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Charlie Parker (10cd Box Set) [German Import]

Charlie Parker (10cd Box Set) [German Import]
Charlie Parker

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Easy to Love
  2. Summertime
  3. Didn't Know Hwat Time It Was
  4. If I Should Loose You
  5. Just Friends
  6. Everything Happens to Me
  7. I'm in the Mood for Love
  8. I'll Remember April
  9. Dancing in the Dark
  10. Out of Nowhere
  11. Laura
  12. East of the Sun
  13. They Can't Take That Away from Me
  14. Temptation
  15. Lover
  16. Autumn in New York
  17. Stella by Starlight
  18. Takin' Off
  19. 20th Century Blues
  20. Street Beat

Disc 2:

  1. Warning Up a Riff
  2. Billie's Bounce
  3. New's the Time
  4. Thriving on a Riff
  5. Meandering
  6. Ko-Ko
  7. Dizzy's Boogie
  8. Flat Floot Floogie
  9. Poppity Pop
  10. Slim's Slam
  11. Diggin' Diz
  12. Moose the Mooche
  13. Yardbird Suite
  14. Ornithology
  15. Night in Tunisia
  16. Max (Is) Making Wax
  17. Lover Man
  18. Gypsy
  19. Be-Bop
  20. This Is Always

Disc 3:

  1. Dark Shadows
  2. Bird's Nest
  3. Cool Blues
  4. Relaxin' at Camarillo
  5. Cheers
  6. Carvin' the Bird
  7. Stupendous
  8. Donna Lee
  9. Chasin' the Bird
  10. Cherly
  11. Buzzy
  12. Milestones
  13. Little Willie Leaps
  14. Half Nelson
  15. Slippin' at Bells
  16. Dexterity
  17. Bongo Bop
  18. Dewey Square
  19. Hymn
  20. Bird of Paradise

Disc 4:

  1. Embraceable You
  2. Bird Feathers
  3. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
  4. Scrapple from the Apple
  5. My Old Flame
  6. Out of Nowhere
  7. Don't Blame Me
  8. Drifting on a Reed
  9. Quasimodo
  10. Charlie's Wig
  11. Bongo Beep
  12. Crazeology
  13. How Deep Is the Ocean?
  14. Another Hair-Do
  15. Blue Bird
  16. Klaunstance
  17. Birds Get the Worm
  18. Barbados
  19. Ah-Leu-Cha
  20. Constellation

Disc 5:

  1. Parker's Mood
  2. Perhaps
  3. Marmaduke
  4. Steeplechase
  5. Merry-Go. Round
  6. Segment
  7. Cardboard
  8. Passport
  9. Star Eyes
  10. Ballade
  11. Bloomdido
  12. My Melancholy Baby
  13. Relaxin' with Lee
  14. Leap Frog
  15. Oscar for Treadwell
  16. Mohawk
  17. My Melancholy Baby
  18. Relaxin' with Lee
  19. Overtime
  20. Victory Ball

Disc 6:

  1. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
  2. Night in Tunisia
  3. Dizzy Atmosphere
  4. Groovin' High
  5. Confirmation
  6. Ko-Ko
  7. Embraceable You
  8. Ornithology
  9. Cherly
  10. Ko-Ko
  11. Bird of Paradise
  12. Now's the Time

Disc 7:

  1. Sweet Georgia Brown, Pts. 1&2
  2. Lady Be Good, Pts. 1&2
  3. Isn't It Romantic
  4. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  5. Jam Blues

Disc 8:

  1. Mango Mangue
  2. No Noise (Part 1+2)
  3. My Little Suede Shoes
  4. Okiedoke
  5. Poquito de Tu Amor
  6. Why Do I Love You?
  7. Tico-Tico
  8. Fiesta
  9. Coda
  10. Cucaracha
  11. Mama Inez
  12. Estrellita
  13. Paloma
  14. Begin the Beguine

Disc 9:

