'Now’s The Time: The Genius of Charlie Parker #3' will be available in two audiophile-grade pressings with an exclusive Third Man edition.
Charles Mingus was one of the most important and influential composers of twentieth-century music. He was a true pioneer, who pushed the boundaries of jazz and classical music to create a unique and powerful sound that is still being explored by musicians today.
To celebrate 100 years of Charlie Parker, Craft Records is releasing a four-LP deluxe box set that will kick off year-long celebrations for the renowned musician.
This set, titled 'The Birth of Bop,' represents an essential introduction to this vital period in jazz music and includes pioneers like Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, and more.
Just who was this blind, six-foot tall composer, musician, instrument inventor who dressed in homemade Viking garb and went under the name of Moondog?
Albert Ayler, never getting the wider recognition he truly deserved, unleashed a free-form musical exploration that went beyond the boundaries of jazz or any other music that included everything he experienced musically – from church spirituals, New Orleans and Army brass music, to world folk forms, to free improvisation – any and all of these themes, often all at the same time.
