Charlie Parker - Bird at St. Nick's (1950)

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Artist: Charlie Parker
Title: Bird at St. Nick's
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Original Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Saxophone Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, Scans)
Total Time: 42:23
Total Size: 113 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. I Didn't Know What Time It Was [02:37]
02. Ornithology [03:30]
03. Embraceable You [02:20]
04. Visa [03:00]
05. I Cover the Waterfront [01:46]
06. Scrapple From the Apple [04:40]
07. Star Eyes/52nd Street Theme [03:09]
08. Confirmation [03:16]
09. Out Of Nowhere [02:20]
10. Hot House [03:49]
11. What's New [02:45]
12. Now's the Time [04:18]
13. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/52nd Street Theme [04:48]

Veteran Charlie Parker collectors generally know that they should avoid all but his most famous live sessions. It is not that Parker plays badly (in fact his solo on "Confirmation" is quite miraculous) but, as is often the case with these privately recorded sets, the recording quality is horrible. Bird (with trumpeter Red Rodney, pianist Al Haig, bassist Tommy Potter, and drummer Roy Haynes) plays quite well but these versions only hint at what the music must have sounded like.

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