Bird: The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker (BMG club edition)

~ Release by Charlie Parker (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

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1Now’s the Time
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1953-07-30)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-07-30)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1953-07-30)
recorded at:
Fulton Street Studio (on 1953-07-30)
recording of:
Now’s the Time (on 1953-07-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
3:04
2Laura
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-07-05)
cello:
Maurice Brown (jazz cellist) (on 1950-07-05)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1950-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-07-05)
French horn:
Joseph Singer (on 1950-07-05)
harp:
Verlye Mills (on 1950-07-05)
oboe:
Eddie Brown (Oboist) (on 1950-07-05)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1950-07-05)
tuba and xylophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1950-07-05)
viola:
Isadore Zir (aka Isadore Zit viola player) (on 1950-07-05)
violin:
Sam Caplan (on 1950-07-05), Howard Kay (Violin player) (on 1950-07-05), Harry Melnikoff (on 1950-07-05), Sam Rand (violinist) (on 1950-07-05) and Zelly Smirnoff (violinist) (on 1950-07-05)
conductor:
Joe Lipman (Joseph P. Lippman) (on 1950-07-05)
arranger:
Joe Lipman (Joseph P. Lippman)
instrumental recording of:
Laura (1945 song) (on 1950-07-05)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
3:01
3Mohawk
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
orchestra:
Charlie Parker Quintet (on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
Mohawk (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
23:38
4Kim
recording of:
Kim (in 1950-12)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
recording of:
Kim (on 1952-12-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:02
5Blues for Alice
recording of:
Blues for Alice (on 1951-08-08)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:50
6Laird Baird
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1952-12-30)
bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1952-12-30)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1952-12-30)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1952-12-30)
recorded at:
Fulton Recording in New York, New York, United States (on 1952-12-30)
recording of:
Laird Baird (on 1952-12-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:48
7K.C. Blues
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1951-01-17)
double bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1951-01-17)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1951-01-17)
piano:
Walter Bishop, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1951-01-17)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1951-01-17)
recording of:
K.C. Blues (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:28
8Lover Man
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1951-08-08)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1951-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1951-08-08)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-08-08)
trumpet:
Red Rodney (on 1951-08-08)
instrumental recording of:
Lover Man (on 1951-08-08)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:25
9Just Friends
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-11-30)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1949-11-30)
cello:
Frank Miller (US cellist) (on 1949-11-30)
cor anglais and oboe:
Mitch Miller (on 1949-11-30)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1949-11-30)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1949-11-30)
harp:
Meyer Rosen (Musician - Harp Player) (on 1949-11-30) and Myor Rosen (on 1949-11-30)
piano:
Stan Freeman (on 1949-11-30)
viola:
Frank Brieff (on 1949-11-30)
violin:
Bronislaw Gimpel (violinist) (on 1949-11-30), Max Hollander (on 1949-11-30) and Milton Lomask (on 1949-11-30)
orchestra:
Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra (on 1949-11-30) and Charlie Parker Quartet (on 1949-11-30)
conductor:
Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor) (on 1949-11-30)
arranger:
Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor)
instrumental recording of:
Just Friends (on 1949-11-30)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
3:34
10The Bird
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1947-12)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1947-12)
drums (drum set):
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer, then producer/A&R) and Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (in 1947-12)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1947-12)
orchestra:
Charlie Parker Quartet (in 1947-12)
recording of:
The Bird (in 1947-12)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
4:50
11April in Paris
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-11-30)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1949-11-30)
cello:
Frank Miller (US cellist) (on 1949-11-30)
cor anglais and oboe:
Mitch Miller (on 1949-11-30)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1949-11-30)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1949-11-30)
harp:
Meyer Rosen (Musician - Harp Player) (on 1949-11-30) and Myor Rosen (on 1949-11-30)
piano:
Stan Freeman (on 1949-11-30)
viola:
Frank Brieff (on 1949-11-30)
violin:
Bronislaw Gimpel (violinist) (on 1949-11-30), Max Hollander (on 1949-11-30) and Milton Lomask (on 1949-11-30)
orchestra:
Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra (on 1949-11-30) and Charlie Parker Quartet (on 1949-11-30)
conductor:
Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor) (on 1949-11-30)
arranger:
Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor)
instrumental recording of:
April in Paris (on 1949-11-30)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:09
12Lester Leaps In
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1949-09-18)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-18)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1949-09-18)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1949-09-18)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (on 1949-09-18) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-09-18)
trombone:
Tommy Turk (on 1949-09-18)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1949-09-18)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1949-09-18)
live recording of:
Lester Leaps In (on 1949-09-18)
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
recording of:
Lester Leaps In (on 1949-09-18)
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
12:14

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