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Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes
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Artist(s)Charlie Parker with Strings
StudioPolygram Records
Release DateJanuary 24, 1995
UPC Code731452398420
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About Charlie Parker with Strings - Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes

Charlie Parker welcomed the opportunity to record standards with a small string ensemble in 1949, and the results are stunning, his liquid alto soaring over the tuneful and only occasionally stiff arrangements. Along the way, he invests tunes like "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Laura" with a unique blend of bluesy realism and mercurial improvisation. The CD adds live versions from a Carnegie Hall concert, and there are also two brilliant versions of Neal Hefti's "Repetition." The 1947 version has Bird flying spontaneously over the dense orchestration of horns, strings, and Latin percussion. --Stuart Broomer Amazon.com essential recording

Tracks

  1. Just Friends
  2. Everything Happens To Me
  3. April In Paris
  4. Summertime
  5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  6. If I Should Lose You
  7. Dancing In The Dark
  8. Out Of Nowhere
  9. Laura
  10. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
  11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  12. Easy To Love
  13. I'm In The Mood For Love
  14. I'll Remember April
  15. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  16. April In Paris
  17. Repetition
  18. Easy To Love
  19. Rocker
  20. Temptation
  21. Lover
  22. Autumn In New York
  23. Stella By Starlight
  24. Repetition

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (29 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteThese recordings set the standardQuote
These recordings from 1947-49 set the standard for "jazz with strings". Parker's playing is brilliant, as usual.
The strings add context and a luxuriant mood to Parker's sound. Only Stan Getz's "Focus" from 1961 compares in quality to "Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes". Both are pivotal in the development of the "Third Stream" genre of jazz. Both occupy special places in my collection. September 12, 2008

rating: 4 QuoteCool !Quote
Strings are sometimes too sweet for Jazz lovers.But Parker's play is always stays cool. That made this album something else! January 27, 2008

rating: 4 QuoteIt could be great music.Quote
Sweet tawdry arrangements with alike melodies. But Parker plays famous again and again. Top recording is Just Friends. It is perfect. But there are many great recordigs like Laura, Summertime, Easy to Love and other. Tracks 15-19 are from Carnegie Hall performance and this is another great live strings session with Parker on top form.
But It is graet loss that Parker and people around him didn't have courage to arrange with strings his great compositions like Ornithology, Moose the Mooch, Dexterity, or Donna Lee. It could be first class avantgarde.
Now for me are interesting Parker's solos only.
August 30, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteA must have for jazz lovers!Quote
I understand that Parker was criticized for doing this record, but I think it is wonderful... first heard it on WBGO 88.3 FM in Newark NJ (also on the internet). Support jazz and jazz radio! February 21, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteCharlie Parker with Strings: The Master TakesQuote
Absolutely mesmerizing! It's a wonderful marriage of classical music and jazz. It's Parker at his peak! January 9, 2007

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