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Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes by Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes by Charlie Parker

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Key Information
Artist: Charlie Parker
Record Label: Verve (USA)
Genre: Jazz Instrument
Subgenre: Alto Sax
Release Date: January 24, 1995
Album Duration: 75m:05s
Number of Discs: 1
Song List: 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 (And 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
20. Temptation
21. Lover
22. Autumn in New York
23. Stella by Starlight
24. Repetition
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Details: Personnel includes: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Flip Phillips (tenor saxophone), Al Porcino (trumpet), Joseph Singer (French horn), Mitch Miller (oboe), John LaPorta (clarinet), Zelly Smirnoff (violin), Isadore Zir (viola), Maurice Brown (cello), Verley Mills (harp), Al Haig, Lou Stein, Tony Aless, Bernie Leighton (piano), Art Ryerson (guitar), Ray Brown, Tommy Potter, Bob Haggart, Curly Russell (bass), Buddy Rich, Roy Haynes, Don Lamond, Shelly Manne (drums), Diego Iborra (percussion). Compilation producer: Michael Lang. Recorded in New York between December 1947 and 1952. Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Norman Granz. This is an expanded version of the early-'50s album that broadened Charlie Parker's audience by focusing on the beautiful lyricism of his playing. These recordings feature Parker's alto saxophone over a gorgeous bed of strings, but perhaps an even more significant departure is the fact that he simplified his phrasing. His wondrously uncurling ribbons of notes are supplanted b...
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