Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

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Artist: Charlie Parker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Parker, Casey, Kenneth
  2. Blues for Norman - Charlie Parker, Shrdlu, Norman
  3. I Can't Get Started - Charlie Parker, Duke, Vernon
  4. Oh, Lady Be Good - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
  5. After You've Gone - Charlie Parker, Creamer, Henry
  6. I Got Rhythm - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
  7. Introductions by Norman Granz - Charlie Parker,
  8. J.A.T.P. Blues - Charlie Parker, Shrdlu, Norman
Music CD 2
  1. The Bird - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  2. Repetition - Charlie Parker, Hefti, Neal
  3. No Noise, Pts. 1 & 2 - Charlie Parker, Bartee, John
  4. No Noise, Pt. 2 - Charlie Parker, Bartee, John
  5. Mango Mangue - Charlie Parker, Sunshine, Marion
  6. Okiedoke - Charlie Parker, Hernandez, Rene
  7. Cardboard - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  8. Visa - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  9. Segment-Tune X - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  10. Diverse (Tune X) - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  11. Passport-Tune Y - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  12. Passport-Tune Z - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
Music CD 3
  1. The Opener - Charlie Parker, Shrdlu, Norman
  2. Lester Leaps In - Charlie Parker, Young, Lester
  3. Embraceable You - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
  4. The Closer - Charlie Parker, Etaoin, N.
  5. Ow/Introduction of Ella Fitzgerald - Charlie Parker, Gillespie, Dizzy
  6. Flyin' Home - Charlie Parker, Goodman, Benny
  7. How High the Moon - Charlie Parker, Hamilton, Nancy
  8. Perdido - Charlie Parker, Tizol, Juan
Music CD 4
  1. Just Friends - Charlie Parker, Lewis, Sam M.
  2. Everything Happens to Me - Charlie Parker, Adair, Tom
  3. April in Paris - Charlie Parker, Harburg, E.Y.
  4. Summertime - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
  5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Charlie Parker, Rodgers, Richard
  6. If I Should Lose You - Charlie Parker, Rainger, Ralph
  7. Star Eyes - Charlie Parker, Raye, Don
  8. Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  9. I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Parker, McHugh, Jimmy
  10. Bloomdido - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  11. An Oscar for Treadwell - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  12. An Oscar for Treadwell - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  13. Mohawk - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  14. Mohawk - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  15. My Melancholy Baby - Charlie Parker, Burnett, Ernie
  16. My Melancholy Baby - Charlie Parker, Burnett, Ernie
  17. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  18. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  19. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  20. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  21. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  22. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  23. Relaxin' With Lee - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  24. Relaxin' With Lee - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  25. Relaxin' With Lee - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  26. Relaxin' With Lee - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
Music CD 5
  1. Dancing in the Dark - Charlie Parker, Schwartz, Arthur
  2. Out of Nowhere - Charlie Parker, Green, Johnny
  3. Laura - Charlie Parker, Raksin, David
  4. Laura - Charlie Parker, Raksin, David
  5. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) - Charlie Parker, Bowman, Brooks
  6. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
  7. Easy to Love - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  8. I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Parker, McHugh, Jimmy
  9. I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Parker, McHugh, Jimmy
  10. I'll Remember April - Charlie Parker, Raye, Don
  11. I'll Remember April - Charlie Parker, Raye, Don
  12. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  13. April in Paris - Charlie Parker, Harburg, E.Y.
  14. Repetition - Charlie Parker, Hefti, Neal
  15. Easy to Love - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  16. Rocker - Charlie Parker, Mulligan, Gerry
  17. Celebrity - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  18. Ballade - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  19. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite - Charlie Parker, OFarrill, Chico
Music CD 6
  1. Au Privave - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  2. Au Privave - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  3. She Rote - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  4. She Rote - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  5. K.C. Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  6. Star Eyes - Charlie Parker, Raye, Don
  7. My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  8. Un Poquito de Tu Amor - Charlie Parker, Cugat, Xavier
  9. Tico-Tico - Charlie Parker, Abreu, Jose
  10. Fiesta - Charlie Parker, Traditional
  11. Why Do I Love You? - Charlie Parker, Kern, Jerome
  12. Why Do I Love You? - Charlie Parker, Kern, Jerome
  13. Why Do I Love You? - Charlie Parker, Kern, Jerome
  14. Blues for Alice - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  15. Si Si - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  16. Swedish Schnapps - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  17. Swedish Schnapps - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  18. Back Home Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  19. Back Home Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  20. Lover Man - Charlie Parker, Davis, Jimmy [3]
Music CD 7
  1. Temptation - Charlie Parker, Freed, Arthur
  2. Lover - Charlie Parker, Rodgers, Richard
  3. Autumn in New York - Charlie Parker, Duke, Vernon
  4. Stella by Starlight - Charlie Parker, Washington, Ned
  5. Mama Inez - Charlie Parker, Gilbert, L. Wolfe
  6. La Cucaracha - Charlie Parker, Traditional
  7. La Cucaracha - Charlie Parker, Traditional
  8. La Cucaracha - Charlie Parker, Traditional
  9. Estrellita - Charlie Parker, Venosa, Arthur
  10. Estrellita - Charlie Parker, Venosa, Arthur
  11. Estrellita - Charlie Parker, Venosa, Arthur
  12. Begin the Beguine - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  13. La Paloma - Charlie Parker, Yradier, Sebastian
  14. Night and Day - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  15. Almost Like Being in Love - Charlie Parker, Lerner, Alan Jay
  16. I Can't Get Started - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, Ira
  17. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
Music CD 8
  1. J.A.T.P. Blues - Charlie Parker, Shrdlu, Norman
  2. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  3. Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are/Dearly Beloved/The Nearness ... - Charlie Parker, Kern, Jerome
  4. Funky Blues - Charlie Parker, Hodges, Johnny
Music CD 9
  1. The Song Is You - Charlie Parker, Kern, Jerome
  2. Laird Baird - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  3. Kim - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  4. Kim - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  5. Cosmic Rays - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  6. Cosmic Rays - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  7. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  8. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  9. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  10. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  11. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  12. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  13. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  14. Old Folks - Charlie Parker, Hill, Dedette Lee
  15. Old Folks - Charlie Parker, Hill, Dedette Lee
  16. Old Folks - Charlie Parker, Hill, Dedette Lee
  17. Old Folks - Charlie Parker, Hill, Dedette Lee
  18. If I Love Again - Charlie Parker, Murray, Jack
Music CD 10
  1. Chi-Chi - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  2. Chi-Chi - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  3. Chi-Chi - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  4. Chi-Chi - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  5. I Remember You - Charlie Parker, Schertzinger, Victo
  6. Now's the Time - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie
  7. Confirmation - Charlie Parker, Harris, Benny
  8. I Get a Kick Out of You - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  9. I Get a Kick Out of You - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  10. I Get a Kick Out of You - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  11. I Get a Kick Out of You - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  12. I Get a Kick Out of You - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  13. Just One of Those Things - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  14. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  15. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  16. I've Got You Under My Skin - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  17. Love for Sale - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  18. Love for Sale - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  19. Love for Sale - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  20. Love for Sale - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  21. I Love Paris - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
  22. I Love Paris - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole

