Drifting on a Reed
Song by Charlie Parker All-Stars
"Driftin' on a Reed" | |
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Song by Charlie Parker All-Stars | |
Composer(s) | Charlie Parker |
"Drifting on a Reed" also known as "Big Foot", or "Giant Swing", as well as "Air Conditioning" is a classic Charlie Parker jazz bebop number.[1]
The number was among those played by Los Angeles artists such as Clifford Brown (trumpet), Max Roach (drums) and Harold Land (tenor sax) as part of the "hardening" of Jazz bop.[2] The track is commonly known as "Big Foot" but was first recorded on Dial Records as "Drifting on a Reed."
References
- ^ Edward M. Komara The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography -1998 Page 27 "Unaware of how Ross Russell titled a given piece for its Dial issue, Parker sometimes called for the same piece with his own title. Hence "Drifting on a Reed" was called "Big Foot" by Parker, as he continued to do even in his Royal Roost ..."
- ^ Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism 2000 p. 95 "Land had joined Roach and Brown in Los Angeles, and he, along with other local figures, would play his part in bop's 'hardening' process; yet although Big foot (alias Giant swing, Drifting on a reed and Air conditioning), as a celebration of Parker, might have seemed an invitation to toughness, the tenorist gives the impression of holding the lineaments of his bop demon under fairly cool control...."
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Discography
- Bird and Diz (1952)
- South of the Border (1952)
- Big Band (1954)
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1 (1956)
- The Immortal Charlie Parker (1956)
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2 (1956)
- The Genius of Charlie Parker (1956)
- The Charlie Parker Story (1956)
- Now's the Time: the Quartet of Charlie Parker (1956)
- The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
- Swedish Schnapps (1958)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
- Bird on 52nd St. (1958)
- Bird at St. Nick's (1958)
- Bird Is Free (1961)
- One Night in Birdland (1977)
- Summit Meeting at Birdland (1977)
- Inglewood Jam (1978)
- The Washington Concerts (1983)
- Live at Rockland Palace (1997)
- Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions
- Complete Charlie Parker on Dial
- Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions
- Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
- "Ah-Leu-Cha"
- "Anthropology"
- "Au Privave"
- "Big Foot" aka "Driftin' on a Reed"
- "Barbados"
- "Billie's Bounce"
- "Bird Gets the Worm"
- "Bloomdido"
- "Blues for Alice"
- "Chasin' the Bird"
- "Cheryl"
- "Confirmation"
- "Constellation "
- "Dexterity"
- "Donna Lee"
- "Ko-Ko"
- "Moose the Mooche"
- "Now's the Time"
- "Ornithology"
- "Parker's Mood"
- "Relaxin' at Camarillo"
- "Scrapple from the Apple"
- "Swingmatism"
- "Yardbird Suite"
- Bebop
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Charlie Parker with Strings
- Charlie Parker Omnibook
- Bird (1988 film)
- Bird and Diz
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