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Charlie Parker - Retrospective 1940-1953 (2005) [3CD]
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Excellent French three CD compilation from the Jazz legend. This is a set that any self-respecting Jazz fans will want to own. They may already have all of these recordings on other releases, but never have they been put together before in such luxurious packaging. Of all the Parker sets on the market, this is definitely one to be put at the top of the list. Disc One features 24 tracks spanning the years 1940-47. Disc Two also features 24 tracks that cover the 1947-51 time period. Disc Three contains an additional 14 tracks that were recorded between the years 1947 and 1953. Includes tracks recorded for the Decca, Savoy, Dial, Comet, Musicraft and Guild labels. Also included in this package is a beautifully illustrated 80 page plus booklet with tons of archival photos. 62 tracks total. Saga Jazz.
In 2005, Saga Jazz released a 62-track anthology of Charlie Parker recordings under the title Retrospective 1940-1953. It's a good strong shot of vintage bop, but like so many compilations it suffers slightly from chronologic scrambling. That wouldn't even be worth mentioning were it not for the inclusion of a handful of Bird's early pre-bop recordings. The oldest material, which happens to be the earliest known recording of Charlie Parker, shows up on track 24; "Honeysuckle Rose/Body & Soul" was recorded in Kansas City, KS on May 11, 1940. Placing this chestnut more than one-third of the way into an almost chronological collection is incongruous and will not assist anyone who is trying to savor the man's artistic development over a stated span of thirteen years.
That, after all, is what chronologies (and historic jazz collections) are for. The next-to-oldest recordings appear closer to where one would expect them to be – at the very beginning of the collection. "Swingmatism" and the "Hootie Blues" were recorded for the Decca label in Dallas, TX on April 30, 1941 by Jay McShann & His Orchestra. Something like a chronological progression does manage to materialize, more or less, and when Bird isn't leading his own groups he is heard sitting in with bands led by Red Norvo, Slim Gaillard, and Dizzy Gillespie. While it's very nice to know that these great recordings continue to circulate, it's a damned shame they didn't place the titles in chronological sequence, for Charlie Parker's progress occurred swiftly and very dramatically and there's nothing quite like hearing him evolve, session by session and note by note.
Recorded between probably May-November, 1940 & May 15, 1953.-
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CD1 - 1940-1947
01 - Swingmatism
02 - Hootie Blues
03 - Tiny's Tempo
04 - Groovin' High
05 - All The Things You Are
06 - Dizzy Atmosphere
07 - Salt Peanuts
08 - Shaw 'Nuff
09 - Hot House
10 - Hallelujah
11 - Slam Slam Blues
12 - Congo Blues
13 - Billie's Bounce
14 - Ko Ko
15 - Slim's Jam
16 - Yardbird Suite
17 - Ornithology
18 - A Night In Tunisia
19 - The Famous Alto Break
20 - Cool Blues
21 - Bird's Nest
22 - Relaxin' At Camarillo
23 - Chasin' The Bird
24 - Honeysuckle Rose - Body And Soul
CD2 - 1947-1951
01 - Donna Lee
02 - Milestones
03 - Little Willie Leaps
04 - The Hymn
05 - Scrapple From The Apple
06 - My Old Fame
07 - Don't Blame Me
08 - Bongo Beep
09 - How Deep Is The Ocean
10 - Bird Gets The Worm
11 - Barbados
12 - Ah-Leu-Cha
13 - Parker's Mood
14 - Perhaps
15 - Marmaduke
16 - Visa
17 - April In Paris
18 - Bloomdido
19 - Leap Frog
20 - Out Of Nowhere
21 - Au Privave
22 - Star Eyes
23 - My Little Suede Shoes
24 - Lover Man
CD3 - 1947-1953 - Broadcasts and Live
01 - Ko Ko
02 - Hot House
03 - On A Slow Boat To China
04 - Confirmation
05 - Embraceable You
06 - Cheryl
07 - Bird Of Paradise
08 - Blue 'n' Boogie
09 - Anthropology
10 - 'Round Midnight
11 - Lester Leaps In
12 - Cool Blues
13 - Salt Peanuts
14 - Wee
*2005 Saga Jazz | 982 765-6
Personnel: featuring J. J. Johnson, Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, John Lewis, Kenny Dorham, Al Haig, Carlos Vidal, Tommy Turk, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Stan Freeman, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon, Joe Harris, Howard McGhee, Wardell Gray, Dodo Marmarosa, Barney Kessel, Red Callender, Don Lamond and others…