Charlie Parker With Strings (Charlie Parker)
from Decca (UMO)
Disk 1: - Just Friends - Everything Happens To Me - April In Paris - Summertime - I Didn't Know What Time It Was - If I Should Lose You - Dancing In The Dark - Out Of Nowhere - Laura - East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) - They Can't Take That Away From Me - Easy To Love - I'm In The Mood For Love - I'll Remember April - What Is This Thing Called Love? - April In Paris - Repetition - Easy To Love - Rocker (I'll Remember April) - Temptation - Lover - Autumn In New York - Stella By Starlight - Repetition - Charlie Parker, Neal Hefti Orchestra
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Binding/Format: Audio CD
Release Date: 19/03/2007
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Music
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Music Pod Price: £7.99
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Charlie Parker welcomed the opportunity to record standards with a small string ensemble in 1949, and the results are stunning, his liquid alto soaring over the tuneful and only occasionally stiff arrangements. Along the way, he invests tunes like "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Laura" with a unique blend of bluesy realism and mercurial improvisation. The CD adds live versions from a Carnegie Hall concert, and there are also two brilliant versions of Neal Hefti's "Repetition". The 1947 version has Bird flying spontaneously over the dense orchestration of horns, strings, and Latin percussion. --Stuart Broomer
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Associated music album categories: Jazz & Big Band |
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