Release Date: 10 July 2020
Label: Bird,s Nest
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563182884
Description
BIRD'S NEST – Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration Collection (1920 -2020)
CHARLIE PARKER - AT CAFÉ SOCIETY (+ 1 BONUS TRACK)
Collector's 6-panel digipak limited edition with comprehensive booklet and up-to-date liner notes.
Charlie Parker's engagement at Café Society took place during the last year of this famous club's existence. Two days before his stint began, on June 6, 1950, he had recorded his last studio album with Dizzy Gillespie, the celebrated Bird & Diz, which featured Thelonious Monk on piano. During these months, as Bird himself announced, he was playing with strings. However, for some reason the Café Society didn't book him with strings but with his quintet, featuring Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Al Haig on piano, Tommy Potter on bass and Roy Haynes on drums.
All of the music recorded by Bird at the club is included here, including his only known versions of "Bewitched" and "Gone with the Wind", as well as an amazing version of "Summertime", which is Parker's only reading of the tune apart from the studio recording with strings.
CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax, with:
1-12:
KENNY DORHAM, trumpet; AL HAIG, piano; TOMMY POTTER, bass;
ROY HAYNES, drums; TONY SCOTT, clarinet (added on 12, only)
13-14:
KENNY DORHAM, trumpet; TONY SCOTT, clarinet; BREW MOORE, tenor sax;
DICK HYMAN, piano; MUNDELL LOWE, guitar; IRV LANG, bass
IRV KLUGER, drums
All tracks recorded live at Café Society Downtown,
New York, June-July, 1950 (1-12), Mid-March, 1950 (13-14).
*BONUS TRACK (15): Same as 13-14 but omit Charlie Parker.
Tracklisting
Charlie Parker Quintet
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker & Lennie Tristano
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
