2023
10949px x 6018px
48" x 36" @ 300dpi
Electric painting
An electric painting of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie performing Hot House on the Earl Wilson Show 'Stage Entrance' on February 24, 1952. The quintet includes Charlie Parker on alto saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Charlie Smith on drums, Dick Hyman on piano and Sandy Block on bass.
The work is composed from just over 100 painted stills from the only extant footage with live sound of Parker performing.