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In 2005, Saga Jazz released a 62-track anthology of Charlie Parker recordings under the title Retrospective 1940-1953. It's a good strong shot of vintage bop, but like so many compilations it suffers slightly from chronologic scrambling. That wouldn't even be worth mentioning were it not for the inclusion of a handful of Bird's early pre-bop recordings. The oldest material, which happens to be the earliest known recording of Charlie Parker, shows up on track 24; "Honeysuckle Rose/Body & Soul" was recorded in Kansas City, KS on May 11, 1940. Placing this chestnut more than one-third of the way into an almost chronological collection is incongruous and will not assist anyone who is trying to savor the man's artistic development over a stated span of thirteen years. That, after all, is what chronologies (and historic jazz collections) are for. The next-to-oldest recordings appear closer to where one would expect them to be -- at the very beginning of the collection. "Swingmatism" and the "Hootie Blues" were recorded for the Decca label in Dallas, TX on April 30, 1941 by Jay McShann & His Orchestra. Something like a chronological progression does manage to materialize, more or less, and when Bird isn't leading his own groups he is heard sitting in with bands led by Red Norvo, Slim Gaillard, and Dizzy Gillespie. While it's very nice to know that these great recordings continue to circulate, it's a damned shame they didn't place the titles in chronological sequence, for Charlie Parker's progress occurred swiftly and very dramatically and there's nothing quite like hearing him evolve, session by session and note by note.
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - JAY MCSHANN, Composer - William J. Scott, Composer
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist - JAY MCSHANN, Composer - Walter Brown, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Clyde Hart, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer
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Jerome Kern, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Kenny Clarke, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Tadd Dameron, Composer
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Vincent Youmans, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Leo Robin, Composer - Clifford Grey, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Red Norvo, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Red Norvo, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Slim Gaillard, Composer
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist - Benny Harris, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - FRANK PAPARELLI, Composer
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - FRANK PAPARELLI, Composer
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Charlie Parker, Composer - Charlie Parker Quartet, MainArtist
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Edward Heyman, Composer - Frank Eyton, Composer - John Green, Composer - Robert Sour, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - F Waller, Composer
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DISC 2
Miles Davis, Composer - Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Miles Davis, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist
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Miles Davis, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Arthur Johnston, Composer - Sam Coslow, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist
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Dorothy Fields, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Jimmy McHugh, Composer
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Irving Berlin, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Edgar "Yip" Harburg, Composer - Vernon Duke, Composer
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Edward Heyman, Composer - John Green, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist
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GENE PAUL, Composer - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Don Raye, Composer
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Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Jimmie Davis, Composer - Jimmy Sherman, Composer - Roger J. "Ram" Ramirez, Composer
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DISC 3
Charlie Parker, Composer, MainArtist
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Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Tadd Dameron, Composer
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Album review
In 2005, Saga Jazz released a 62-track anthology of Charlie Parker recordings under the title Retrospective 1940-1953. It's a good strong shot of vintage bop, but like so many compilations it suffers slightly from chronologic scrambling. That wouldn't even be worth mentioning were it not for the inclusion of a handful of Bird's early pre-bop recordings. The oldest material, which happens to be the earliest known recording of Charlie Parker, shows up on track 24; "Honeysuckle Rose/Body & Soul" was recorded in Kansas City, KS on May 11, 1940. Placing this chestnut more than one-third of the way into an almost chronological collection is incongruous and will not assist anyone who is trying to savor the man's artistic development over a stated span of thirteen years. That, after all, is what chronologies (and historic jazz collections) are for. The next-to-oldest recordings appear closer to where one would expect them to be -- at the very beginning of the collection. "Swingmatism" and the "Hootie Blues" were recorded for the Decca label in Dallas, TX on April 30, 1941 by Jay McShann & His Orchestra. Something like a chronological progression does manage to materialize, more or less, and when Bird isn't leading his own groups he is heard sitting in with bands led by Red Norvo, Slim Gaillard, and Dizzy Gillespie. While it's very nice to know that these great recordings continue to circulate, it's a damned shame they didn't place the titles in chronological sequence, for Charlie Parker's progress occurred swiftly and very dramatically and there's nothing quite like hearing him evolve, session by session and note by note.
© arwulf arwulf /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 62 track(s)
- Total length: 03:41:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Charlie Parker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SAGA
- Genre: Jazz Bebop
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