Parkeology

• Parkeology 001: The Bird/Armstrong connection via “West End Blues”
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2023/08/29/parkeology-001/
• Parkeology 002: Bird drunk onstage at JATP
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2023/09/13/parkeology-002-everything-goes-wrong/
• Parkeology 003: Bird’s awareness of all the sounds around him
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2023/11/16/parkeology-003-plucked-from-the-atmosphere/
• Parkeology 004: Bird “turning around” the rhythm section
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2023/12/14/parkeology-004-turnaround-is-fair-play/
• Parkeology 005: Bird’s “Honeysuckle Rose”motif
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/01/02/parkeology-006-dont-buy-sugar/
• Parkeology 006: Bird’s “Up A Lazy River” motif
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/01/10/parkeology-006-lazy-bird/
• Parkeology 007: Bird and Miles disagree about flat 3rds
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/03/05/parkeology-007-so-there/
• Parkeology 008: Bird quotes “Popeye” and “The Kerry Dance”
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/04/23/parkeology-008-blow-me-down/
• Parkeology 009: Gary Giddens, Stanley Crouch, and Rebecca’s gun story
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/05/19/parkeology-009-flatiron/
• Parkeology 010: Bird trying out new ideas at the Hi-De-Ho Club
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/05/16/parkeology-008-big-noise/
• Parkeology 011: Bird’s troubles with “Donna Lee”
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/06/16/parkeology-011-consternation/
• Parkeology 012: Bird’s alcohol use at the “Donna Lee” session
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/06/28/parkeology-012-chasten-the-bird/
• Parkeology 013: Bird’s post-“Donna Lee” backslide into heroin use
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/07/09/parkeology-013-speedball/
• Parkeology 014: Bird’s use of the altissimo register
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/08/01/parkeology-014-dizzy-altitude/
• Parkeology 015: Bird quotes “Buttons And Bows” and “Woody Woodpecker”
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/08/15/parkeology-015-buttons-and-birds/
• Parkeology 016: “Lover Man” intro Guild, Dial, Mercury
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/08/29/parkeology-016-can-of-worms/
• Parkeology 017: Bird’s “growls” and what they might mean
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/09/17/parkeology-017-growl-talk/
• Parkeology 018: Ben Webster influence 1: “Cotton Tail” motif
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/09/19/parkeology-018-brute-force/
• Parkeology 019: Ben Webster influence 2: Bird and Webster, first meeting
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/09/25/parkeology-019-native-son/
• Parkeology 020: Ben Webster influence 3: Bird on tenor “Three Guesses”
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/10/04/parkeology-020-one-guesses/
• Parkeology 021: Ben Webster influence 4: Other shared Webster motifs
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/10/17/parkeology-021-por-favor/
• Parkeology 022: Ben Webster influence 5: Motif 1A replaces scale runs
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/11/04/parkeology-022-third-degree/
• Parkeology 023: Don Byas and the unknown tenor
• https://charlieparkercentennial.com/2024/11/19/parkeology-023-confirmation-byas/