Charlie Parker - Rara Avis (Rare Bird) (1989) CD Rip

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Title: Rara Avis (Rare Bird)
Year Of Release: 1989
Label: Stash Records[ST-CD-21]
Genre: Jazz, Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 60:47
Total Size: 198 MB(+3%) | 144 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Now's the Time (Parker) - 3:22
02. Lover (Rodgers) - 2:57
03. I Can't Get Started (Duke)/Blues Jam Session No.1 (head) - 5:40
04. Anthropology (Parker) - 2:52
05. Bop City (Winding) - 1:27
06. I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter) - 2:59
07. Blues Jam No.2 (aka Billie's Other Bounce) (head) - 5:59
08. Cool Blues (Parker) - 6:16
09. Scrapple from the Apple (Parker) - 7:13
10. Laura (Raksin) - 8:02
11. Cheryl (Parker) - 6:06
12. Ornithology (Parker-Harris) - 6:24
13. Fifty-Second Street Theme (Monk) - 1:30
Charlie Parker - Rara Avis (Rare Bird) (1989) CD Rip

personnel :

Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
with
#1-3:
Joe Bushkin - piano
Chubby Jackson - bass
George Wettling - drums
Shorty Sherrock - trumpet (#3)
Sidney Bechet - sopranino saxophone (#3)
Recorded at WPIX TV Studios, New York on February 21, 1949.
#4-7:
Mike Caluccio, Joe Sullivan (#6,7) - piano
unknown bass
Max Roach, Specs Powell (#6,7) - drums
Ann Hathaway - vocals (#6)
Kai Winding, Will Bradley - trombone (#6,7)
Miles Davis, Max Kaminsky - trumpet (#6,7)
Joe Marsala - clarinet (#6,7)
Recorded at television broadcast, "Adventures in Jazz", CBS TV Studios, New York on March 4, 1949.
#8-13:
Herb Pomeroy - trumpet
Dean Earl - piano
Bernie Griggs - bass
Bill Graham - drums
Recorded at "Hi-Hat Club", Boston, MA on June 14, 1953.

This CD released for the first time the soundtrack of two of Charlie Parker's appearances on television. Some of the music and talking is trivial and loose but a few of the performances are quite unique and Bird is heard with a variety of intriguing groups. From 1949 Parker plays a fine version of "Lover" and helps trumpeter Shorty Sherock on "I Can't Get Started" but is drowned out by Sidney Bechet on an uptempo blues. From 1952 Bird gets featured on "Anthropology" and participates in a "Bop vs. Dixieland" blues with trumpeters Max Kaminsky and Miles Davis, trombonists Kai Winding and Will Bradley and clarinetist Joe Marsala; everyone gets to solo. This interesting CD concludes with Bird in fine form in 1954 with a quintet that also includes trumpeter Herb Pomeroy, material not available elsewhere.~ Scott Yanow