Paris Jazz Corner

Verve (réf. 837 141 2/)

Featuring :
Charlie Parker (saxophone),

CD box set, stereo, second hand, 55.00 €
[64.90 US$, 7,133.50 ¥]

1988 set

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10 cds set, with 176 selections, more than 11 hours of music and a 96 pages booklet with 12 rare photos.

As a leader, Charlie Parker recorded for Savoy and Dial during 1945-1948 and then for Verve exclusively (at least in the studios) during 1949-1954. This remarkable ten-CD box set, which adds quite a bit of material to an earlier ten-LP set, contains all of these recordings plus Bird's earlier appearances with Jazz at the Philharmonic. The JATP jams are highlighted by Parker's perfect solo on 'Oh Lady Be Good', a ferocious improvisation on 'The Closer', and a solo on 'Embraceable You' that tops his more famous studio recording. In addition, this box has all of the 'Bird and Strings' sides, his meetings with Machito's Cuban orchestra, the 1950 session with Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, small-group dates (including a 1951 meeting with Miles Davis), odd encounters with voices and studio bands, the famous 'Jam Blues' with fellow altoists Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter, and his final recordings, a set of Cole Porter tunes. The fact-filled 34-page booklet is also indispensable. Highly recommended.

by Scott Yanow
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