20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Charlie Parker

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Charlie Parker

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Charlie Parker

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Charlie Parker

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Overview

Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was instrumental in tipping jazz over from the swing genre, which was predominantly a dance music, to bop, which aspired to art, an intellectual dance if you will, and consequently Parker was a huge purveyor of the mid-'40s sea change that began to alter the way audiences approached jazz, and pop music in general. This brief, concise overview of his peak years includes "The Bird" (an update of the old swing standard "Topsy"), recorded for Norman Granz's monumental The Jazz Scene project in 1947, and 1950's wonderful "Bloomdido," which reunited Parker with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and boasted a for-the-ages rhythm section of Thelonious Monk, Curly Russell, and Buddy Rich. Another highlight is "K.C. Blues," tracked in 1951 and featuring extended blues improvisations from both Parker and a young Miles Davis. Bird died in 1955, and that it has been nearly 50 years since his passing is unfathomable, since his influence is still so pervasive in jazz and is likely to remain that way, whatever the millennium. This disc is a bare-bones, basic introduction to Parker, but it is only the beginning, and you'll find yourself wanting more almost immediately. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date: 08/24/2004
Label: Verve
UPC: 0602498630488
Rank: 90184

Tracks

  1. The Bird
  2. Repetition
  3. Just Friends
  4. Bloomdido
  5. K.C. Blues
  6. Star Eyes
  7. She Rote
  8. My Little Suede Shoes
  9. Loverman
  10. Autumn in New York
  11. Now's the Time
  12. Confirmation

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charlie Parker   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Teddy Kotick   Primary Artist,Bass
Charlie Parker Quartet   Primary Artist
Miles Davis   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Trumpet
Max Roach   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Drums
Charlie Parker Quintet   Primary Artist
Walter Bishop, Jr.   Primary Artist,Piano
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Trumpet
Neal Hefti Orchestra   Primary Artist
Charlie Parker Sextet   Primary Artist
Roy Haynes   Guest Artist,Drums
Kenny Clarke   Guest Artist,Drums
Red Rodney   Guest Artist,Trumpet
John Lewis   Guest Artist
Shelly Manne   Guest Artist,Drums
Ray Brown   Guest Artist,Bass
Hank Jones   Guest Artist,Piano
Buddy Rich   Guest Artist,Drums
Thelonious Monk   Guest Artist,Piano
Tony Aless   Piano
Bart Varsalona   Trombone
Bill Harris   Trombone
Flip Phillips   Sax (Tenor)
Bernie Privin   Trumpet
Pete Mondello   Sax (Tenor)
Al Porcino   Trumpet
Max Hollander   Violin
Manny Albam   Sax (Baritone)
Will Bradley   Trombone
Jack Zayde   Violin
Art Ryerson   Guitar
Milton Lomask   Violin
Murray Williams   Sax (Alto)
Verlye Mills   Harp
Sam Caplan   Violin
Frank Brieff   Viola
Myor Rosen   Harp
Zelly Smirnoff   Violin
Hank Ross   Sax (Tenor)
Sylvan Shulman   Violin
Vinnie Jacobs   French Horn
Joe Benaventi   Cello
Sid Harris   Violin
Joe Lipman   Conductor
Art Drelinger   Woodwind
Sonny Salad   Sax (Alto)
Fred Ruzilla   Viola
Nat Nathanson   Viola
Diego Iborra   Percussion
Frank Miller   Cello
Manny Fidler   Violin
Bronislaw Gimpel   Violin
John Richard Lewis   Piano
Stan Freeman   Piano
Stan Webb   Sax (Baritone)
Gene Orloff   Violin
Bob Haggart   Bass
Chris Griffin   Trumpet
Harry Katzman   Violin
Curly Russell   Bass
Nuncio "Toots" Mondello   Sax (Alto)
Don Lamond   Drums
Jose Mangual   Bongos
John LaPorta   Clarinet
Percy Heath   Bass
Doug Mettome   Trumpet
Lou Stein   Piano
Jimmy Carroll   Conductor
Luis Miranda   Congas
Neal Hefti   Conductor
Ray Wetzel   Trumpet
Mitch Miller   Oboe,French Horn
Al Haig   Piano

Technical Credits

Benny Harris   Composer
Roger "Ram" Ramirez   Composer
James Sherman   Composer
Meire Murakami   Design
Donna Ranieri   Photo Research
Joe Lipman   Arranger
William Gottlieb   Photography
Duncan P. Schiedt   Photography
Ryan Null   Photo Research
James Davis   Composer
Ross Burdick   Photography
Jimmy Davis   Composer
Seth Foster   Digital Assembly
Gene DePaul   Composer
Bob Porter   Liner Notes
Jimmy Sherman   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Gene Paul   Composer
Charlie Parker   Composer
John Klenner   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Jimmy Carroll   Arranger
Neal Hefti   Arranger,Composer
Norman Granz   Original Recording Producer
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