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The Essential Charlie Parker (1992)


Not sure where to start with Parker, or with bebop or post-swing-era jazz? The answer is in this album"s title. Recorded  in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California between 1946 and 1953. 





Track Listing:

01 - Now"s The Time - 3:04
02 - If I Should Lose You - 2:49
03 - Mango Mangue - 2:56
04 - Bloomdido - 3:27
05 - Star Eyes - 3:31
06 - Confirmation (master take) - 3:01
07 - My Little Suede Shoes - 3:07
08 - Just Friends - 3:33
09 - Lover Man - 3:24
10 - I Got Rhythm - 12:57
11 - Repetition - 3:00
12 - K.C. Blues - 3:27
13 - Relaxing With Lee (master take) - 2:49
14 - April In Paris - 3:09
15 - Okiedoke - 3:05
16 - The Song Is You - 2:57



Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Jimmy Carroll (conductor, arranger); Gene Johnson, Freddie Skerritt, Willie Smith (alto saxophone); Jose Madera, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Leslie Johnakins (baritone saxophone); Mario Bauza, Paquito Davilla, Bobby Woodlen, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney, Buck Clayton, Miles Davis (trumpet); Mitch Miller (oboe); Bronislaw Gimpel, Max Hollander, Milt Lomask (violin); Frank Brieff (viola); Frank Miller (cello); Myor Rosen (harp); Al Haig, Stan Freeman, Rene Hernandez, Thelonious Monk, Hank Jones, Walter Bishop, Jr., John Lewis, Ken Kersey (piano); Irving Ashby (guitar); Percy Heath, Ray Brown, Roberto Rodriguez, Curly Russell, Teddy Kotick, Billy Hadnott (bass); Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Roy Haynes, Kenny Clarke (drums); Jose Mangual (bongo); Luis Miranda (congas); Umbaldo Nieto (timbale); Machito (maracas); Neal Hefti"s Orchestra.