Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings (The Master Takes)

Charlie PARKER with Strings - The Master Takes 1949 Label: Verve Recording Date: Nov 30, 1949-May 22, 1953 Release Date: Jan 24, 1995 Jazz When producer Norman Granz decided to let Charlie Parker record standards with a full string section (featuring Mitch Miller on oboe!), the purists cried sellout, 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. By Cub Koda. ** 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. By Stuart Broomer. In the 1940s, Norman Granz was a jazz visionary in several ways; one of these was his incorporation of strings into a variety of recordings. Granz ultimately attracted some of the best jazz artists of the era (and of all time). He managed a yet-to-be-duplicated balance of commercialism and risk-taking, of business and art, that led to the recording of some of jazz's landmark recordings. Charlie Parker With Strings (now on Verve, originally on Clef) is generally acknowledged as the first release to feature a jazz soloist backed by violins. It was just the beginning. Arguably the greatest improviser of all time, Charlie Parker was reputed to have been interested in doing a strings album for years. Granz gave him the opportunity to do it, with strings arranged and conducted by Jimmy Carroll (who was working for Granz at the time). Bird's album was monumental in more than the fact that he added strings - it was also an album of all standards, with Parker clearly stating each melody. "Just Friends" became Parker's biggest-selling single and the record of which he was said to have been most proud. ** Manny Albam- Sax (Baritone) Tony Aless- Piano Joe Benaventi- Cello Ted Blume- Vocals Will Bradley- Trombone Frank Brieff- Viola Eddie Brown- Oboe Maurice Brown- Cello Ray Brown- Bass Sam Caplan- Vocals Jimmy Carroll- Arranger, Conductor Art Drelinger- Woodwind Manny Fidler- Vocals Stan Freeman- Piano Bronislaw Gimpel- Vocals Chris Griffin- Trumpet Bob Haggart- Bass Al Haig Piano Bill Harris- Trombone Sid Harris- Vocals Roy Haynes- Drums Max Hollander- Vocals Diego Iborra- Percussion Vinnie Jacobs- French Horn Stan Karpenia- Vocals Harry Katzman- Vocals Howard Kay- Vocals Don Lamond- Drums John LaPorta- Clarinet Bernie Leighton- Piano Milton Lomask- Vocals Tommy Mace- Oboe Shelly Manne- Drums Wallace McManus- Harp Harry Melnikoff- Vocals Doug Mettome- Trumpet Frank Miller- Cello Mitch Miller- Oboe Verlye Mills- Harp Pete Mondello- Sax (Tenor) Toots Mondello- Sax (Alto) Nat Nathanson- Viola Gene Orloff- Vocals Charlie Parker- Sax (Alto) Flip Phillips- Sax (Tenor) Al Porcino- Trumpet Tommy Potter- Bass Bernie Privin- Trumpet Samuel Rand- Vocals Buddy Rich- Drums Myor Rosen- Harp Hank Ross- Sax (Tenor) Curly Russell- Bass Fred Ruzilla- Viola Art Ryerson- Guitar Sonny Salad- Sax (Alto) Sylvan Shulman- Vocals Joseph Singer- French Horn Zelly Smirnoff- Vocals Lou Stein- Piano Dave Uchitel- Viola Bart Varsalona- Trombone (Bass) Stanley Webb- Sax (Baritone) Ray Wetzel- Trumpet Murray Williams- Sax (Alto) Jack Zayde- Vocals Isadore Zir- Viola ** 01. Just Friends 3:30 02. Everything Happens To Me 3:15 03. April In Paris 3:06 04. Summertime 2:46 05. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:12 06. If I Should Lose You 2:46 07. Dancing In The Dark 3:10 08. Out Of Nowhere 3:06 09. Laura 2:57 10. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) 3:37 11. They Can't Take That Away From Me 3:17 12. Easy To Love (Album Version) 3:29 13. I'm In The Mood For Love 3:33 14. I'll Remember April 3:02 15. What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:54 16. April In Paris (Live (Carnegie Hall) 3:13 17. Repetition (Live (1950/Carnegie Hall) 2:48 18. Easy To Love (Live (1949/Carnegie Hall) 2:25 19. Rocker (I'll Remember April) 3:00 20. Temptation 3:31 21. Lover 3:06 22. Autumn In New York 3:29 23. Stella By Starlight 2:56 24. Repetition (Live (1947/Carnegie Hall) 2:57

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