Parker, Charlie | Charlie Parker With Strings | CD

Charlie Parker was an American alto saxophonist, composer and bebop pioneer, born in Kansas City on 29 August 1920 and died in New York City on 12 March 1955, aged 34. He is known as 'Bird' and is widely considered one of the most influential jazz saxophonists. Parker introduced new harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords and chord substitutions.

Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes is a jazz compilation on one CD, issued by Verve Records. Its styles are bop, easy listening and latin jazz. The recordings were made in New York between 1947 and 1952, at venues including Mercury Recording, Carnegie Hall and Reeves Sound Studio, and Norman Granz is credited as producer.

Track List

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 (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