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Charlie Parker
Complete Norman Granz Master Takes
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Bird - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
2. Repetition - Charlie Parker, Hefti, N.
3. No Noise (Parts I & II) - Charlie Parker, Bartee, J.
4. Mango Mangue - Charlie Parker, Sunshine
5. Okiedoke - Charlie Parker, Hernandes
6. Cardboard - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
7. Visa - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
8. Segment - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
9. Passport - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
10. Passport - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
11. Just Firends - Charlie Parker, Klenner
12. Everything Happens to Me - Charlie Parker, Adair, Thomas
13. April in Paris - Charlie Parker, Duke
14. Summertime - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
15. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Charlie Parker, Hart
16. If I Should Lose You - Charlie Parker, Rainger
17. Star Eyes - Charlie Parker, DePaul, Gene
18. Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
19. I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Parker, Fields, Dorothy
20. Bloomdido - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
21. An Oscar for Treadwell - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
22. Mohawk - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
23. My Melancholy Baby - Charlie Parker, Burnett, Ernie
24. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
1. Relaxing with Lee - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
2. Dancing in the Dark - Charlie Parker, Dietz
3. Out of Nowhere - Charlie Parker, Green, Johnny [1]
4. Laura - Charlie Parker, Mercer, Johnny
5. East of the Sun - Charlie Parker, Bowman, B.
6. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Charlie Parker, Gershwin, George
7. Easy to Love - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
8. I'm in the Mood for Love - Charlie Parker, Fields, Dorothy
9. I'll Remember April - Charlie Parker, DePaul, Gene
10. Ballade - Charlie Parker, Hawkins
11. Celebrity - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
12. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite - Charlie Parker, Gillespie
13. Au Privave - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
14. She Rote - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
15. K. C. Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
16. Star Eyes - Charlie Parker, DePaul, Gene
17. My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
18. Un Poquito de Tu Amor - Charlie Parker, Gutierrez
19. Tico Tico - Charlie Parker, Abreu
20. Fiesta - Charlie Parker, Massey, C.
21. Why Do I Love You? - Charlie Parker, Hammerstein, Oscar
Track Listings (26) - Disc #3
1. Blues for Alice - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
2. Si Si - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
3. Swedish Schnapps - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
4. Back Home Blues - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
5. Loverman - Charlie Parker, Davis
6. Temptation - Charlie Parker, Brown, Nacio Herb
7. Lover - Charlie Parker, Hart
8. Autumn in New York - Charlie Parker, Duke, V.
9. Stella by Starlight - Charlie Parker, Washington, Ned
10. Mama Inez - Charlie Parker, Gilbert
11. La Cucaracha - Charlie Parker, Traditional
12. Estrellita - Charlie Parker, Ponce, Manuel
13. Begin the Beguine - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
14. La Paloma - Charlie Parker, Yradier, S.
15. Night and Day - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
16. Almost Like Being in Love - Charlie Parker, Lerner
17. I Can't Get Started - Charlie Parker, Duke
18. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
19. The Song Is You - Charlie Parker, Hammerstein, Oscar
20. Laird Baird - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
21. Kim - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
22. Cosmic Rays - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
23. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
24. Old Folks - Charlie Parker, Hill, Dedette Lee
25. If I Love Again - Charlie Parker, Murray
26. Chi Chi - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
Track Listings (13) - Disc #4
1. I Remember You - Charlie Parker, Mercer
2. Now's the Time - Charlie Parker, Parker, C.
3. Confirmation - Charlie Parker, Parker, Charlie Jr.
4. I Get a Kick out of You - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
5. Just One of Those Things - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
6. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
7. I've Got You Under My Skin - Charlie Parker, Porter, Cole
8. Love for Sale - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
9. I Love Paris - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
10. Jam Blues - Charlie Parker,
11. What Is This Thing Called Love - Charlie Parker, Porter, C.
12. Dearly Beloved - Charlie Parker, Kern
13. Funky Blues - Charlie Parker, Hodges, J.

CD Details

All Artists: Charlie Parker
Title: Complete Norman Granz Master Takes
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Definitive Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 6/10/2005
Album Type: Box set, Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Bebop
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPCs: 8436006492730, 758661413423

Synopsis

Album Description

Spread over 4 discs is material recorded by the great Charlie Parker in studio for the legendary producer and promoter Norman Granz from 1947 until the end of 1954, which was a few months before his death. This complete set includes a session recorded at Carnegie Hall, 3 tracks from the two first Parkers Sessions with Machito's big band, the famous 'Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite' divided into 6 parts 'Cancion', 'Mambo Part 1-2', 'Rhumba Abierta', '6/8' & 'Jazz' with Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips & Buddy Rich, and finally 4 tracks from the legendary 'Jam Sessions' with a booklet full of many personal details. Disconforme. 2005.

CD Reviews

CD Copyright Sercurity Tightens

Randall T. Atkinson | Australia | 11/07/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Firstly this box set is great value for money and has more tracks than the Verve complete metal box 3 cd set with similar good sound quality for the period. So feel confident that Definitive Records have done a good job here.

Interestingly one of the disc's in this set does not play on my home stereo but plays fine on my laptop computer. I recently had a similar issue with one disc from the Mingus Atlantic box set. At first I thought I was getting faulty manufactured disc's but after reading another Amazon reviews comments I am sure this is a cd copyright sercurity issue. Let's hope this issue resolves itself over time.

Back to the Parker box set. It's on a cheap label but the quality is all there. Buy and enjoy!"

Sequencing & sound trumps fancy packaging

attentive listener | Joysey | 10/10/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This contains all of Bird's master takes on Verve between 47' and 54', over five hours worth on 4 discs. Chronilogically sequenced so that his stints with strings are spread out making them a joy to hear, everything stays fresh, not too much of this or that, stylistically. The sound quality is tops, Definitive may be second, only to JSP with regard to meticulous transfers, etc... Everything sounds very natural. The notes and packaging are OK, the focus here is the music, as it should be. His list of sidemen, reads like a who's who of swing and bop allstars. This set, in combination with JSP's 5 disc package Charlie Parker: A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948, might be the only Bird that a casual enthusiast ever need. These sets clearly illustrate the legacy of Charlie Bird Parker.

Bird Lives."