  1. Opener
  2. Lover Man
  3. Swedish Schnapps
  4. Blues for Alice
  5. K.C. Blues
  6. She Rote
  7. Star Eyes
  8. Funky Blues
  9. I Can't Get Started
  10. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #14993 in Music
  • Released on: 2005-07-11
  • Number of discs: 10
  • Format: Box set
  • Dimensions: .65 pounds

Customer Reviews

Bargain? Understatement of the Year!!!5
To call this a bargain is a massive understatement. I'm a recent newcomer to jazz, and decided I'd dip my toe in the Charlie Parker ocean with this, having read previous reviews. It was an absolute gem of a discovery. Having gone through a couple of sessionographies, here's what you're actually getting here... (Might not be 100% accurate, but it's close enough!)

Disc 1
1 - Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Swingmatism (30/4/41)
2 - Jay McShann & His Orchestra - The Jumpin' Blues (2/7/42)
3 - Tiny Grimes Quintette - Tiny's Tempo (15/9/44)
4 - Tiny Grimes Quintette - I'll Always Love You Just The Same (15/9/44)
5 - Tiny Grimes Quintette - Romance Without Finance (15/9/44)
6 - Tiny Grimes Quintette - Red Cross (15/9/44)
7 - Clyde Hart's All Stars - Dream of You (4/1/45)
8 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - Groovin' High (28/2/45)
9 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - Dizzy Atmosphere (28/2/45)
10 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - All The Things You Are (28/2/45)
11 - Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars - Salt Peanuts (11/5/45)
12 - Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars - Shaw' Nuff (11/5/45)
13 - Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars - Hot House (11/5/45)
14 - Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet - Hallelujah (6/6/45)
15 - Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet - Get Happy (6/6/45)
16 - Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet - Slam Slam Blues (6/6/45)
17 - Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet - Congo Blues (6/6/45)
18 - Sir Charles Thompson and His All Stars - Takin' Off (4/9/45)
19 - Sir Charles Thompson and His All Stars - 20th Century Blues (4/9/45)
20 - Sir Charles Thompson and His All Stars - The Street Beat (4/9/45)

Disc 2
1 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Warming Up A Riff (26/11/45)
2 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Billie's Bounce (26/11/45)
3 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Now's The Time (26/11/45)
4 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Thriving On A Riff (26/11/45)
5 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Meandering (26/11/45)
6 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Ko-Ko (26/11/45)
7 - Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra - Dizzy's Boogie (29/12/45)
8 - Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra - Flat Foot Floogie (29/12/45)
9 - Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra - Poppity Pop (29/12/45)
10 - Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra - Slim's Jam (29/12/45)
11 - Tempo Jazz Men/Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen - Diggin' Diz (Bongo Beep) (5/2/46)
12 - Charlie Parker Septet - Moose The Mooche (28/3/46)
13 - Charlie Parker Septet - Yardbird Suite (28/3/46)
14 - Charlie Parker Septet - Ornithology (28/3/46)
15 - Charlie Parker Septet - A Night In Tunisia (28/3/46)
16 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Max Making Wax (29/7/46)
17 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Lover Man (29/7/46)
18 - Charlie Parker Quintet - The Gypsy (29/7/46)
19 - Howard McGhee Quintet - Dizzy's Fingers (Be-Bop) (29/7/46)
20 - Charlie Parker Quartet with Earl Coleman - This Is Always (19/2/47)


Disc 3
1 - Charlie Parker Quartet with Earl Coleman - Dark Shadows (19/2/47)
2 - Charlie Parker Quartet - Bird's Nest (19/2/47)
3 - Charlie Parker Quartet - Cool Blues (19/2/47)
4 - Charlie Parker's New Stars - Relaxin' At Camarillo (26/2/47)
5 - Charlie Parker's New Stars - Cheers (26/2/47)
6 - Charlie Parker's New Stars - Carvin' The Bird (26/2/47)
7 - Charlie Parker's New Stars - Stupendous (26/2/47)
8 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Donna Lee (8/5/47)
9 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Chasin' The Bird (8/5/47)
10 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Cheryl (8/5/47)
11 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Buzzy (8/5/47)
12 - Miles Davis All Stars - Milestones (14/8/47)
13 - Miles Davis All Stars - Little Willie Leaps (14/8/47)
14 - Miles Davis All Stars - Half Nelson (14/8/47)
15 - Miles Davis All Stars - Slippin' At Bells (14/8/47)
16 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Dexterity (28/10/47)
17 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Bongo Bop (28/10/47)
18 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Dewey Square (28/10/47)
19 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - The Hymn (28/10/47)
20 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird of Paradise (28/10/47)

