Quickie Quiz
The pianist Argonne Thornton played on classic recordings such as Charlie Parker’s “Now’s the Time” and Dexter Gordon’s “Dexter’s Deck.” He later changed his name. What new name did he take?
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The pianist Argonne Thornton played on classic recordings such as Charlie Parker’s “Now’s the Time” and Dexter Gordon’s “Dexter’s Deck.” He later changed his name. What new name did he take?
Sadim Hakim
Actually, Sadik Hakim, with a K (I know it was just a typo Rudolf). I was skipping through the book Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow and came across a couple of interesting stories as told by Hakim. Here’s one about Charlie Parker, when he was playing at a club in Chicago:
“One night Jimmy Dorsey came down to hear Bird. Bird’s bandleader knew what was happening. He called ‘Cherokee,’ which featured Bird. Bird, of course, played like a man possessed. Jimmy Dorsey came back to the dressing room, introduced himself, and said to Bird, ‘Here man, you need this more than I do,’ and gave Bird his brand new Padless Selmer. I was with Bird the next day when he put it in pawn. I begged him not to do it. His own horn was a wreck, held together with tape, gummed paper, etc. This didn’t matter to him.”