Homage to Charles Parker

Homage to Charles Parker
Studio album by George Lewis
Released	1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:37
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giaocomo Pellicciotti
George Lewis chronology
George Lewis – Douglas Ewart (1978) Homage to Charles Parker (1979) From Saxophone & Trombone (1980)

Homage to Charles Parker is an album by American jazz trombonist/composer George Lewis. ^{[1] [2]} It was recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label. ^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	👑 [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "Pretty stunning music. As heavy and stylistically different as this music is, the point is clear and well-taken. Lewis and his group make a statement unique in creative jazz and unto itself. This is an important recording in many ways, and a magnum opus for the leader". ^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by George Lewis

1. "Blues" - 17:42
2. "Homage to Charles Parker" - 17:55

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy in 1979

Personnel

• George Lewis - trombone, electronics
• Douglas Ewart - bass clarinet, alto saxophone, cymbals
• Anthony Davis - piano
• Richard Teitelbaum - polymoog, multimoog and micromoog synthesizers

References

1. "Jazz" (PDF). Stereo Review. Vol. 59, no. 7. July 1994. p. 90. Retrieved August 21, 2025. GEORGE LEWIS; Changing with the Times; NEW WORLD 80434 (65 min); Performance: Poetry in motion; Recording: Excellent; The music on this disc is as enchanting as it is difficult to classify - and by "music" I also mean the poems and narratives around which trombonist Lewis has centered his six compositions....
2. Cohen, Aaron (August 30, 2002). "Finding a fluid space with horn man Lewis" . Chicago Tribune . p. 7.6. Retrieved August 21, 2025. About nine years ago, George Lewis released a disc called "Voyager," a title that could describe the musician/scholar himself. Via telephone from his home... Lewis discusses how his work is about creating what he calls "a fluid space" for artists to reject any sort of fixed boundaries.
3. Dr. Michael Frohne (January 4, 2010). "Jazzrealities: Blacksaint - discography" . Retrieved August 21, 2025. Black Saint was founded in by Italian Jazz fan Giacomo Piaciotto in 1975. Giovanni Bonandrini took over business in 1977. The main output on both LP's and CD's (CD's only from 1985 - with part of the back catalogue as well) features mostly Black Artists playing Modern and Free, in some parts also softening the barriers between classical and jazz music. In nearly all cases the artists were recorded while touring European festivals making a stop for the recording in Milano.
4. Nastos, M. G. "AllMusic Review" . Retrieved August 21, 2025. This tribute to bop icon Charlie Parker is not a program of his famous tunes but a representation of his spirit that still exists.
5. "Penguin Guide to Jazz: Crown Albums List". Tom Hull . Retrieved August 21, 2025. George E Lewis: Homage to Charles Parker [79, Black Saint] (listed in 9 of 9 editions)
6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 125. ISBN   0-394-72643-X. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011.