LadyAlroy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

AMO A BIRD!

reed338 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

he called the white guy who came out at the begining, "my boy" seems to me thats just something he says, not in a rasict way

IamSchpartacus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The drummer totally has a Barack Obama thing going on.

SamMoff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

its hard to believe that he only died three years later... What a great man, Bird

UCOJazz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love how Bird's technique is sooo perfect. If you watch his fingers during his solo... They hardly move from the keys.

StevieHendrix92 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The racism issue has already been addressed in the comments, what I'm most happy with however, is that Bird and Dizzy were mature enough to deal with it so performances like this would be filmed so people like us could truly appreciate it.

Hotmanprodigy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"Saori Yano" plays like bird. She's one of the best living jazz sax players I've heard so far

KidHum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you should never call a grown man "boy" or grown men "boys" unless you know them well.

SwerdyJazz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't think he said 'Boys' with racist connotations implied. It was more of a general term used in a passing way. Although, im from a modern day society where the term 'Boys' is now accepted, back in the 50's it did have racial undertones.

55racer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

SOLID!