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Bird: The Original Recordings Of Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker Quartet, Verley Mills (harp), Maurice Brown (cello), Bernie Leighton (piano), Ray Brown (upright bass), Buddy Rich (drums), Isadore Zir (viola), Sam Rand (violin), Eddie Brown (oboe), Joseph Singer (french horn), Sam Caplan (concertmaster), Sam Caplan (violin), Harry Melnikoff (violin),...

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Parker, Charlie: Now's the Time

Work length3:01
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  • Charlie Parker Quartet, Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Al Haig (piano), Max Roach (drumkit), Percy Heath (doublebass)
  • Recorded: 1953-07-30
  • Recording Venue: Fulton Studio, New York City

Johnny Mercer, David Raksin: Laura

Work length2:59
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Joseph Singer (frenchhorn), Eddie Brown (oboe), Sam Caplan (concertmaster), Sam Caplan (violin), Howard Kay (violin), Harry Melnikoff (violin), Sam Rand (violin), Zelly Smirnoff (violin), Isadore Zir (viola), Maurice Brown (cello), Verley Mills (harp), Bernie Leighton (piano), Ray Brown (uprightbass), Buddy Rich (drumkit), Joe Lipman (recordingarranger)
  • Joe Lipman Orchestra
  • Joe Lipman
  • Recorded: 1950-07-05
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Parker, Charlie: Mohawk

Work length3:35
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Thelonious Monk (piano), Curley Russell (doublebass), Buddy Rich (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952-06-06
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Parker, Charlie: Kim

Work length2:59
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Hank Jones (piano), Teddy Kotick (bass), Max Roach (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1953-01

Parker, Charlie: Blues for Alice

Work length2:47
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Red Rodney (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Kenny Clarke (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1951-08-08
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Parker, Charlie: Laird Baird

Work length2:44
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  • Charlie Parker Quartet
  • Recorded: 1953-01
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Parker, Charlie: K.C. Blues

Work length3:20
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Miles Davis (trumpet), Walter Bishop, Jr. (piano), Teddy Kotick (bass), Max Roach (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1951-01-17
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Roger J. "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman, James Davis: Lover Man

Work length3:23
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Red Rodney (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Roy Brown (bass), Kenny Clarke (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1951-08-08
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Klenner: Just Friends

Work length3:30
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Jimmy Carroll (recordingarranger), Mitch Miller (oboe), Milton Lomask (violin), Max Hollander (violin), Bronislaw Gimpel (violin), Frank Brieff (viola), Frank Miller (cello), Myor Rosen (harp), Stan Freeman (piano), Ray Brown (doublebass), Buddy Rich (drumkit)
  • Jimmy Carroll
  • Recorded: 1949-11-30
  • Recording Venue: Reeves Sound Studios, New York City

Parker, Charlie: The Bird

Work length4:46
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1947-12
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Hollywood

E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke: April In Paris

Work length3:06
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  • Charlie Parker (altosaxophone), Mitch Miller (oboe), Milton Lomask (violin), Max Hollander (violin), Bronislaw Gimpel (violin), Frank Brieff (viola), Frank Miller (cello), Myor Rosen (harp), Stan Freeman (piano), Ray Brown (doublebass), Buddy Rich (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1949
  • Recording Venue: Mercury Sound Studios, NYC

Lester Young: Lester Leaps In

Work length12:14
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  • Charlie Parker, Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Tommy Turk (trombone), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Lester Young (saxophone), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (doublebass), Buddy Rich (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1949
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City
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