1246CD Rough Guide Legends – Charlie Parker

1246CD Rough Guide Legends – Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker, or ‘bird’ as he was known, was one of the most influential soloists in the history of jazz and his spectacular alto saxophone playing made him a legend well before his tragic death in 1955 at the age of 34.

This album stunningly remasters classics from Parker’s 52nd Street heyday to his mature 1950s recordings. Charlie Parker was the supreme creative figure of his time and has remained a major influence on many jazz musicians since.

The bonus album features many of the artists, who along with Parker, helped develop the dynamic form of jazz known as bebop – including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, pianists Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, trumpeter Fats Navarro and trombonist Jay Jay Johnson

Disc 1

• Tiny Grimes w/ Charlie Parker: Red Cross
• Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Groovin’ High
• Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: All The Things You Are
• Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Salt Peanuts
• Charlie Parker: Now’s The Time
• Charlie Parker: Koko
• Charlie Parker: Ornithology
• Charlie Parker: Cool Blues
• Charlie Parker: Embraceable You
• Charlie Parker: Scrapple From The Apple
• Charlie Parker: Parker’s Mood
• Charlie Parker: Repetition
• Charlie Parker: Out Of Nowhere
• Charlie Parker: Just Friends
• Charlie Parker: Bloomdido
• Charlie Parker: Star Eyes
• Charlie Parker: Au Privave
• Charlie Parker: My Little Suede Shoes
• Charlie Parker: Lover Man
• Charlie Parker: Blues For Alice
• Charlie Parker: Night & Day
• Charlie Parker: Confirmation

Disc 2

• Coleman Hawkins: Woody’ N You
• Dizzy Gillespie: Bebop
• Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia
• Dizzy Gillespie: Things To Come
• Kenny Clarke: 52nd Street Theme
• Miles Davis: Little Willie Leaps
• Thelonious Monk: In Walked Bud
• Thelonious Monk: Round Midnight
• Fats Navarro: Barry’s Bop
• Fats Navarro: Nostalgia
• Dexter Gordon: Dexter’s Riff
• Dizzy Gillespie: Manteca
• Tadd Dameron: Lady Bird
• Miles Davis: Move
• Jay Jay Johnson: Teapot
• Bud Powell: Bouncing With Bud
• Bud Powell: You Go To My Head
• Sonny Stitt / Bud Powell: All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
• Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie: Hot House