Red Rodney - Bird Lives! flac album

Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940s for the big bands of Jerry Wald, Jimmy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Elliot Lawrence, Benny Goodman, and Les Brown. He was inspired by hearing Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with Claude Thornhill, Gene Krupa, and Woody Herman.

Bird Lives! is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney featuring performances of tunes by, or associated with, Charlie Parker which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse label. Bird Lives! Studio album by Red Rodney. Red Rodney Returns (1959).

Bird Lives! Red Rodney. See Full Discography. Retrieved August 10, 2017. php?title Bird Lives!&oldid 831330650". Categories: Muse Records albums.

Red Rodney – Bird Lives! Muse Records MR 5034. 00:00 A1 Big Foot 05:30 A2 I'll Remember April 16:40 A3 Donna Lee. 23:28 B1 Chasin' The Bird 32:50 B2 Round Midnight 45:34 B3 52nd Street Theme. Recorded At – RCA Recording Studios. Alto Saxophone – Charles McPherson Bass – Sam Jones Drums – Roy Brooks Piano – Barry Harris Trumpet – Red Rodney. Recorded July 9, 1973.