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