This 10 CD box set celebrates Charlie Parker and his timeless music on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2020 – with his essential, original recordings, featuring such friends and colleagues as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Lucky Thompson, Dodo Marmarosa, Dexter Gordon, Erroll Garner, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Dorham, and Charlie Mingus. “Bird lives!” – musically that is, and especially now around his 100th birthday.
2020 finds the Jazz world full of tributes to the Bebop pioneer, who died in New York at only 24 years of age in 1955. This goes to show the ongoing influence of Charles Parker Jr., better known as Charlie Parker or Bird, on Jazz music and especially the alto saxophone. As a dazzlingly fast virtuoso, Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into Jazz. With a truly original tone that ranged from biting to melancholy, the man from Kansas City could have easily earned the nickname 8222;Bird” for the quality of his horn playing most likely it had to do with his appetite for chicken. Still, the feathered creatures inspired many of the titles of Parker’s compositions, such as “Ornithology”, “Yardbird Suite”, “Bird of Paradise”, “Bird Feathers”, “Chasin’ The Bird”, or “Bird Gets the Worm”.
An icon for the hipster subculture of the 1940s and later the Beat Generation, Parker epitomized the Jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and innovator.
[CD 1]
■ Tiny Grimes Quintet feat. Charlie Parker
1. Tiny’s Tempo Clyde Hart
2. I’ll Always Love You Just The Same Lloyd Grimes
3. Romance Without Finance Lloyd Grimes
4. Red Cross Chas Parker
5. Warming Up A Riff Charlie Parker
6. Billie’s Bounce Charlie Parker
7. Now’s The Time Charlie Parker
8. Thrivin’From A Riff Charlie Parker
9. Meandering Charlie Parker
10. Ko Ko Charlie Parker
11. Diggin’Diz Dizzy Gillespie
12. Moose The Mooche Charlie Parker
13. Yardbird Suite Charlie Parker
14. Ornithology Charlie Parker
15. A Night In Tunisia
■ DIZZY GILLESPIE, LEO ROBIN
16. Max Making Wax Charlie Parker
17. Lover Man JIMMY DAVIS, ROGER RAMIREZ, JAMES SHERMAN
18. The Gypsy BILLY REID
19. Bebop DIZZY GILLESPIE
20. Takin’ Off SIR CHARLES THOMPSON
21. If I Had You JAMES CAMPBELL, REGINALD CONNELLY, TED SHAPIRO
22. 20th Century Blues SIR CHARLES THOMPSON
23. Street Beat SIR CHARLES THOMPSON
[CD 2]
■ Charlie Parker Quartet
1. This Is Always HARRY WARREN, MACK GORDON
2. Dark Shadows EARL COLEMAN, JOHN HENRY
3. Bird’s Nest Charlie Parker
4. Cool Blues Charlie Parker
5. Relaxing At Camarillo Charlie Parker
6. Cheers HOWARD MCGHEE
7. Carvin’ The Bird HOWARD MCGHEE
8. Stupendous H. MCGHEE, MELVYN BROILES
9. Donna Lee Charlie Parker
10. Chasin’ The Bird Charlie Parker
11. Cheryl Charlie Parker
12. Buzzy Charlie Parker
■ Miles Davis All Stars
13. Milestones MILES DAVIS
14. Little Willie Leaps MILES DAVIS
15. Half Nelson MILES DAVIS
16. Sippin’ At Bells MILES DAVIS
17. Dexterity Charlie Parker
18. Bongo Bop Charlie Parker
19. Dewey Square Charlie Parker
20. Bird Of Paradise Charlie Parker
21. Embraceable You GEORGE GERSHWIN
[CD 3]
■ Charlie Parker Quintet
1. Bird Feathers CHARLIE PARKER
2. Klact-oveedseds-tene CHARLIE PARKER
3. Scrapple From The Apple Charlie Parker
4. My Old Flame Arthur Johnston, Ben Coslow
5. Out Of Nowhere Edward Heyman, Johnny Green
6. Don’t Blame Me JIM MCHUG, DOROTHY FIELDS
7. Drifting On A Reed CHARLIE PARKER
8. Quasimodo CHARLIE PARKER
9. Charlie’s Wig Charlie Parker
10. Bongo Beep Charlie Parker
11. Crazeology Benny Harris
12. How Deep Is The Ocean? JEROME KERN
■ Charlie Parker All Stars
13. Another Hair-Do CHARLIE PARKER
14. Blue Bird CHARLIE PARKER
15. Klaunstance CHARLIE PARKER
16. Bird Gets The Worm CHARLIE PARKER
17. Barbados Charlie Parker
18. Ah-Leu-Cha Charlie Parker
19. Constellation Charlie Parker
20. Parker’s Mood Charlie Parker
21. Perhaps Charlie Parker
22. Marmaduke Charlie Parker
23. Steeplechase Charlie Parker
24. Merry-Go-Round Charlie Parker
[CD 4]
■ Charlie Parker with Strings
1. April In Paris E. Y.HARBURG, VERNON DUKE
2. Summertime GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN, DUBOSE HEYWARD
3. If I Should Lose You Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
4. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
5. Everything Happens To Me Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
6. Just Friends JOHN KLENNER, SAM M. LEWIS
