As is the case with a handful of other nondescript Charlie Parker releases from independent labels, Bird Flies High brings together live tracks from the famous Royal Roost...
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The music is often brilliant on this CD which combines together a variety of altoist Charlie Parker's studio recordings (1946-47 for Dial) and broadcast appearances (from...
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When producer Norman Granz decided to let Charlie Parker record standards with a full string section (featuring Mitch Miller on oboe!), the purists cried sellout, but...
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Some Charlie Parker radio broadcasts and concert performances ranging from spectacular to good, presented on an ESP disc. This label's Parker albums were poorly recorded,...
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Verve gathers together all of the master takes of Charlie Parker's recordings with the swinging band of Afro-Cuban jazz pioneer Machito, along with ten other Latinized...
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Anyone daunted by the expense of acquiring the 10-disc Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve may well have their prayers answered by this 2-CD distillation of the big...
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This nicely priced and packaged two-disc set is a convenient, introductory primer compilation to Parker's music for the average listener. What we have here are 38 tracks...
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There aren't many live recordings of Bird during his string-section period, which would usually feature his regular quintet as the rhythm section. Aside from the famous...
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In seven recording sessions spaced over a year and a half's time, Charlie Parker changed the face of jazz forever. The sessions he recorded between March of 1946 into...
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Nine years after Benny Goodman's groundbreaking concert, bebop finally came to Carnegie Hall. Most notable on this 1997 CD (which contains music that has been reissued many...
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The weak recording quality hurts this album a bit but it does offer extended performances of "Scrapple from the Apple" (over 15 minutes), "I Remember April" and "Lullaby in...
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This import roundup of some of Parker's key Savoy and Dial sides makes for a fine cross-label introduction to the bebop legend's '40s stretch. The 20-track set takes in bop...
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The Best of the Complete Live Performances on Savoy recaptures the remarkable Charlie Parker in the late '40s leading his superb ensembles in an historic engagement over...
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Altoist Charlie Parker plays quite brilliantly on this live set (reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series) with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Duke Jordan,...
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This four-CD set contains a somewhat streamlined presentation of Parker's complete known live broadcasts from New York's Royal Roost, dating during 1948 and 1949, augmented...
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In 2002, Ember released At Birdland, Vol. 1/At Birdland, Vol. 2, which combined two double-disc sets that the label released in 2000 documenting lives sides recorded at New...
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This CD released for the first time the soundtrack of two of Charlie Parker's appearances on television. Some of the music and talking is trivial and loose but a few of the...
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As a leader, Charlie Parker recorded for Savoy and Dial during 1945-1948 and then for Verve exclusively (at least in the studios) during 1949-1954. This remarkable ten-CD...
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In an ideal world, Charlie Parker's trip to Los Angeles in 1946 would have gone off without a hitch. But Bird found the L.A. audiences to be unreceptive to bop, and the trip...
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This Carnegie Hall concert can be considered the height of the bebop era. Among the top young modernists heard near their early peaks are pianist Bud Powell, trumpeter Miles...
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This LP contains two broadcasts at Boston's Storyville club in 1953. One set finds Parker accompanied by the Red Garland Trio (two years before Garland became famous playing...
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This is the first volume of a collection of live radio broadcast that Bird made from the Royal Roost club in New York, complete with between song patter by host Symphony...
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For their second volume of prime Charlie Parker sides, Rhino dips into the alto great's Dial and Verve sessions for a varied and top-notch set. The 16-track offering takes...
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This collection of Charlie Parker live recordings comes from three separate sources, which have likely been issued in various forms on many other compilations. The first...
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Here's an intriguing concept, the first of two volumes that collect various cuts from 1946-1952 with Bird and bop elders Miles Davis (tpt), Max Roach (d), Errol Garner (p),...
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A compilation of 12 tracks recorded by Charlie Parker during his years with the Verve label. The CD isn't in chronological order or comprehensive enough to deem it a "best...
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One of the better examples of late-period Charlie Parker, this CD contains performances by Bird with a Boston-based quintet (featuring trumpeter Herbie Williams). The...
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The recordings alto saxophonist Charlie Parker made for the Dial label in the late '40s are among bop's most storied and vital. He helped establish the genre's vocabulary,...
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The second volume devoted to Charlie Parker's Dial recordings includes 10 master takes from 1947, plus eight numbers from a 1947 jam session at the home of Hollywood studio...
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A seminal release -- his finest playing in an orchestral setting. The date was once controversial, but is now universally accepted. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music...
