Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Swedish Schnapps (1951) [2014 Japan Universal 100 Series] CD-Rip

Musicians like to observe that for all his notoriety as the wellspring of bebop, Charlie "Bird" Parker's music was loaded with the blues. SWEDISH SCHNAPPS is as good a place as any to make that connection with Parker's music, including as it does two of his most enduring bop heads based on the blues, "Au Privave" and "Blues For Alice." While you wouldn't mistake either composition for a Muddy Waters tune, both relate Bird's off-kilter accents and serpentine melodicism at walking tempos that let you hear what's actually going by, instead of leaving you astonished but bemused. To really drive the point home, there's "K.C. Blues," which finds the altoist at his hollerin' best, and "Lover Man," certainly one of the bluesiest 32-bar standards around.

Tracks:

01 - Si Si
02 - Swedish Schnapps (alternate take)
03 - Swedish Schnapps
04 - Back Home Blues (alternate take)
05 - Back Home Blues
06 - Lover Man
07 - Blues For Alice
08 - Au Privave (alternate take)
09 - Au Privave
10 - She Rote (alternate take)
11 - She Rote
12 - K. C. Blues
13 - Star Eyes
14 - Segment
15 - Diverse
16 - Passport (rare)
17 - Passport (common)

Personnel:

[# 1-7]
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Red Rodney - trumpet
John Lewis - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums

Recorded at RCA Victor's 24th Street Studios, New York City ; August 8, 1951

[# 8-13]
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Miles Davis - trumpet
Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano
Teddy Kotick - bass
Max Roach - drums

Recorded in New York City ; January 17, 1951

[# 14-17]
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Kenny Dorham - trumpet
Al Haig - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Max Roach - drums

Recorded in New York City ; May 5, 1949