| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/verve | | UPC: 00042283714120 | | Release Date: 9/19/1988 | | Buy.com Sku: 60211172 | | Item#: MQJ3CQ | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sweet Georgia Brown ~ Charlie Parker |  | | 2. Blues For Norman ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. I Can't Get Started ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Lady Be Good ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. After You've Gone ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. I Got Rhythm ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. Introductions by Norman Granz - (previously unreleased) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. J.A.T.P. Blues ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Bird, The ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Repetition - (with Neal Hefti & His Orchestra) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. No Noise (parts 1 and 2) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. No Noise - (previously unreleased, part 2 complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. Mango Mangue ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. Okiedoke ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. Cardboard ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. Visa ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. Segment - (tune x) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. Diverse - (alternate take, tune x) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. Passport ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. Passport - (tune z, common) ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Opener, The ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Lester Leaps In ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. Embraceable You ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Closer, The ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. Ow - (introduction of Ella Fitzgerald, recently discovered) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. Flyin' Home - (recently discovered) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. How High The Moon - (previously unreleased) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. Perdido - (previously unreleased) ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Just Friends ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Everything Happens To Me ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. April In Paris ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Summertime ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. If I Should Lose You ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. Star Eyes ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. Blues - (fast) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. I'm In The Mood For Love ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. Bloomdido ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. Oscar For Treadwell, An - (take 3, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. Oscar For Treadwell, An - (take 4, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 13. Mohawk - (take 3, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 14. Mohawk - (take 6, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 15. My Melancholy Baby - (take 1, recently discovered) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 16. My Melancholy Baby - (previously unreleased, coda rehearsal) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 17. My Melancholy Baby - (take 2, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 18. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 1, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 19. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 2, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 20. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 3, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 21. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 4, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 22. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 5, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 23. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 6, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 24. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 7, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 25. Leap Frog - (take 8, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 26. Leap Frog - (take 9, recently discovered, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 27. Leap Frog - (previously unreleased, take 10, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 28. Leap Frog - (take 11, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 29. Relaxing With Lee - (previously unreleased, take 1, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 30. Relaxing With Lee - (previously unreleased, take 2, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 31. Relaxing With Lee - (previously unreleased, take 3, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 32. Relaxing With Lee - (take 4, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 33. Relaxing With Lee - (previously unreleased, take 5, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 34. Relaxing With Lee - (take 6, master) ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 5
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Dancing In The Dark ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Out Of Nowhere ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. Laura - (previously unreleased, take 1, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Laura - (take 2, master) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. East Of The Sun ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. Easy To Love ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. I'm In The Mood For Love - (take 2, master) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. I'm In The Mood For Love - (take 3, alternate take, first issue since 1952) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. I'll Remember April - (previously unreleased, take 1, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. I'll Remember April - (previously unreleased, take 2, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. I'll Remember April - (take 3, master) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 13. What Is This Thing Called Love? ~ Charlie Parker | | | 14. April In Paris ~ Charlie Parker | | | 15. Repetition ~ Charlie Parker | | | 16. Easy To Love ~ Charlie Parker | | | 17. Rocker ~ Charlie Parker | | | 18. Celebrity - (with Buddy Rich) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 19. Ballade - (with Coleman Hawkins) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 20. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 6
