Jazz
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker (1920-1955) - aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist. Signature works: Ko-Ko, Ornithology, Confirmation.
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HEART TRIO
ORNITHOLOGY: THE BEST OF BIRD
BIRD IN KANSAS CITY
NORMAN GRANZ' JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC
CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS
HAPPY TODAY
HAPPY TODAY
Shakespeare: As You Like It
Johan De Meij: The Symphonies / Parker, Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Award-winning conductor and composer Johan de Meij’s First Symphony ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a spectacular evocation in five portraits and scenes based on Tolkien’s tale of a grand quest and the struggle of good against evil. The Second Symphony is an ode to the symmetry of New York’s streets and its massive architecture, as well as a tribute to the American styles of Copland and Bernstein, while the cinematic effects of the Third Symphony form an epic paean to the entire earth in all its miraculous beauty.
Voice
Charlie Parker in Sweden
Shakespeare: As You Like It
In Sweden 1950 [Vinyl]
Before jets and a proliferation of festivals made European appearances by American jazz musicians commonplace, it was not unusual for a trans-Atlantic tour to be preceded by six months of publicity. But such was not the case in November 1950, when Charlie Parker's arrival in Sweden literally took some fans by surprise. The trip was made on such short notice that booking negotiations virtually continued until his day of departure from the States. Rumors of impending visits from Parker had circulated from time to time, but so exciting was the prospect that one dared not believe them. Given the scarecity of live jazz in Europe at that time, and the fact that Charlie Parker, the Messiah of modern jazz, was already achieving legendary status, it was preordained that this visit would be a particularly memorable one. We hope this live album proves to be as exciting to listeners now as it was to the approximately one thousand people who crowded into the dance hall of Folkets Park in Halsingborg and the seventy-five who were lucky enough to attend the session that followed all those years ago.
FAKTURA
COMPLETE SAVOY SESSIONS + 19 BONUS TRACKS
V5: C. PARKER 1947-49
V7: C. PARKER 1949-50
V1: C. PARKER 1940-45
V3: C. PARKER 1946-47
V4: C. PARKER 1947
V10: C. PARKER 1951-52
V2: C. PARKER 1945-46
V12: C. PARKER 1952-53
V8: C. PARKER 1950
V9: C. PARKER 1950-51
V6: C. PARKER 1949
V11: C. PARKER 1952
Where Heart and Heaven Meet
Listen, Lord
