mrghd
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- May 29, 2012
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- Interested in Language
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- Hungarian
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- Hungary
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- Hungary
(source: Iceberg Slim – Pimp, The story of my life)
Please help me to identify the meaning of ”Bird” in the following section:
”I tiptoed and peeked through the bottom of the window blind. The joint was jumping. Pimps, whores and white men crowded the circular bar. Some skinny joker with scald burns on his face was fronting a combo. He tried to ape the Bird’s phrasing and tome. His tan face turned black. He was choking on his horn.”
With some google research I got to the conclusion that the section means that a white man teases the black musicians by pretending as he was Charlie ”Bird” Parker the famous saxophonist who could be popular at that times (The story plays int he 1930s) The white guy tries to distort his face as if he was black and imitates saxophone playing primitively. Is my interpretation right or I missed to comprehend something?
Please help me to identify the meaning of ”Bird” in the following section:
”I tiptoed and peeked through the bottom of the window blind. The joint was jumping. Pimps, whores and white men crowded the circular bar. Some skinny joker with scald burns on his face was fronting a combo. He tried to ape the Bird’s phrasing and tome. His tan face turned black. He was choking on his horn.”
With some google research I got to the conclusion that the section means that a white man teases the black musicians by pretending as he was Charlie ”Bird” Parker the famous saxophonist who could be popular at that times (The story plays int he 1930s) The white guy tries to distort his face as if he was black and imitates saxophone playing primitively. Is my interpretation right or I missed to comprehend something?