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Au Privave - (take 2, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Au Privave - (take 3, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. She Rote - (take 3, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. She Rote - (take 5, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. K.C. Blues ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. Star Eyes ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. My Little Suede Shoes ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. Un Poquito De Tu Amor ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. Tico Tico ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. Fiesta ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. Why Do I Love You? - (take 2, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. Why Do I Love You? - (take 6, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 13. Why Do I Love You? - (take 7, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 14. Blues For Alice ~ Charlie Parker | | | 15. Si Si ~ Charlie Parker | | | 16. Swedish Schnapps - (take 3, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 17. Swedish Schnapps - (take 4, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 18. Back Home Blues - (take 1, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 19. Back Home Blues - (take 2, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 20. Loverman ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 7
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Temptation ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Lover ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. Autumn In New York ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Stella By Starlight ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. Mama Inez ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. La Cucuracha - (previously unreleased, take 1, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. La Cucuracha - (previously unreleased, take 2, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. La Cucuracha - (previously unreleased, take 3, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. La Cucuracha - (take 4, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. Estrellita - (previously unreleased, take 2, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. Estrellita - (previously unreleased, take 4, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. Estrellita - (previously unreleased, take 5, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 13. Estrellita - (take 6, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 14. Begin The Beguine ~ Charlie Parker | | | 15. La Paloma ~ Charlie Parker | | | 16. Night And Day ~ Charlie Parker | | | 17. Almost Like Being In Love ~ Charlie Parker | | | 18. I Can't Get Started ~ Charlie Parker | | | 19. What Is This Thing Called Love? ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 8
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Jam Blues ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. What Is This Thing Called Love? ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. Ballad Medley: All The Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness Of You / I'll Get By / Everything Happens To Me / The Man I Love / What's New / Someone To Watch Over Me / Isn't It Romantic ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Funky Blues ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 9
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Song Is You, The ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Laird Baird ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. Kim - (take 2, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Kim - (take 4, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. Cosmic Rays - (take 2, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. Cosmic Ray - (take 5, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. In The Still Of The Night - (previously unreleased, take 1, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. In The Still Of The Night - (previously unreleased, take 2, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. In The Still Of The Night - (previously unreleased, take 3, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. In The Still Of The Night - (previously unreleased, take 4, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. In The Still Of The Night - (previously unreleased, take 5, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. In The Still Of The Night - (previously unreleased, take 6, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 13. In The Still Of The Night - (take 7, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 14. Old Folks - (previously unreleased, take 1, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 15. Old Folks - (previously unreleased, take 2, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 16. Old Folks - (previously unreleased, take 3, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 17. Old Folks - (take 4, Bird continues playing into take 5, incomplete, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 18. Old Folks - (previously unreleased, take 6, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 19. Old Folks - (previously unreleased, take 7, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 20. Old Folks - (previously unreleased, take 8, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 21. Old Folks - (take 9, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 22. If I Love Again ~ Charlie Parker | | Disc 10
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Chi Chi - (take 1, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 2. Chi Chi - (previously unreleased, take 2, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 3. Chi Chi - (take 3, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 4. Chi Chi - (take 4, recently discovered, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 5. Chi Chi - (previously unreleased, take 5, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 6. Chi Chi - (take 6, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 7. I Remember You ~ Charlie Parker | | | 8. Now's The Time ~ Charlie Parker | | | 9. Confirmation - (previously unreleased, take 1, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 10. Confirmation - (previously unreleased, take 2, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 11. Confirmation - (take 3, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 12. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (take 1, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 13. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (previously unreleased, take 2, false start & rehearsal) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 14. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (previously unreleased, take 3, false start & rehearsal) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 15. