Charlie Parker

• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES

• CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COLLECTION

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This edition contains all existing master takes from the Charlie Parker with Strings Verve recordings. That includes all of Bird’s studio masters with strings, which initially appeared on Parker With Strings (Clef Records MGC-675), as well as his professionally recorded Carnegie Hall set, fi rst issued as Midnight Jazz at Carnegie Hall (Verve MV-2562). As a bonus, a rare alternate take of “Laura”.

PERSONNEL:

• CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax on all tracks, plus: String Orchestras conducted by Jimmy Carroll, Joe Lipman & Neal Hefti.

Recorded in New York, 1947-52.

TRACKS:

• 01 Just Friends
• 02 Everything Happens to Me
• 03 April in Paris
• 04 Summertime
• 05 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
• 06 If I Should Lose You
• 07 Dancing in the Dark
• 08 Out of Nowhere
• 09 Laura
• 10 East of the Sun
• 11 They Can’t Take that Away from Me
• 12 Easy to Love
• 13 I’m in the Mood for Love
• 14 I’ll Remember April
• 15 What Is This Thing Called Love?
• 16 April in Paris
• 17 Repetition
• 18 Easy to Love
• 19 Rocker
• 20 Temptation
• 21 Lover
• 22 Autumn in New York
• 23 Stella by Starlight
• 24 Repetition [1947 studio version]
• 25 Laura [alt tk]

• TOTAL TIME: 78:53 Min