Charlie Parker Quintet
One of jazz's most legendary figures, saxophonist Charlie Parker - or Bird as he was affectionately known - was an iconic figure of the Beat Generation who helped change the course of jazz with the creation of a new "bebop" style. The son of an alcoholic pianist and singer, Parker first started playing sax at the age of 11 and by the time he was 14, he was playing in a school band. Inspired by Kansas based groups led by Count Basie and Bennie Moten, Parker practiced constantly, going on to join Jay McShann's band playing night clubs, where his exceptional talent was first noted. Moving to New York in the early 1940s he played with Earl Hines and, in after-hours clubs in Harlem, worked with other brilliant young musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke. In this environment the bebop movement evolved using a free style that broke the previously rigid concepts of jazz. It was several years before this new style was adopted by the wider jazz world but caught people's imaginations in 1945 when Parker led what became known as "the greatest jazz session ever", recording classic tracks like Ko-Ko, Now's The Time, Blues For Alice and Billie's Bounce. The Parker-Gillespie partnership gained immense popularity but, addicted to heroin since his teens, Parker's health deteriorated and his behavior became more and more erratic. He still played brilliantly, however, creating classic tracks like Lover Man and Bebop and the albums Ornithology, Charlie Parker On Dial Volume One and Charlie Parker With Strings were highly acclaimed. Eventually his drug addiction destroyed him and he died in 1955 at the age of 34.
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Complete Live at Birdland. May 17,1950
Jazz - Released by Efor, S.L on 8 jun. 2011
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BeBop Jazz, Charlie Parker Vol. 2
Charlie Parker Quintet, Charlie Parker and His Orchestra, Charlie Parker with Strings
Bebop - Released by SendDigital on 7 dec. 2016
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All that Jazz, Vol. 24: From Bop to Sweet – Charlie Parker, Vol. 3 (2014 Digital Remaster)
Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Quintet, Charlie Parker Septet, Charlie Parker Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz - Released by Jube Pops on 3 mrt. 2015
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Live at Birdland, New York, May 1950 (Broadcast of May 1950)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on 12 okt. 2019
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Lover Man (Mono Version)
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Charlie Parker - Dial Master Takes
Dizzy Gillespie Jazzman, Charlie Parker Septet, Charlie Parker Quintet, Charlie Parker Quartet, Charlie Parker's New Stars, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Jazz - Released by Jazz Essential on 18 mei 2018
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Confirmation
Jazz - Released by Interplanet Records on 22 aug. 2016
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Hot House
Charlie Parker Quintet, Miles Davis
Jazz - Released by Music City Entertainment on 17 sep. 2018
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Hot House Rocker
Jazz - Released by Crusade Records on 16 nov. 2015
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Hot House
Jazz - Released by Music City Entertainment on 2 okt. 2018
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Nothing Compares To Us
Jazz - Released by Squirrel Monkey Recordings on 7 nov. 2015
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Now's The Time
Miles Davis Quintet, Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Quartet, Charlie Parker Quintet
Pop - Released by Beat Repeat on 1 nov. 2020
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Groovin' High
Charlie Parker Quartet, Charlie Parker, The Milt Jackson Quartet, Charlie Parker Quintet
Pop - Released by Beat Repeat on 1 nov. 2020
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Remember the Times
Jazz - Released by Studiomasters on 1 okt. 2018
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Live At the Royal Roost 1948
Charlie Parker Quintet, Miles Davis
Pop - Released by Studiomasters on 1 feb. 2021
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New York City Live Jam Session 1950
Bebop - Released by Jane Jazz on 17 aug. 2015
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Cool Blues
Jazz - Released by Music City Entertainment on 1 okt. 2018
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