7. They Can’t Take That Away From Me GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN
8. You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere) JOHNNY GREEN, EDWARD HEYMAN
9. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) BROOKS BOWMAN
10. Easy To Love COLE PORTER
11. I’m In The Mood For Love Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
12. I’ll Remember April GENE DE PAUL, PAT JOHNSTON, DON RAYE
■ South Of The Border
13. Tico Tico ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA, ERVIN DRAKE, ZEQUINHA ABREU
14. Un Poquito De Tu Amor XAVIER CUGAT, ARTHUR FREED
15. My Little Suede Shoes CHARLES PARKER
16. Estrellita VITO PICONE, ARTHUR VENOSA
17. Begin The Beguine COLE PORTER
18. La Paloma SEBASTIAN YRADIER
19. La Cucuracha PD
20. Mama Inez WOLF GILBERT, ELISEO GRENET
[CD 5]
■ Jam Session Volume 1
1. Jam Blues N. SHRDLU
2. Ballad Medley
■ Jam Session Volume 2
3. What Is This Thing Called Love? COLE PORTER
4. Funky Blue JOHNNY HODGES
[CD 6]
■ Bird & Diz
1. Bloomdido CHARLIE PARKER
2. My Melancholy Baby ERNIE BURNETT, GEORGE NORTON, W. E. WATSON
3. Relaxing With Lee Charlie Parker
4. Leap Frog Charlie Parker
5. An Oscar For Treadwell Charlie Parker
6. Mohawk CHARLIE PARKER
7. Now ～s The Time CHARLIE PARKER
8. I Remember You JOHNNY MERCER, VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
9. Confirmation BENNY HARRIS, CHARLIE PARKER
10. Chi Chi Charlie Parker
11. I Hear Music (The Song Is You) Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
12. Laird Baird CHARLIE PARKER
13. Kim CHARLIE PARKER
14. Cosmic Rays CHARLIE PARKER
■ Bonus Tracks from “The Jazz Scene” (1949)
15. Rhumbacito NEAL HEFTI
16. Repetition NEAL HEFTI
17. The Bird Charlie Parker
[CD 7]
■ Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter
1. I Get a Kick out of You
2. I Get a Kick out of You
3. Just One of Those Things
4. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
5. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
6. Love for Sale
7. Love for Sale
8. I Love Paris
9. I Love Paris (Alternate Take)
■ Night And Day
10. Temptation ARTHUR FREED, HERB BROWN
11. Autumn In New York Vernon Duke
12. Lover RICHARD RODGERS, LORENZ HART
13. Stella By Starlight NED WASHINGTON, VICTOR YOUNG
14. Dancing In The Dark HOWARD DIETZ, ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
15. Night And Day COLE PORTER
16. Almost Like Being In Love AL LERNE, FREDERICK LOEWE
17. I Can’t Get Started IRA GERSHWIN, VERNON DUKE
18. What Is This Thing Called Love COLE PORTER
19. Laura DAVID RAKSIN, JOHNNY MERCER
[CD 8]
■ Concert On January 28, 1945
1. Blues For Norman TRAD
2. Oh, Lady, Be Good! GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN
3. I Can’t Get Started VERNON DUKE, IRA GERSHWIN
4. After You’ve Gone TURNER LAYTON, HENRY CREAMER
5. Crazy Rhythm WOLF MEYER, JOE KAHN, HENRY CEASAR
6. The Man I Love GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN 15.08
7. Sweet Georgia Brown BEN BERNIE, KENNETH CASEY, MACEO PINKARD
[CD 9]
■ Jazz At the Philharmonic Concert
1. Norman Granz – Introduction
2. The Opener PD
3. Lester Leaps in Lester Young
4. Embreacable You George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
5. The Closer Entaoin
6. Ow! D. GILLESPIE
7. Norman Granz Announcement
8. Flying Home BENNY GOODMAN; LIONEL HAMPTON
9. How High The Moon ? NANCY HAMILTON, MORGAN LEWIS
10. Perdido JUAN TIZOL, DUKE ELLINGTON
■ Charlie Parker Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall 195
11. The Song Is You Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
12. My Funny Valentine RICHARD ROGERS, LORENZ HART
13. Cool Blues CHARLIE PARKER
[CD 10]
■ Charlie Parker in Sweden
1. Anthropology DIZZY GILLESPIE, CHARLIE PARKER
2. Scrapple from the Apple CHARLIE PARKER
3. Embraceable You George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
4. Cool Blues Charlie Parker
5. Star Eyes DePaul / Raye
6. All the Things You Are JEROME KERN, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
7. Strike up the Band GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN
8. Body and Soul FRANK EYTON , JOHNNY GREEN, EDWARD HEYMAN, ROBERT SOUR
9. Fine And Dandy KAY SWIFT, PAUL JAMES
10. How High The Moon ? NANCY HAMILTON, MORGAN LEWIS
11. Cheers Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker
12. Loverman JIMMY DAVIS, ROGER (“RAM”) RAMIREZ, JAMES SHERMAN
13. Out Of NowherE EDWARD HEYMAN, JOHNNY GREEN
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