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Charlie Parker With Strings
by: Charlie Parker

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517036901
Label: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release Date: March 19, 2007
Running Time: 75 minutes
Studio: Universal Classics
Sales Rank: 37079

Disc 1:
  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 - Charlie Parker, Neal Hefti Orchestra
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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Charlie Parker welcomed the opportunity to record standards with a small string ensemble in 1949, and the results are stunning, his liquid alto soaring over the tuneful and only occasionally stiff arrangements. Along the way, he invests tunes like "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Laura" with a unique blend of bluesy realism and mercurial improvisation. The CD adds live versions from a Carnegie Hall concert, and there are also two brilliant versions of Neal Hefti's "Repetition". The 1947 version has Bird flying spontaneously over the dense orchestration of horns, strings, and Latin percussion. --Stuart Broomer



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Bird
These recordings often were and are looked down upon by jazz 'purists'.

These recordings are the ones that Charlie Parker was most proud of.

When he was dying, he played his doctor his recording of 'Just Friends'. The version is absolutely beautiful. His alto rises over the strings like a bloom from a flowerbed.

'Everthing Happens To Me', 'Laura', and 'Out Of Nowhere' are similarly overlooked gems in his body of work.

The recently included live recordings are a joy to the ears.

Recommended unreservedly.

 



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