*Bird a *Fine Movie “The Life and Death of Charlie Parker” By: James Hart MUS 201, Section 02 Location: Chamisa Apartments I thought the movie was very good for the reason that it gave me anin depth look into one of the best saxophone players of the jazz era. The movie stayed pretty true to his lifeand follow as he played with a lot of the greats like Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonious Monk. The movie had a lot of Saxophone, and piano solos. There was a lot of solo improvisation as well as collective improvisation. The music that was played in the movie was Lester Leaps In, I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me, Laura, All of Me, this time the Dream’s on Me, Ko Ko, Cool Blues, April in Paris, Now’s the Time, Ornithology, and Parker’s Mood. In conclusion, I thought that the movie did a lot of justice to one of the greatest musicians in history, although it was a tragic end for Charlie Parker because of heroin. I would definitely recommend this movie to a friend.
On Wednesday, December 4, I watched the movie Bird directed by Clint Eastwood. Bird was the nickname of the great jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. The movie goes into a lot about his life and how he came from Kansas City and was a self-taught Alto Saxophonist who didn't realize that many jazz songs of the day were only played in a few keys, so he learned them all. He quit school at the age of 15 to become a musician. However, the movie talks about the rise and fall of the drug addict musician He lived an amoral life and lived for any "high" he could get. His heroin habit caused him to miss many gigs and caused Dizzie to leave the group and it eventually was a cause of a nervous breakdown that landed Bird in a mental hospital. Forest Whitaker plays the role of Bird, and I thought that he did a really good job.
I also loved the way Clintwood focused on the love story between Bird and Chan played by Diane Venora. There clearly was a deep love between the two but Parker was a difficult...