpot Records SKU: AJKP 107 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th December 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone A Very Rare Evening Jazz | Tidal Waves Music | 1LP Released 31st March 2023 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone A Very Rare Evening £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Tidal Waves Music SKU: TWM01 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Max Roach Brown Sugar Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd February 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Max Roach Brown Sugar £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: LP84168 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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