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (previously unreleased, take 4, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 16. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (previously unreleased, take 5, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 17. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (previously unreleased, take 6, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 18. I Get A Kick Out Of You - (previously unreleased, take 7, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 19. Just One Of Those Things ~ Charlie Parker | | | 20. My Heart Belongs To Daddy - (previously unreleased, take 1, false start & rehearsal) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 21. My Heart Belongs To Daddy - (take 2, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 22. I've Got You Under My Skin ~ Charlie Parker | | | 23. Love For Sale - (previously unreleased, take 1, false start) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 24. Love For Sale - (previously unreleased, take 2, complete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 25. Love For Sale - (previously unreleased, take 3, incomplete) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 26. Love For Sale - (take 4, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 27. Love For Sale - (take 5, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 28. I Love Paris - (take 2, alternate take) ~ Charlie Parker | | | 29. I Love Paris - (take 3, master take) ~ Charlie Parker | | |
(P) 1988 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 1988 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This 10 CD retrospective contains everything Bird recorded on the Verve label, including live tracks with Ella Fitzgerald. With nearly 2 hours of never-before-released music, there are 175 tracks in all, a 24 page booklet with photos and liner notes by Dizzy Gillespie. | | Personnel includes: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Ben Webster, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Gil Evans, Thelonious Monk, Buddy Rich, Lester Young, Max Roach, Kenny Dorham, Ray Brown, Red Rodney, John Lewis, Roy Haynes. | | Producer: Norman Granz. | | Compilation producer: Phil Schaap. | | Includes liner notes by Dizzy Gillespie and Phil Schaap. | | Digitally remastered by Phil Schaap, Tom "Curley" Ruff and Dennis M. Drake. | | As a leader, Charlie Parker recorded for Savoy and Dial during 1945-1948 and then for Verve exclusively (at least in the studios) during 1949-1954. This remarkable ten-CD box set, which adds quite a bit of material to an earlier ten-LP set, contains all of these recordings plus Bird's earlier appearances with Jazz at the Philharmonic. The JATP jams are highlighted by Parker's perfect solo on "Oh Lady Be Good," a ferocious improvisation on "The Closer," and a solo on "Embraceable You" that tops his more famous studio recording. In addition, this box has all of the "Bird and Strings" sides, his meetings with Machito's Cuban orchestra, the 1950 session with Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, small-group dates (including a 1951 meeting with Miles Davis), odd encounters with voices and studio bands, the famous "Jam Blues" with fellow altoists Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter, and his final recordings, a set of Cole Porter tunes. The fact-filled 34-page booklet is also indispensable. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow | | It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this ten-disc set, a comprehensive collection of everything Parker recorded for Verve. Though not as incendiary as the Dial and Savoy boxes, the Verve set still witnesses Parker developing the model for modern jazz, devising styles and techniques that would define the genre for the rest of the century. The range of material here is impressive, and the music shows Bird venturing beyond his already wide-reaching jazz horizons to encompass Afro-Cuban influences and Classically tinged phrases. He even quotes from Stravinsky's THE RITE OF SPRING on "Repetition." | | The list of session musicians reads like a veritable who's who of jazz. Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Rich, Lester Young, and Max Roach all put in appearances. Here also are Parker's controversial sessions with strings. While purists cried sacrilege at the marriage, the playing is rich in tone and body-to the point of dreaminess--and, even in an orchestral context, Parker is never less than experimentally virtuosic. In short, THE COMPLETE SESSION ON VERVE is an essential contribution-along with the Dial and Savoy sessions--to a complete picture of one of jazz's greatest figures. |
Musical Guests | | Benny Carter | | Dizzy Gillespie | | Kenny Clarke | | Ben Webster | | Miles Davis | | Coleman Hawkins | | Gil Evans | | Thelonious Monk |
| | Artist Overview | | Charlie Parker's combination of sheer genius and pure emotion on the saxophone has few rivals, and after him, nothing would be the same. As one of the creators of bebop in the 1940s and 1950s (alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, and others), Parker, aka Bird, introduced a new level of expression to jazz, one that combined stunning technique, profound musical knowledge, and, above all, the ability to make complex ideas sound simple, soulful, and inevitable. Dead at just 34, Parker left behind a legacy that many have tried to equal, but none has surpassed. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Birdology: Tribute To Charlie Parker ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Baker, Chet | | Baker, Chet | | Baker, Chet | | Davis, Miles | | Davis, Miles | | Davis, Miles | | Davis, Miles | | Davis, Miles | | Gillespie, Dizzy | | Gillespie, Dizzy | | Gillespie, Dizzy | | Gillespie, Dizzy | | Gillespie, Dizzy | | Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 ~ Gillespie, Dizzy | | Gillespie, Dizzy | | Parker's Mood ~ Hargrove, Roy | | Birds Of A Feather: A Tribute To Charlie Parker ~ Haynes, Roy | | Herman, Woody | | Holiday, Billie | | Lewis, George (Trombone) | | Parker's Mood ~ McBride, Christian | | McPherson, Charles | | McShann, Jay | | McShann, Jay | | McShann, Jay | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Powell, Bud | | Powell, Bud | | Parker's Mood ~ Roy Hargrove/Christian McBride/ | | Parker's Mood ~ Scott, Stephen | | Shepp, Archie | | Shepp, Archie | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Young, Lester | | Young, Lester |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/19/1988 | | Original Release Date : 1990 | | Catalog ID : 837 141 | | Label : Verve (USA) | | Number of Discs : 10 | | Runtime : 625m : 0s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : ADD | | UPC : 00042283714120 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Vibe (12/99, p.157)
- Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century |
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