Bird: Inspired by the Motion Picture

~ Release by Charlie Parker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Label: Giants of Jazz - Catalog #: CD 53069 - EAN: 8004883530694 - Format: CD - Rel: 1990 (IT)
TODO:
(infos from The missing links)
(1) Now's The Time (Parker) 8.4.53 2:59
(2) Parker's Mood (Parker) 9.18.48 3:00
(3) Cool Blues (Parker) 2.19.47 2:19
(4) Laura (Mercer - Raskin) 7.5.50 2:54
(5) Night In Tunesia (Gillespie - Paparelli) 3.28.46 3:05
(6) Lover Man (1946) (Ramirez - Davis) 7.29.46 3:16
(7) Lover Man (1951) (Ramirez - Davis) 8.8.51 3:20
(5) Ornithology (Benny - Harris) 3.28.46 2:58
(5) Moose The Mooche (Parker) 3.28.46 3:01
(8) Ko Ko (Parker) 11.26.45 2:52
(9) April In Paris (Harburg - Duke) 11.30.49 3:04
(10) Relaxin With Lee (Parker) 6.6.50 3:51
(11) Overtime (P.Rugolo) 1.3.49 4:31
(11) Victory Ball (L.Tristano - B.Bauer - C.Parker) 1.3.49 4:11
(12) Bird Of Paradise (Parker) 10.28.47 3:09
(13) Chasin' The Bird (Parker) 5.8.47 2:43
(14) Sepian Bounce (Hall - McShann) 7.2.42 3:11
(15) Relaxin' At Camarillo (Parker) 2.26.47 2:59
(7) Back Home Blues (Parker) 8.8.51 2:34
(16) Blue Bird (Parker) 12.21.47 2:54
(5) Yardbird Suite (Parker) 3.28.46 2:39
(17) Lester Leaps In (L.Young) 9.18.49 6:50

(1) Charlie Parker Quartet, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Al Haig p
Percy Heath b
Max Roach d

(2) Charlie Parker All Stars, NYC
Charlie Parker as
John Lewis p
Curley Russell b
Max Roach d

(3) Charlie Parker Quartet, Hollywood
Charlie Parker as
Erroll Garner p
Red Callender b
Harold 'Doc' West d

(4) Charlie Parker with Strings, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Joseph Singer frh
Edwin C. Brown oboe
Sam Caplan v
Howard A. Kay v
Harry Melnikoff v
Sam Rand v
Ziggy Smirnoff v
Isadore Zir viola
Maurice Brown cello
Verley Mills harp
Bernie Leighton p
Ray Brown b
Buddy Rich d
Joe Lippman arr, cond

(5) Charlie Parker Septet, Hollywood
Charlie Parker as
Miles Davis tp
Lucky Thompson ts
Dodo Marmarosa p
Arvin Garrison g (except Moose...)
Vic McMillan b
Roy Porter d

(6) Charlie Parker Quintet, Hollywood
Charlie Parker as
Howard McGhee tp
Jimmy Bunn p
Bob Kesterson b
Roy Porter d

(7) Charlie Parker Quintet, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Red Rodney tp
John Lewis p
Ray Brown b
Kenny Clarke d

(8) Charlie Parker's Reboppers, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Dizzy Gillespie tp, p
Sadik Hakim p
Curley Russell b
Max Roach d

(9) Charlie Parker with Strings, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Mitch Miller oboe, eng. horn
Meyer Rosen harp
Bronislaw Gimpel v
Max Hollander v
Milton Lomask v
Frank Brieff viola
Frank Miller cello
Stan Freeman p
Ray Brown b
Buddy Rich d
Jimmy Carroll arr, cond

(10) Charlie Parker and his Orchestra, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Dizzy Gillespie tp
Thelonious Monk p
Curley Russell b
Buddy Rich d

(11) Metronome All Stars
Miles Davis tp
Dizzy Gillespie tp
Fats Navarro tp

  1. J. Johnson tb

Kai Winding tb
Buddy De Franco cl
Charlie Parker as
Charlie Ventura ts
Ernie Cacares bs
Lennie Tristano p
Billy Bauer g
Eddie Safranski b
Shelly Manne d

(12) Charlie Parker Quintet, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Miles Davis tp
Duke Jordan p
Tommy Potter b
Max Roach d

(13) Charlie Parker All Stars, NYC
Charlie Parker as
Miles Davis tp
Bud Powell p
Tommy Potter b
Max Roach d

(14) Jay McShann and His Orchestra, NYC
Orville Minor tp
Bernard Anderson tp
Bob Merrill tp
Lawrence Anderson b
Taswell 'Little Joe' Baird b
John Jackson as
Charlie Parker as
Fred Culliver ts
Bob Mabane ts
James Coe bs
Jay McShann p
Leonard 'Lucky' Enois g
Gene Ramey b
Gus Johnson d(?)
Harold 'Doc' West d(?)

(15) Charlie Parker's New Stars, Hollywood
Charlie Parker as
Howard McGhee tp
Wardell Gray ts
Dodo Marmarosa p
Barney Kessel g
Red Callender b
Don Lamond d

(16) Charlie Parker All Stars, Detroit
same personnel as on (12)

(17) JATP, NYC, Carnegie Hall
Roy Eldridge tp
Tommy Turk tb
Charlie Parker as
Flip Phillips ts
Lester Young ts
Hank Jones p
Ray Brown b
Buddy Rich d

Annotation last modified on 2007-02-20 10:04 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Now's the Time
recording of:
Now’s the Time
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
3:00
2Parker's Mood
recording of:
Parker's Mood
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:01
3Cool Blues
recording of:
Cool Blues
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:20
4Laura
recording of:
Laura (1945 song)
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)
2:56
5A Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
3:07
6Lover Man (1946)
recording of:
Lover Man
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)
3:18
7Lover Man (1951)
recording of:
Lover Man
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)
3:22
8Ornithology
recording of:
Ornithology
composer:
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Marada Music Ltd.
3:00
9Moose the Mooche
recording of:
Moose the Mooche
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
3:04
10Ko Ko
recording of:
Ko Ko
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1945)
publisher:
Atlantic Music/BMI (BMI)
2:54
11April in Paris
recording of:
April in Paris
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)
3:07
12Relaxin' With Lee
recording of:
Relaxin' with Lee
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:52
13Overtime
4:32
14Victory Ball
recording of:
Victory Ball
composer:
Lennie Tristano
4:12
15Bird of Paradise
recording of:
Bird of Paradise
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:11
16Chasin' the Bird
recording of:
Chasing the Bird
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:44
17Sepian Bounce
3:13
18Relaxin' at Camarillo
recording of:
Relaxin’ at Camarillo
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:01
19Back Home Blues
recording of:
Back Home Blues
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:36
20Blue Bird
recording of:
Bluebird
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:56
21Yardbird Suite
recording of:
Yardbird Suite (lyrics by Bob Dorough: "I sing this song hoping you'll all find out...")
lyricist:
Bob Dorough (in 1955)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
is based on:
Yardbird Suite (instrumental version)
2:41
22Lester Leaps In
recording of:
Lester Leaps In
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
6:54

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