Blues for Bird
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Product Details
Author:
Martin Gray
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Santa Monica Press (October 1, 2001)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781891661204
ISBN-10:
1891661205
Weight:
11.52oz
Dimensions:
5.38" x 8.38"
Case Pack:
20
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Folder:
PGW
As low as:
$13.05
List Price:
$16.95
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Audience:
General/trade
Country of Origin:
United States
Imprint:
Santa Monica Press
Overview
Blues for Bird is Martin Gray's stunning, one-of-a-kind biography of Charlie Parker. Written entirely in trimeter, Gray's epic biographical poem runs some 5,400 lines. The work chronicles the life of one of the twentieth century's most pivotal musical figures, from his humble beginnings in Kansas City through his pioneering of the breakthrough musical form of "bebop" to his early tragic death in the Park Avenue apartment of a European Countess.
Gray's poetry dances nimbly along in a way that echoes Bird's blazing, fast-fingered solos, and his marvelous use of language reflects the rhythms of jazz and the beat that lies at the heart of bebop. Indeed, Blues for Bird is like a piece of jazz itself: exciting, innovative and constantly surprising.
Blues for Bird not only functions as a primer on Bird, but as an introduction to the musical nature of jazz; it is a welcome addition to the library of any jazz or poetry aficionado.
Gray's poetry dances nimbly along in a way that echoes Bird's blazing, fast-fingered solos, and his marvelous use of language reflects the rhythms of jazz and the beat that lies at the heart of bebop. Indeed, Blues for Bird is like a piece of jazz itself: exciting, innovative and constantly surprising.
Blues for Bird not only functions as a primer on Bird, but as an introduction to the musical nature of jazz; it is a welcome addition to the library of any jazz or poetry aficionado.
