Charlie Parker With Strings
Charlie Parker
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Release Date: 02/12/2013
When producer Norman Granz decided to let Charlie Parker record standards with a full string section (featuring Mitch Miller on oboe!), the purists cried sell-out, but nothing could be further from the truth. There's a real sense of involvement from Bird on these sides, which collect up all the master takes and also include some live tracks from Carnegie Hall that - judging from the sometimes uneasy murmurings of the crowd - amply illustrate just how weirdly this mixture of bop lines against 'legit' arrangements was perceived. The music on this collection is lush, poetic, romantic as hell, and the perfect antidote to a surfeit of jazz records featuring undisciplined blowing. There's a lot of jazz, but there's only one Bird.
1: Just Friends
2: Everything Happens to Me
3: April in Paris
4: Summertime
5: I Didn't Know What Time It Was
6: If I Should Lose You
7: Dancing in the Dark
8: Out of Nowhere
9: Laura
10: East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
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 (I'll Remember April)
20: Temptation
21: Lover
22: Autumn in New York
23: Stella By Starlight
24: Repetition