It just doesn’t get more Roots than this with today’s toker-tune, a piece of musical history. Legendary Jazz musicians, Charlie “Bird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie team up in one of the most influential jazz standards written. Dizzy Gillespie wrote the song, “Groovin’ High” and this performance features Charlie Parker playing with Gillespie’s band, Rebop Six. It also features well known bassist, Ray Brown and vibraphonist, Milt Jackson. This song is one of the best examples of Bebop, with the classic bebop combo of saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums and piano. “Groovin High” was one of Gillispie’s best know hits, and between them, Parker and Gillispie have at least 16 different albums or compilations named “Groovin’ High” after this iconic jazz standard. There are hundreds and hundreds of recordings of this song by other artists over the last 65 years. Another note; today’s toker tune was recorded in 1946 when both Parker and Gillispie were less than 30 years old.
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie’s Rebop Six
“Groovin’ High” (mp3)
from “Bird in Time 1940 – 1947″
(ESP Disk)
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That’s right, Karri, the Bird is the word. Even though I’m a Bird and Gillespie fan (well, fan of all classic jazz) and would gladly pay the full price, I found the CD used on Amazon for around $35 last night. What can I say, I’m cheap. But its better than stealing it off the interwebs… (I tried a torrent search on The Pirates Bay but it wasn’t there, heh heh heh).
Gonna knock you back a few bones; the four disc box set is $85 bucks, but worth it if you are a bird fan, has some nice liner notes and a whopping 96 tracks. All the greats from this era of Jazz make cameos. The Bird is the WORD! Everyone knows that!
Damn, Cannabis Kerri, good call on this song! I’ve gotta look for this album.
The AQUA BUDDHA comes to mind when listening to genius Jazz music. Maybe Ayn Rand Paul can come out for legalization since we now know his REAL worship schedule.