Release Date: 10 July 2020
Label: Bird,s Nest
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563182891
Description
Bird's Nest – Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration Collection
CHARLIE PARKER QUARTET - NOW'S THE TIME
6-PANEL DIGIPAK WITH COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET WITH UP-TO-DATE LINER NOTES
Now's the Time compiles two of Charlie Parker's rare quartet dates (he usually recorded in a quintet format). Both are spectacular sessions, full of intricate originals by Bird, complemented by two beautiful readings of the standards "The Song Is You" and "I Remember You". A 1950 quartet date (save for one track on which Bird is joined by the great Coleman Hawkins) and a 1951 quintet session with Red Rodney on trumpet have been added as a bonus.
Charlie Parker, alto sax. On all tracks, plus:
1-6: HANK JONES, piano; TEDDY KOTICK, bass; MAX ROACH, drums
New York, December 30, 1952.
7-13: AL HAIG, piano; PERCY HEATH, bass; MAX ROACH, drums
New York, July 30, 1953.
*Bonus tracks
14-18: Coleman Hawkins (ts on 18 only), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d).
New York, March-April 1950.
19-25: Red Rodney (tp), John Lewis (p), Ray Brown (b), Kenny Clarke (d).
New York, August 8, 1951.
All original sessions produced by Norman Granz.
Tracklisting
Charlie Parker Quintet
