tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post518916457762089557..comments2024-03-14T12:56:21.674-07:00Comments on Peter Spitzer Music Blog: The "Honeysuckle Rose" II V lick - Charlie Parker, K-Ximbinho, and Mauricio EinhornPeter Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-26943792954239373342020-12-19T10:58:21.843-08:002020-12-19T10:58:21.843-08:00To "Anonymous," above - as you mentioned...To "Anonymous," above - as you mentioned in a comment to a different post, you may have been thinking of the "Tea for Two" II V lick as he used it in Cherokee. Although I'm sure a little research would turn up some instances of Parker using the Honeysuckle Rose lick in Cherokee.<br /><br />To "Unknown," above - Thanks for this! I'll have to get back to some of those Teddy, Lester, and Buck recordings. I'm sure you are right that Parker's usage was not always a conscious quote. However, I suspect that the process of varying and elaborating a given melodic/harmonic element like this one was something he worked on consciously at some point in his career. But we'll never really know his thought process, of course. Peter Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-41666260023012147972020-12-19T08:20:43.655-08:002020-12-19T08:20:43.655-08:00This lick was pretty much common property and I do...This lick was pretty much common property and I don't think Charlie Parker concsiously quoted Honeysuckle Rose every time he played it.<br />Teddy Wilson in particular plays this lick on pretty much every recording I have ever heard by him, even well before 1940. The late 30s-sessions of Billie Holiday also have Lester Young and Buck Clayton play it from time to time, making it basically just a swing-cliche.<br />You can also hear it in Jerome Kern's Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044334972797951485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-9010248646781281452020-12-17T03:48:30.285-08:002020-12-17T03:48:30.285-08:00But THE use of the lick is in the bridge of Cherok...But THE use of the lick is in the bridge of Cherokee. As in the Omnibook, it appears in a few of Bird's recordings of the tune. Did you mention that? Did I miss it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com