rare CHARLIE PARKER videos?

[Guest]

we all have heard the many private recordings that exist of Bird, but as far as film goes, how much exists? is there a lot of amateur film shot of him? how many times was he recorded live??

[johnagrandy]

http://www.dailymotion.com/alternativa/video/53031

[Claude]

AFAIK, there are two film recordings of Bird. The one linked above, which is a 1950 studio performance called "Jammin'", and a April 1952 TV performance of "hot house" with Dizzy.

Too bad Dean Benedetti didn't have a camera

Edited March 26, 2006 by Claude

[Guest]

but my question remains unanswered- re: AMATEUR footage...

[Claude]

How many amateurs had film cameras in the early 1950's?

[bichos]

  contemporaryladySF said:

but my question remains unanswered- re: AMATEUR footage...

hello,

at least only one amateur footage: it is from november. 21. 1950 from the warm-up room in the concert

hall in gothenburg. sweden. it was taken by bo tak. 16 at the time and later film photographer for sweden television. it´s a 16-mm silent film clip about one minute long showing parker both as he warms up and as he signs autographs. some short silent bird sitting on a table writing autographs on little cards or pieces of paper. front. handling with his sax. from oblique above and from behind. only his hands. very short movie.

we can only hope that there is coming more to the light one day....

keep boppin´

marcel

[Don Brown]

Somewhere in the CBC Montreal archives there may still be a half hour kinescope recording of Bird together with Brew Moore and three Montreal musicians. I watched it here in Toronto a couple of weeks after it had been broadcast live in Montreal. Back in those days a kinescope print of live shows would often be sent to other Canadian cities for re-broadcast. Before I retired (I worked for the CBC for 32 years) I tried to track the recording down but with no luck. It may well have been destroyed or lost.

[kh1958]

  Don Brown said:

Somewhere in the CBC Montreal archives there may still be a half hour kinescope recording of Bird together with Brew Moore and three Montreal musicians. I watched it here in Toronto a couple of weeks after it had been broadcast live in Montreal. Back in those days a kinescope print of live shows would often be sent to other Canadian cities for re-broadcast. Before I retired (I worked for the CBC for 32 years) I tried to track the recording down but with no luck. It may well have been destroyed or lost.

I assume you are aware of the Uptown release, Charlie Parker, Montreal 1953, which has the audio of this appearance.

[Guest]

you worked for the CBC for 32 years?!!?!?

[Don Brown]

Yes, KH1958, I do have the Uptown CD. And, yes, contemporaryladySF, I worked for the CBC from 1957 to 1989 when I took early retirement.

[bichos]

  Don Brown said:

Somewhere in the CBC Montreal archives there may still be a half hour kinescope recording of Bird together with Brew Moore and three Montreal musicians. I watched it here in Toronto a couple of weeks after it had been broadcast live in Montreal. Back in those days a kinescope print of live shows would often be sent to other Canadian cities for re-broadcast. Before I retired (I worked for the CBC for 32 years) I tried to track the recording down but with no luck. It may well have been destroyed or lost.

according to mark miller´s wonderful book "cool blues, charlie parker in canada 1953" (london, ontario 1989): "the kinescope of "jazz workshop" with charlie parker has not been found. a search made in 1983 by discographer jack litchfield at the cbc montreal archives led to a file card for the "jazz workshop" kines marked détruits-destroyed. new efforts in 1989 failed to find even the file card."

what a pity!

keep boppin´

marcel

[mrjazzman]

  johnagrandy said:

http://www.dailymotion.com/alternativa/video/53031

this is the best link i've ever seen on organissimo, thank you very much....................