Free Music Notes for Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

Free Music Review: Exhaustive, but not for everyone
Hit: 5 Stars

I give this set five stars because it exhaustively catalogues much of the studio work of one of Jazz's greatest artists. The liner notes provide thorough insight into the the happenings at each session presented, along with many well-known biographical facts about Bird. The result the most appropriate biography that the man could ever have hoped for, complete with samplings of his music at each stage of his career.

The reason that I say "not for everyone" is that this set contains a huuuuge number of outtakes and false starts. There are about three or four discs in the set that could be put in your disc player at a party. The remainder of the discs require very attentive and precise listening. (Some may say that about all of Parker's music, but the reality is that some people like jazz for ambience more than for focused listening.)

I appreciate all of the outtakes because I use this set, along with my Omnibook and Real Book, as a source of inspiration for my musical development. In that sense, the differences between the tracks that Mr. Parker selected and those that gathered dust on the studio shelf is quite elucidating. By listening to the successive tracks in their chronological order, one can gain significant insight into the the musical thinking of one of jazz's giants.

If you are an aspiring jazz musician, or if you just happen to like a rigorous listening experience, then this set is for you. If you want a lot of good Parker to put in the mix for your next cocktail hour, buy ten of his studio releases for roughly the same cost.
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Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve Poster

This 10-CD set collects all of Parker's recordings for Norman Granz's various labels, beginning with an isolated Jazz at the Philharmonic appearance in 1946. Parker recorded exclusively for Granz beginning in late 1948, and the relationship continued to his final studio session in 1954. While the most brilliant flowers of Parker's creativity bloomed before that contract began, this set documents in meticulous detail Bird's longest relationship with a single record company and a period in which he was the most influential musician in jazz. While labels such as Savoy and Dial had been limited to recording Parker in the small groups he worked with regularly, Granz's greater resources allowed Parker to undertake the more expansive projects he sought, such as the famous recordings with strings, heard here in their entirety. Granz also recorded Parker with many of the giants of the Swing Era who made up his roster, and there are performances with many of Parker's original influences, such as Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, and trumpeter Roy Eldridge.

Some of Granz's inspirations were less appropriate, like burdening Parker and Dizzy Gillespie with the flamboyant Buddy Rich, but Parker even manages to sound fluent and amused on a confused arrangement of "In the Still of the Night" with reed parts by Gil Evans and voices arranged by Dave Lambert. He's more often heard in congenial small group settings that include Miles Davis, Hank Jones, and Max Roach, and there are plenty of moments when Parker is a match for even his own earlier recordings. The wealth of alternate takes and false starts provides an intimate and detailed portrait of Bird in the studio, and there's a brilliance to Parker's improvisations that makes every track of interest. --Stuart Broomer

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