Disc 4
1 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Embraceable You (28/10/47)
2 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird Feathers (4/11/47)
3 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Klactoveedsedstene (4/11/47)
4 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Scrapple from the Apple (4/11/47)
5 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - My Old Flame (4/11/47)
6 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Out of Nowhere (4/11/47)
7 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Don't Blame Me (4/11/47)
8 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet with JJ Johnson - Drifting On A Reed (17/12/47)
9 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet with JJ Johnson - Quasimodo (17/12/47)
10 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet with JJ Johnson - Charlie's Wig (17/12/47)
11 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet with JJ Johnson - Bongo Beep (Dexterity) (17/12/47)
12 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet with JJ Johnson - Crazeology (17/12/47)
13 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet with JJ Johnson - How Deep Is The Ocean? (17/12/47)
14 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Another Hair Do (21/12/47)
15 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Bluebird (21/12/47)
16 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Klaunstance (21/12/47)
17 - Original Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird Gets The Worm (21/12/47)
18 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Barbados (18/9/48)
19 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Ah-Leu-Cha (18/9/48)
20 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Constellation (18/9/48)


Disc 5
1 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Parker's Mood (18/9/48)
2 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Perhaps (24/9/48
3 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Marmaduke (24/9/48)
4 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Steeplechase (24/9/48)
5 - Charlie Parker All Stars - Merry-Go-Round (24/9/48)
6 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Segment (5/5/49)
7 - Charlie Parker Septet - Cardboard (Feb/Mar 1949)
8 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Passport (5/5/49)
9 - Charlie Parker Quartet - Star Eyes (March 1950)
10 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Ballade (October 1950)
11 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - Bloomdido (6/6/50)
12 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - My Melancholy Baby (6/6/50)
13 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - Relaxin' With Lee (6/6/50)
14 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - Leap Frog (6/6/50)
15 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet -An Oscar for Treadwell (6/6/50)
16 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - Mohawk (6/6/50)
17 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - My Melancholy Baby (alt.) (6/6/50)
18 - Dizzy Gillespie & The Charlie Parker Quintet - Relaxin' With Lee (alt.) (6/6/50)
19 - The Metronome All Stars - Overtime (3/1/49)
20 - The Metronome All Stars - Victory Ball (3/1/49)

Disc 6
1 - Jazz At The Philharmonic - Oh Lady Be Good (25/3/46)
2 - Charlie Parker Quintet - A Night In Tunisia (Carnegie Hall) (29/9/47)
3 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Dizzy Atmosphere (Carnegie Hall) (29/9/47)
4 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Groovin' High (Carnegie Hall) (29/9/47)
5 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Confirmation (Carnegie Hall) (29/9/47)
6 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Ko-Ko (Carnegie Hall (29/9/47)
7 - Jazz At The Philharmonic - Embraceable You (16/9/49)
8 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Ornithology (Carnegie Hall) (24/12/49)
9 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Cheryl (Carnegie Hall) (24/12/49)
10 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Ko-Ko (Carnegie Hall) (24/12/49)
11 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird of Paradise (Carnegie Hall) (24/12/49)
12 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Now's The Time (Carnegie Hall) (24/12/49)

Disc 7
1 - Jazz at the Philharmonic - Sweet Georgia Brown Part 1 & 2 (28/1/46)
2 - Jazz at the Philharmonic - Lady Be Good Parts 1 & 2 (28/1/46)
3 - Norman Granz Session - Ballad Medley (5/6/52)
4 - Norman Granz Session - What Is This Thing Called Love? (5/6/52)
5 - Norman Granz Session - Jam Blues (5/6/52)


