Charlie Parker - The Magnificent Charlie Parker (Vinyle jaune)
COMPILATION
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker [click here to see more vinyl featuring Charlie Parker]
Trumpet – Miles Davis (A1-4, B6) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Miles Davis]
Trumpet – Red Rodney (B1-5)
Bass – Charlie Mingus (A5-6) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Charles Mingus]
Bass – Ray Brown (B1-5) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ray Brown]
Bass - Teddy Kotick (A1-4, B6)
Drums – Max Roach (A1-4) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Max Roach]
Drums – Kenny Clarke (B1-5) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Kenny Clarke]
Drums – Roy Haynes (B6) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Roy Haynes]
Bassoon – Manny Thaler (A5-6)
Bongos – Joe Mangual (B6)
Clarinet – Hal McKusick (A5-6)
Congas – Ralph Miranda (B6)
Flute – Al Block (A5-6)
French Horn – Junior Collins (A5-6)
Oboe – Tommy Mace (A5-6)
Piano – John Lewis (B1-5), Tony Aless (A5-6), Walter Bishop (A1-4, B6)
Arranged by Gil Evans (A5-6)
Vocal Arrangements by Dave Lamber (A5-6)
Written by Charlie Parker (A1-3, A5, B1-4), Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr. (A4), Gene DePaul (A4), Dedette Lee Hill (A6), Willard Robison (A6), Kurt Weill (B5), Maxwell Anderson (B5), Hammerstein-Kern (B6)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Yellow
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Verve
Original Label : Clef Records
Produced by Norman Granz
Originally released in 1955
Reissued in November 2022
Tracks:
Side A:
- Au Privave
- She Rote
- K.C. Blues
- Star Eyes
- In The Still Of The Night
- Old Folks
Side B:
- Blues For Alice
- Si Si
- Swedish Schnapps
- Back Home Blues
- Lover Man
- Why Do I Love You?
Reviews :
“If you had told me a few years ago that I would soon be able to buy pristine copies of Charlie Parker LPs, I would have thought you plumb crazy, but then, here we are with another outstanding Record Store Day release in the form of “The Magnificent Charlie Parker”. This album was originally released in the mid-50s on the Clef album and it contains much of Clef’s Parker singles from 1951 when Bird was playing at his best. It’s a wonderful collection of singles all arranged in logical succession with no weird volume or sound quality leaps as you go track to track. Those who are familiar with some Parker CD collections will know what I mean by incongruent track succession.
Side one opens with four tracks that feature a young Miles on trumpet, as well as Max Roach on drums. Miles’ playing at that time was very clean and precise, revealing the influence of Clifford Brown, as well as Miles’ classical background. All of these tracks are great, with “She Rote” being the ultimate in bebop styled abstraction and modernity. The last two cuts on this side are exotica pop numbers with a vocal choir and small orchestra arrangement. by Gil Evans. Side two features Red Rodney on trumpet, possibly Parker’s most cohesive and inspiring sideman outside of Dizzy Gillespie. This group also features a young John Lewis on piano before he became known as a purveyor of 3rd stream chamber jazz.
Every track on here is excellent and its nice that the song choices lean away from show tunes and more towards bebop originals that really bring out the witty urban flavor of one of jazz’s most creative eras.” Music Archive
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 4.78 / 5