Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Rhetorical Analysis

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie- or commonly known as Bird and Diz- were two famous composers that came together to release an album after being introduced. The album they composed and released in the 1950’s (which just happens to be named after themselves, “Bird and Diz”) was a bebop jazz genre that made a big impact on the music industry.
Clearly, Charlie Parker’s name has no correlation to the word ‘Bird.’ But early on in his musical career, “Yard Bird” was a nickname Parker received that would eventually never leave his side. No one truly knows how he got this catchy nickname, but there are two commonly known reasons how it may have come to be. The first story, is that when he first started playing, Parker would go to the local parks and listen to other artists like a yard bird. The other reason which is more commonly known than the first, is that Charlie Parker had a great love for chicken. He was from Kansas, but loved going to the south and eating
It’s titled Relaxin with Lee. This song, unlike the Bloomdido’s quick fast paced tempo, has more of a smoother feel to it. Its starts off with a walking bass line by Curley Russel and Buddy Rich on the drums. Charlie Parker then enters on the saxophone gliding right into the melody adding an improvised solo. Following Parkers solo, Gillespie really shows how great of a range of notes he can hit going from high to low back to high. This is something that is different from some of the other tracks on this album. Next is an impressive improvisational solo by Thelonious Monk. One thing that Monk does that stands out the most in his improve: the repetition of the same three notes for an entire eight count. Then at the end of this song Rich plays a powerful bridge, and everyone jumps in to play the last eight count together. This song is a great example of how great these two musicians are and also how much greater they are when they play