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Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Volumes 1 & 4 (1990) {Philology W 518-2 rec 1937-1952}
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© 1937-1952, 1990 Philology | W 518-2
Jazz / Bop / Bebop / Saxophone

Charlie Parker was a legendary Grammy Award–winning jazz saxophonist who, with Dizzy Gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. Charlie Parker was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas. From 1935 to 1939, he played the Missouri nightclub scene with local jazz and blues bands. In 1945 he led his own group while performing with Dizzy Gillespie on the side. Together they invented bebop. In 1949, Parker made his European debut, giving his last performance several years later. He died a week later on March 12, 1955, in New York City.

Aldo Romano - Non Dimenticar (1993) {Polygram–MLP 518 264-2}
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© 1993 Polygram / MLP | 518 264-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Drums

On this disc, drummer Aldo Romano leads an Italian supergroup to revisit some of the Italian folk repertoire.
Yes, that includes 0 sole mio and a brisk Volare but the prospective purchaser should have no fears; it is all good stuff. Paolo Fresu, doubling trumpet and flugelhorn, sounds like a more forceful Miles Davis (from the late 1950s) especially when muted while on the beautiful Estate (by Bruno Martino) he reminds me of Chet Baker as he explores the lowest register of his instrument. Pianist Franco D'Andrea's work should be another inducement to investigate this release which, if typical, indicates that Italian jazz is in a very healthy state. Recommended.

Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil - Tropicalia 2 (1993) {PolyGram-Philips 518 178-2}
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© 1993 PolyGram / Philips | 518 178-2
Música popular brasileira / MPB / Tropicalia / Brazilian Traditions / Brazilian Pop / World Music

Between harsh criticism (due to the retro opportunistic use of Tropicália), and sectarian defense, Tropicália 2 yielded a Caetano Veloso/Gilberto Gil tour through E.U.A. and Europe one year after this release. The reference to Tropicália was used as a safe-conduct for the duo's incursions in electronics, axé music (the contemporary and pragmatic sound of Bahia) and other commercial exploitation – since under Tropicália everything goes (or used to go, some 30 years ago). The album opens with "Haiti," a dry percussive electronic pattern over which Caetano and Gil speak verses dealing with racism; "Cinema Novo" is a beautiful samba, whose lyrics "explain" and greet the Brazilian cinema movement which gained the world. "Nossa Gente" brings the percussive sounds of axé music together with funk brass attacks.

Frank Morgan - Listen To The Dawn (1994) {Antilles–Verve 314 518 979-2}
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© 1994 Antilles / Verve / PolyGram | 314 518 979-2
Jazz / Bop / Post Bop / Saxophone

Listen to the Dawn is a rare example of Frank Morgan recording an entire album without a pianist. The veteran alto saxophonist, who was only two weeks away from his 60th birthday when this post-bop/be bop CD was recorded, evidently wanted to try something a bit different – and it was a move that paid off creatively. Whether he's forming an intimate duo with guitarist Kenny Burrell or forming a quartet with Burrell, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Grady Tate, Morgan fares quite well without a pianist. This isn't an album of fast tempos and high-speed aggression – from Burrell offerings like "Listen to the Dawn" and "Remembering" to highly personal interpretations of Gordon Jenkins' "Goodbye," Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You" (which becomes a sexy bossa nova), and the standard "It Might as Well Be Spring," Morgan is especially introspective and really takes time to reflect. This compelling CD should not be missed.