Disc 8
1 - Machito and His Orchestra - Mango Mangue (20/12/48)
2 - Machito and His Orchestra - No Noise (Parts 1 & 2) (20/12/48)
3 - Charlie Parker's Jazzers - My Little Suede Shoes (12/3/52)
4 - Machito and His Orchestra - Okiedoke (January 1949)
5 - Charlie Parker's Jazzers - Un Poquito De Tu Amor (12/3/52)
6 - Charlie Parker's Jazzers - Why Do I Love You? (12/3/52)
7 - Charlie Parker's Jazzers - Tico-Tico (12/3/52)
8 - Charlie Parker's Jazzers - Fiesta (12/3/52)
9 - Machito and His Orchestra - Afro Cuban Jazz Suite
A. Introduction - Cancion
B. Mambo
C. Transition
D. Introduction to the 6/8
E. 6/8
F. Transition and Jazz
G. Rhumba Abierta
H. Coda
10 - Charlie Parker's South of the Border Band - La Cucaracha (28/1/52)
11 - Charlie Parker's South of the Border Band - Mama Inez (28/1/52)
12 - Charlie Parker's South of the Border Band - Estrelita (28/1/52)
13 - Charlie Parker's South of the Border Band - La Paloma (28/1/52)
14 - Charlie Parker's South of the Border Band - Begin The Beguine (28/1/52)

Disc 9
1 - Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Opener (18/9/49)
2 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Lover Man (8/1/51)
3 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Swedish Schnapps (8/1/51)
4 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Blues for Alice (8/1/51)
5 - Charlie Parker Quintet - K.C. Blues (17/1/51)
6 - Charlie Parker Quintet - She Rote (17/1/51)
7 - Charlie Parker Quintet - Star Eyes (17/1/51)
8 - Norman Granz Session - Funky Blues (5/6/52)
9 - Charlie Parker Big Band - I Can't Get Started (25/3/52)
10 - Charlie Parker Big Band - What Is This Thing Called Love? (25/3/52)


Disc 10
1 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Easy To Love (5/7/50)
2 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Summertime (30/11/49)
3 - Charlie Parker with Strings -I Didn't Know What Time It Was (30/11/49)
4 - Charlie Parker with Strings - If I Should Lose You (30/11/49)
5 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Just Friends (30/11/49)
6 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Everything Happens To Me (30/11/49)
7 - Charlie Parker with Strings - I'm In the Mood for Love (5/7/50)
8 - Charlie Parker with Strings - I'll Remember April (5/7/50)
9 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Dancing in the Dark (5/7/50)
10 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Out of Nowhere (5/7/50)
11 - Charlie Parker with Strings - Laura (5/7/50)
12 - Charlie Parker with Strings - East of the Sun (5/7/50)
13 - Charlie Parker with Strings - They Can't Take That Away From Me (5/7/50)
14 - Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Temptation (22/1/52)
15 - Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Lover (22/1/52)
16 - Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Autumn in New York (22/1/52)
17 - Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Stella By Starlight (22/1/52)

Wow 10 cd's5
When i saw this album I couldn't believe my eyes, ten cd's for this price from the jazz legend himself. There are a few recordings which i already have on here but thats to be expected with such a large collection.
Any jazz fan should get this collection or any music fan in general!
Each disc is between 50 and 70 minutes long and mostly good sound quality too. Its also worth mentioning that the "Parker With Strings" album is basically the last cd and that classic recording cost the same usualy.
Need i say anymore just buy it before someone realises the have made a mistake with the price.

Fantastic Value!5
First of all I would like to thank the first reviewer because it was this review which persuaded me to buy this box set. I have always been a great admirer of Charlie Parker and I was on the look out for a decent box set of his music. When I saw this 10cd set at this incredibly low price, I thought, "Too good to be true", well that old cliche' "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" applies in this case. This cd set has to be the bargain of the century and the sound is good quality too. Buy it! You just cannot go wrong.