Charlie Parker Quintet

Charlie Parker Quintet & Sextet - Bird In Boston: Live At The Hi-Hat 1953-1954 (2016) {2CD Fresh Sound Records}
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© 1953-54, 2016 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 911 | 24bit Digitally Remastered
Jazz / Bebop / Bop / Saxophone

For over two decades, the Hi-Hat Club occupied a choice location among the jazz clubs of Boston’s South End district, at the corner of Columbus and Massachusetts Avenue. After the end of World War II, lesser luminaries took over the band-stand, and after a while entertainment practically stopped altogether. Dave Coleman, a jazz promoter, had taken over management of the club in 1949. Through Coleman’s personal initiative, the Hi-Hat enjoyed its most successful years, and by 1951 it was the only club featuring a consistent policy of presenting modern jazz.

The Savoy imprint, after being acquired by an assortment of companies over the years, has been reinvigorated to celebrate its 60th anniversary. This three-disc set includes all of Parker's work for the Dial and Savoy labels (excluding alternate takes–hence the title). It starts off with his appearance as a sideman with the Tiny Grimes Quintette, at which time the 24-year-old's alto saxophone playing bears his unmistakable stamp of fluidity and daring aplomb. The stellar lights of bebop are heard throughout this set, as Parker plays with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Max Roach, creating the enduring shape of contemporary jazz.

Charlie Parker Records: The Complete Collection, Vol. 22 - Charlie Parker - West Coast Time (2012 CP Records 233193/22 rec 1946-1947}
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© 1946-47, 2012 Charlie Parker Records / Membran Media / Documents | 233193 / 22
Jazz / Bop / Saxophone

Exhaustive 30 CD collection from the Jazz legend's short-lived label. Contains 44 original albums (421 tracks) plus booklet. Every record-collector has run across an album with the little sax-playing bird in it's label-logo, right next to the brand name Charlie Parker Records or CP Parker Records. Turning the sleeve over, especially if it was one of the non-Parker releases, and seeing a '60s release date under the header Stereo-pact! Was as exciting an experience as it was confusing. Was the claim Bird Lives meant more literally than previously thought?

Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions (1988) {Savoy, 3CD, ZDS 5500-1~3, Rare Early Press rec 1944-1948}
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© 1944-48, 1988 Savoy Jazz / SJ Records | ZDS 5500-1~3 | Rare
Jazz / Bop / Alto Saxophone

This three-CD box set contains all of the recordings Charlie Parker made for the Savoy label and it is overflowing with gems and an almost countless number of alternate takes. Bird was one of the most important jazzmen of all time and nearly every note he recorded (in the studios if not live) is well worth hearing. This box starts off with his sideman date with Tiny Grimes in 1944, contains Parker's famous "Ko Ko" session of 1945 (with a young Miles Davis on trumpet and highlighted by "Now's the Time" and "Billie's Bounce"), and continues through his 1947-1948 quintet sessions with a more mature Miles Davis; either Bud Powell, John Lewis, or Duke Jordan on piano; bassists Tommy Potter, Curly Russell, or Nelson Boyd; and drummer Max Roach. Together they recorded such classics as "Donna Lee," "Chasin' the Bird," "Milestones," and "Parker's Mood." Every scrap that the great altoist cut for Savoy is in this box.

Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie & Miles Davis - Bird Seed (1995) {Stash STB-2500 rec 1948-1950}
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© 1948-50, 1995 Stash Records | STB-2500
Jazz / Bebop / Saxophone / Trumpet

This disc contains very rough-sounding recordings of Parker with Gillespie's big band at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago in 1948. Also a batch of live performances of the Parker Quintet with Miles on trumpet.