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Charlie Parker gets the Verve budget treatment with a varied mix of his late-'40s and '50s material. The selection ranges from classic bop ("Au Privave") and blues ("K.C....
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Through all the frantic bop, strings dates, and beautiful ballad playing, Charlie Parker always maintained his Kansas City-bred love of the blues; in fact, he took the...
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This Stash CD contains some remarkable performances by the young Charlie Parker with pianist Jay McShann's Orchestra. First Bird is heard at the age of 20 with an octet from...
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This recording from the budget label Alamac finds Charlie Parker in brilliant form playing with a small group filled with talented young Swedish players (including trumpeter...
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For listeners not ready to tackle the more frenetic world of Parker's bop innovations, this fine sampler of his ballad work will be welcome news; no "Ko-Ko" here, just...
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There's no denying the weight of history on these tracks -- 14 out of 35 here are also on Rhino's two-CD Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection. Several titles -- "Moose...
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If you have the original 10" LP issue of this album with the '50s David Stone Martin cover art, hang on to it (it's worth anywhere from $240 to $400!) but also acquire this...
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Now's the Time captures Charlie Parker during one of his peak recording periods. The personnel of Hank Jones, Al Haig, Percy Heath, Teddy Kotick, and Max Roach all...
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This is the type of Charlie Parker CD that is essential for Bird collectors but less important to more casual jazz fans. The contents of this set should amaze Parker...
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Another anthology that has less value due to the exploding reissue market. These cuts were among Parker's most influential compositions and performances, but they've been...
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This classic 1948 recording by jazz icon and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker includes three bonus tracks on the 2003 Savoy reissue. Featuring Parker's classic quartet, the...
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Charlie Parker recorded for Dial during the same period he was cutting his better-known sides for Savoy. This four-CD set contains his 89 Dial recordings including all of...
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Despite a confusing and misleading title, this is a good two-record set of Parker cuts, covering songs he is best known for. It's not comprehensive, but a good introduction....
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This session features quite a group: Charlie Parker on alto, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Thelonious Monk, bassist Curly Russell and drummer Buddy Rich. They perform...
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Jazz at the Philharmonic. More in LA from Lester and Lee Young, Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Buck Clayton, Willie Smith, Mel Powell, Howard McGhee, and Charlie Ventura....
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Inglewood Jam 1/1/1952, Yahoo! Music, Richard C. Walls
Very interesting session with trumpeter Chet Baker showing up, but the sound quality is rough, rendering it mainly for...
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This CD's historic value outweighs the below-par recording quality. Trumpeter Chet Baker is heard shortly before he joined Gerry Mulligan's quartet participating on a jam...
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These were made '46-'47 and feature more varied contexts than the Savoys. Several cuts are masterpieces, e.g., "Ornithology", "Yardbird Suite", "Night In Tunisia" and the...
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Round Midnight and Other Gems was part of JCI's early-'90s series Giants of Jazz, which also included titles by Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Ahmad Jamal and Ramsey Lewis....
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Verve's Ultimate Charlie Parker may not live up to its billing, but the budget-priced collection is nevertheless a terrific introductory sampler. Jackie McLean, one of...
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A reissue of the original 1952 Clef recording session, this is one of the few instances in Charlie Parker's later career where he played with something other than a small...
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Covering the years 1945-1953, this 22-track collection captures Bird in a variety of settings: as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's Sextet, working some early dates with Miles...
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This features Bird's first solo sides: the legendary early Savoy and Dial sides. Although most of this material has been reissued ad nauseam in various packages and in...
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With cooperation from the Verve and Columbia Legacy catalogs, the Ken Burns Jazz series on CD individually spotlights the musical excellence of 22 jazz originators whose...
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The idea of an album that remixes the Savoy output of Charlie Parker may be horrifying for some, but before you join the purist mob take a gander at the names involved....
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These Parker recordings, dating from 1947 and 1948, are radio transcriptions of Parker's band tearing it up live. There are three lineups featured. The first, for the...
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Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was instrumental in tipping jazz over from the swing genre, which was predominantly a dance music, to bop, which aspired to art, an...
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This special edition of The Genius of Charlie Parker was released in commemoration of the alto saxophonist's stint with the Savoy and Dial labels in the '40s, some 60 years...
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What sets apart the budget compilations on the Synergy label is their sound. Each track is remastered using a trademark process. The liner notes are workmanlike but offer...
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This compilation whittles Charlie Parker's output on the Savoy and Dial labels down to 20 essential tracks. The booklet is certainly impressive for a best-of item; producer...
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