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...Live Bird" is both rich and dense, condensing in the short space of an hour the history, career, and demise of legendary alto-saxophonist Charlie Parker, who died at 35, wasted by drugs and alcohol. Robinson portrays Parker in the late stages of alcoholism, playing a final gig for desperately needed money. As Robinson mimes interaction with a bartender, a young interviewer, friends, and past-acquaintances at the bar, we learn the sad facts of Parker's short life: his estrangement from wife and child, his destitution in the wake of his fellow musicians' celebrity and success, and his inability...
...seven people wanted to get a ska band together," he begins. "They had this other kid...playing alto and it didn't really work out.... They got along, but musically it wasn't right, so I gave them my name and number...
With his knowledge of alto and baritone sax, and a flute thrown in good measure, Natchez was a good match...
...first year after he joined the band, he met an alto sax player whose experience Natchez uses to illuminate the distinction he sees between jazz...
Born and raised in Palo Alto, California, it was assumed that he would go to Stanford University. He says that it's a long story about why he didn't go there, but that he basically just wanted to get away from home. So, he headed off to Princeton University, because he wanted to play Division I basketball. It was there that he acquired a negative attitude about Ivy League Schools...