Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert 3/27/65

by Charlie Parker

Overview

This out-of-print LP documents an all-star concert that took place ten years after Charlie Parker's death in 1955. All six of the boppish performances are very rewarding. Dizzy Gillespie's quintet with James Moody (doubling on tenor and alto) and pianist Kenny Barron perform the pianist's recent "Um-Hmm" and a heated "Groovin' High." Trumpeter Roy Eldridge, tenor-saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and trombonist J.J. Johnson (using the pseudonym of C.C. Siegel) are in excellent form on "Now's the Time." Altoist Lee Konitz plays an unusual unaccompanied solo on "Blues for Bird," singer Dave Lambert scats his way through "Donna Lee" (on what would be his final recording) and a medley of "Bird Watcher" and "Disorder at the Border" has such soloists as pianist Billy Taylor, Gillespie, J.J., Konitz and trumpeter Kenny Dorham. This is a consistently exciting set that deserves to be reissued on CD. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/02/2024
Label:	Universal Japan
UPC:	4988031649954
Rank:	252759

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charlie Parker   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Lee Konitz   Sax (Alto)
Howard McGhee   Trumpet
Roy Eldridge   Trumpet
Rudy Collins   Drums
Tommy Potter   Bass
Dave Lambert   Vocals
Kenny Dorham   Trumpet
Billy Taylor   Piano
Coleman Hawkins   Sax (Tenor)
James Moody   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Chris White   Bass
J.J. Johnson   Trombone (Bass)
Kenny Barron   Piano
Roy Haynes   Drums

Technical Credits

Steve Hoffman   Producer
Frank Paparelli   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer,Performer
Charlie Parker   Composer
Lee Konitz   Composer
Kenny Barrow   Composer
Richard Alderson   Engineer
Coleman Hawkins   Composer
Lalo Schifrin   Composer
Nat Hentoff   Liner Notes
Ray Noble   Composer