Diane’s Reviews > Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker > Status Update
Diane
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Great historical details so far. I love this quote from a judge in 1901 when Carrie Nation was arrested after staging a temperance rally in Kansas City: "Missouri is not a good place for short-haired women, long-haired men and whistling girls."
— Dec 10, 2013 09:50AM
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Diane
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"Tales of Charlie's (musical) exploits passed from hipster to hipster. Embellished with each retelling, his legends assumed mythic proportions."
— Dec 11, 2013 04:26PM
Diane
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Good quote from Louis Armstrong, who disapproved of Charlie Parker's Bebop style of jazz: "Bop is ruining music... and the kids that play that bop are ruining themselves. Playing bop tears a kid's lips apart in two years. With good tone, a sense of phrasing, and imagination, you can play forever. But these kids won't even learn."
— Dec 11, 2013 04:37AM
