Charlie Parker

• 3-CD BOX SET

Charlie ‘Yarbird’ Parker should need no introduction; recognised as one of the twentieth century’s true musical greats, he revolutionised saxophone playing in the forties. The recordings on these three CDs capture him in the very act, and additionally present jazz at a crucial time, when swing was shortly to give way to bebop, and when the blues could be played with a big band before r&b took over. Many of the recordings here were not made commercially - some are from radio broadcasts, some were made in concert, and a few, such as the fascinating opener, just Bird and his sax tackling ‘Honeysuckle Rose’ and ‘Body And Soul’, were never intended to be heard outside of the immediate circle.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE
• Charlie Parker
• Kansas City, mid. 1940
• 01. Honey & Body

• Jay McShann Octet
• Radio Broadcast Nov. 30 1940
• 02. I've Found A New Baby
• 03. Body And Soul
• 04. Moten Swing
• 05. Coquette
• 06. Oh! Lady Be Good
• 07. Wichita Blues
• 08. Honeysuckle Rose

• Jay McShann And His Orchestra
• DeccaSession April 30, 1941
• 09. Swingmatism
• 10. Hootie blues
• 11. Dexter Blues

• Jay McShann And His Orchestra
• Broadcasting new York, February 13, 1942
• 12. St. Louis Blues
• 13. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
• 14. Hootie Blues
• 15. Swingmatism

• Clark Monroe's Band
• New Yor, March March, 1942
• 16. Cherokee

• Jay McShann And His Orchestra
• Decca session, New York, 1942
• 17. Lonely Boy Blues
• 18. The Jumpin' Blues
• 19. Sepian Blues

• CD TWO:
• Charlie Parker Trio
• Kansas City, Nov. 1942
• 01. Cherokee
• 02. My Heart Tells Me
• 03. I've Found A New Baby
• 04. Body And Soul

• Bob Redcross Jam Sessions
• Chicago, 1943
• 05. Sweet Georgia Brown
• 06. Yardin' With Yar

• Tiny Grimes Quintet
• New York, 1944
• 07. Tiny's Tempo
• 08. Tiny's Tempo
• 09. Tiny's Tempo
• 10. I'll Always Love You Just The Same
• 11. I'll Always Love You Just The Same
• 12. Romance With Finance
• 13. Romance With Finance
• 14. Romance With Finance
• 15. Romance With Finance
• 16. Romance With Finance
• 17. Redcross
• 18. Redcross

• Clyde Hart's All Stars
• Continental session New York, 1945
• 19. What's The Matter Now?
• 20. I Want Every Bit Of It
• 21. That's The Blues
• 22. 4-F Blues
• 23. G.I. Blues

• CD THREE
• Clyde Hart's All Stars
• Continental session New York, 1945
• 01. Dream Of You
• 02. Seventh Avenue
• 03. Sorta Kinda
• 04. Oh, Oh, My, My, Oh, Oh

• Clyde Bernhardt & Jay McShann's K.C. Rhythm
• Nola Studio, New York, 1945
• 05. Lay It Down
• 06. Triflin' Woman
• 07. So Good This Mornin' (If It's Any News To You)
• 08. Would You Do Me A Favor ?

• Cootie Williams Sextet
• Radio Transcription, New Yor, Dec. 5, 1945
• 09. Floogie Boo

• Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
• Guild Session, NYC, 28/2/1945
• 10. Groovin’High
• 11. All the things you are
• 12. Dizzy Atmosphere

• Dizzy Gillespie And His All Stars
• Guild Session, NYC, 11/5/1945
• 13. Salt Peanuts
• 14. Shaw ’Nuff
• 15. Lover Man
• 16. Hot House

• Sarah Vaughan And His Octet
• Continental Session, NYC, 25/5/1945
• 17. What more can a Woman do ?
• 18. I’d rather have a Memory
• 19. Mean to me

• Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Concert Lincoln Square, NYC, Prob. 30/5/1945
• 20. Sweet Georgia Brown

• Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
• Concert, Philadelphia, 5/6/1945v
• 21. Blue ’n Boogie