Charlie Parker - The Complete Verve Master Takes [Box]

Artist:

Parker, Charlie (Sax)

UPC:

044006559728

See Also:

Ellington, Duke Blakey, Art Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz [Remaster] Roy Haynes - Birds Of A Feather: A Tribute To Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker - Complete Live at Birdland * Complete Live At Birdland

Description:

Personnel includes: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Gil Evans (arranger, conductor); Flip Phillips (tenor saxophone); Red Rodney, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Tommy Turk (trombone); Mitch Miller (oboe); Oscar Peterson, Walter Bishop, Jr., Al Haig, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Thelonious Monk (piano); Billy Bauer, Freddie Green (guitar); Ray Brown, Percy Heath, Teddy Kotick, Charles Mingus, Tommy Potter, Curly Russell (bass); Arthur Taylor, Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Shelly Manne, Buddy Rich, Max Roach (drums); Dave Lambert Singers.
Producer: Norman Granz.
Compilation producer: Bryan Koniarz.
Recorded between 1947 & 1954. Includes liner notes by Phil Schaap.
Along with a complete duplication of the 24 performances included in Complete Verve Masters with Strings, which was issued a year earlier than this set, there are 50 other master takes here produced by Norman Granz, ranging from a 1947 Carnegie Hall date to Parker`s last in 1954. Many of the cuts come from 1950-1952. Half of the 1949 sessions are string dates; the rest come from sessions with Kenny Dorham, Tommy Turk, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, and Carlos Vidal. The most rewarding performances are a reunion of sorts with Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, along with Curly Russell and Buddy Rich, from April 1950. These tracks are nearly seminal versions of "Mohawk," "Leapfrog," and "Relaxin` with Lee," along with fine reads of "Bloomdido," "An Oscar for Treadwell," and "My Melancholy Baby." Four other cuts come from a brief reunion with Miles Davis and Max Roach in January of 1951 with Teddy Kotick and Walter Bishop, Jr. rounding out the band, and include smokingly hot versions of "Au Privave," "She Rote," and "K.C Blues." Other musicians who appear here are Oscar Peterson, Red Rodney, Kenny Clarke, John Lewis, and Billy Bauer, among dozens of others. The package is beautiful in a decorated, painted silver metal box that the CDs fold out of, but the booklet -- like Universal`s Joni Mitchell set -- falls apart because of bogus stitching. There is undoubtedly great music here, although it would have worked better as a double set to respect those who were righteous enough to buy the strings disc. ~ Thom Jurek

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Bird, The
2. Cardboard
3. Visa
4. Segment
5. Passport
6. Passport - (based on "I Got Rhythm")
7. Just Friends
8. Everything Happens to Me
9. April in Paris
10. Summertime
11. I Didn`t Know What Time It Was
12. If I Should Lose You
13. Star Eyes
14. Blues (Fast)
15. I`m in the Mood For Love
16. Bloomdido
17. Oscar For Treadwell, An
18. Mohawk
19. My Melancholy Baby
20. Leap Frog
21. Relaxin` With Lee
22. Dancing in the Dark
23. Out of Nowhere
24. Laura

DISC 2:

1. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
2. They Can`t Take That Away From Me
3. Easy to Love
4. I`m in the Mood For Love
5. I`ll Remember April
6. Au Privave
7. She Rote
8. K.C. Blues
9. Star Eyes
10. My Little Suede Shoes
11. Un Poquito de Tu Amor
12. Tico-Tico
13. Fiesta
14. Why Do I Love You?
15. Blues For Alice
16. Si Si
17. Swedish Schnapps
18. Back Home Blues
19. Loverman
20. Temptation
21. Lover
22. Autumn in New York
23. Stella by Starlight
24. Mama Inez
25. La Cucuracha

DISC 3:

1. Estrellita
2. Begin the Beguine
3. La Paloma
4. Night and Day
5. Almost Like Being in Love
6. I Can`t Get Started
7. What Is This Thing Called Love
8. Song Is You, The
9. Laird Baird
10. Kim
11. Cosmic Rays
12. In the Still of the Night
13. Old Folks
14. If I Love Again
15. Chi-Chi
16. I Remember You
17. Now`s the Time
18. Confirmation
19. I Get a Kick Out of You
20. Just One of Those Things
21. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
22. I`ve Got You Under My Skin
23. Love For Sale
24. I Love Paris

Album Information

Release Date:

10/21/2003

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Alto Sax

Label:

Verve

Catalog Number:

065 597

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

3

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

Guest Artist:

Miles Davis; Dizzy Gillespie; Thelonious Monk; Red Rodney; Hank Jones; Oscar Peterson; Buddy Rich; Ray Brown

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