CHARLIE PARKER

LEGENDS

ORIGINAL RECORDINGS

Factory Sealed CD

 

 

HE CLAIMS THAT AS A TEENAGER HE PRACTICED ON HIS SAXOPHONE FOR 15 HOURS A DAY OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD!  THIS GOES A LONG WAY TO EXPLAINING HIS ASTONISHING TECHNIQUE AND HIS DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT WITH EVER MORE COMPLEX CHORDS, MELODIES AND RHYTHMS.  HIS NON-CONFORMITY AND SPONTANEOUS STYLE PROMPTED THE 1950’s

“MODERN JAZZ”, A SMOOTHER MORE CULTURED FORM WHICH FITTED IN PERFECTLY WITH THE “BEAT GENERATION” AND THE LIBERAL ZEITGEIST WHICH WAS AMERICA’S INTRODUCTION TO A MORE BOHEMIAN AND IDEALISTIC CULTURE.

 

TRACK LISTING

1. LOVER MAN

2. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA

3. YARDBIRD SUITE

4. STUPENDOUS

5. ORNITHOLOGY

6. THE HYMN

7. MOOSE THE MOOCHE

8. CARVIN’ THE BIRD

9. BIRD’S NEST

10. OUT OF NOWHERE

11. CRAZEOLOGY

12. COOL BLUES

13. QUASIMODO

14. BARBADOS

15. KLAUNSTANCE

16. BIRD GETS THE WORM

17. CONSTELLATION

18. DANCING IN THE DARK

19. BLUEBIRD

20. PARKER’S MOOD