
Weekly Posting, July 10th, 2020
On Saturday, July 10th,1948, Charlie Parker ( Bird) performed in New York City, at the Onyx club on 52nd St., with his classic quintet, on the penultimate night of a one-week engagement. The music that evening was recorded by Dean Benedetti, a Los Angeles-area saxophonist whose name has come up before in connection with Ross Russell‘s book, Bird Lives. (Brace yourself for the return of Russell in a couple of weeks, since the anniversary of Bird’s California breakdown and incarceration is fast approaching.) Dean was a tragic and somewhat hapless figure who was so smitten with Bird’s playing that he made it his highest … Continue reading Weekly Posting, July 10th, 2020