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  • Artist: Charlie Parker
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 731455983524
  • Item Number: UNI598352
  • Release date: 11/12/1999
  • 1. Temptation
  • 2. Autumn in New York
  • 3. Lover
  • 4. Stella by Starlight
  • 5. Dancing in the Dark
  • 6. Night and Day
  • 7. I Can't Get Started
  • 8. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  • 9. Almost Like Being in Love
  • 10. Laura
  • 11. In the Still of the Night [Master Take]
  • 12. Old Folks [Master Take]
  • 13. If I Love Again
  • 14. In the Still of the Night [Alternate Take]
  • 15. In the Still of the Night [Alternate Take]
  • 16. In the Still of the Night [Alternate Take]
  • 17. Old Folks [Alternate Take]
  • 18. Old Folks [Alternate Take]
  • 19. Old Folks [Alternate Take]
  • 20. In the Still of the Night [Incomplete Take]
  • 21. In the Still of the Night [Incomplete Take]
  • 22. Old Folks [Incomplete Take]
  • 23. Old Folks [Incomplete Take]
  • 24. Old Folks [Incomplete Take]
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Big Band by Charlie Parker on CD


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 bebop group. Under contract at the time to Clef's Norman Granz, Parker was encouraged by the label to make recordings that took him out of his familiar settings and put him in with string arrangements, Latin rhythms, and larger band formats. This recording is the result of one of these experiments. Though Joe Lipman's arrangements are stellar, the musicians assembled for the sessions are an odd mix of pop-oriented big-band players and improvisers. The album also suffers from the pop orientation of the songs themselves: solos are kept short, and songs limited to a three-minute length that was both radio-friendly and compatible with the 78-rpm format. But when Parker does solo, it is just as magical as any of his earlier recordings. The songs also have a sweet smoothness to them that makes them eminently enjoyable. This record is not perfect, but it still musters up moments of brilliance. The reissue is even more fascinating than the original, containing 10 bonus tracks which are alternative takes of the top singles on the album. ~ Stacia Proefrock, Rovi
  • Artist: Charlie Parker
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 731455983524
  • Item Number: UNI598352
  • Release date: 11/12/1999
  • Label: Polygram
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Style: Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
  • Album Time: 67:14

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  • Big Band Charlie Parker CD
Big Band Charlie Parker CD