William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: The Genius of Charlie Parker ; Year: 1991 (1946); Genre: Bebop Jazz Just listening to some Charlie Parker today and enjoying it deeply.    Hear Yardbird Suite on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Stevie Nicks - Nightbird   My song pick 2 years ago today: Twelfth Night - Fact and Fiction   My song pick 3 years ago today: Karussell - Verrückter Vormittag My song pick 4 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Eternal Mother - The Return My song pick 5 years ago today: Warren Zevon - Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) My song pick 6 years ago today: Danzig - Twist of Cain My song pick 7 years ago today: Humble Pie - Black Coffee My song pick 8 years ago today: Pallas - The Cross & the Crucible My song pick 9 years ago today: Nirvana - Come As You Are My song pick 10 years ago today: Hawkwind - Space Chase My song pick 11 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Four Wheel Drive My song pick 12 years ago today: Savatag...

From: Bird and Diz ; Year: 1952; Genre: Bebop Jazz I'm still in a '50s jazz mood today. It's amazing that so many musicians with huge names played together back then. When you read the list of musicians playing with the greats Charlie "Bird" Parker and "Dizzy" Gillespie it's like the who's who of jazz across the board. Anyway, this is one from the pen of Charlie Parker and a very fun one to listen to and and just enjoy in amazement.   Hear Relaxin' With Lee on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - I'm Alright   My song pick 2 years ago today: Hawkwind - Night of the Hawks My song pick 3 years ago today: Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love My song pick 4 years ago today: Queen - She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) My song pick 5 years ago today: The Doors - The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) My song pick 6 years ago today: Ugly Kid Joe - Busy Bee My song pick 7 years ago today: The Ventures - Hawa...

From: Bird and Diz ; Year: 1950; Genre: Bebop/Jazz This song and album were recorded and released in the year 1950, which is also today's song pick number; not that I needed an excuse to pick a song from two of my favourite jazz musicians. Bloomdido as well as the other tracks on the record are some excellent examples of Bebop at its height from two of the masters of the sub-genre. Anyway, with most of these jazz albums from the 1950s I love reading who else played on them. This one in particular, besides Bird and Diz, they also had legendary drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach, as well as Thelonious Monk on piano to name a few. Hear Bloomdido on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Molly Hatchet - One Man's Pleasure My song pick two years ago today: Hawkwind - High Rise My song pick three years ago today: Joachim Witt - Bataillon 'd Amour My song pick four years ago today: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio My song pick five years ago today:...

1447 Charlie Parker - Summertime From: Charlie Parker with Strings , Year: 1949 Genre: Jazz I had Bird on my brain this morning, so I'm picking one of his songs today. This is a Jazz standard originally written by George Gershwin for the opera Porgy and Bess . It has been covered by many across different genres, but mostly in Jazz. This is a very beautiful version of the song having the legendary saxophonist being backed by string accompaniment. Hear Summertime on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Tarot - Gone My song pick two years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black My song pick three years ago today: The Enemys - Sinner Man +

I have no special reason in picking this song today other than I like it; this is one of the legendary master saxophonist Charlie Parker's best songs in my opinion. I like every aspect of this song; it is a wonderful piece of music to listen to. Here is a recording of the song on YouTube. +