Charlie Parker Story 1
Charlie Parker Story 1
ELECTRONICALLY RE-RECORDED
TO SIMULATE-STEREO
V6-8000
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V6-8000
Later on, on the West Coast, I was able to get Charlie to make what I believe to
be one of the important sessions in jazz history, when I had him record with Benny
Carter and Johnny Hodges in which was clearly delineated the three greatest alto
stylists in jazz.
Towards the end, Charlie's contacts with me became less frequent except for
the constant need for economic help, and I confess that he became more difficult for
me to try things with on a musical level. There was, for me, an abortive attempt to
combine voices with Charlie, but by then I had the feeling that these things weren't
coming off. I think Charlie had that feeling too. In any event, the last session that
we made just prior to his death was the one in which he did an album dedicated to
the music of Cole Porter. (Verve Album V6-8007).
Again no matter how personally unhappy I may have occasionally been with
Charlie, there were still those great flashes of human beauty as told through his horn
and again all would be forgiven and forgotten. The only thing, I trust, that will never
be forgotten is Charlie's contribution to music and I hope this album helps to implant
forever what he has done in the memory of every jazz fan.
NORMAN GRANZ
The Tunes and Personnel in this Album Are:
Side 1
Just Friends
April In Paris
Laura
I'm In The Mood For Love
CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS
Lover Man
Featuring
Lover
RED RODNEY,
Trumpet;
JOHN LEWIS,
Piano;
RAY BROWN,
Bass;
Trumpet;
JOHN LEWIS,
Piano;
RAY BROWN,
Bass;
Side 2
Back Home Blues
Featuring
RED RODNEY,
KENNY CLARKE,
Drums.
Passport
Visa
Featuring
TOMMY TURK,
Featuring
WALTER BISHOP,
JOE Mangual,
Bongos
HAYNES, Drums
and
Okiedoke
Mango Mangue
CHARLIE PARKER, SOLOIST, WITH MACHITO AND HIS ORCHESTRA
In The Still Of The Night
Old Folks
of DAVE LAMBERT.
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