Charlie Parker A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 [5CD BOT]

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Artist: Charlie Parker
Title: A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 [5CD BOX SET]
Label: JSP Records
Release date: 2003
Genre: Blues, Jazz

Editorial Reviews
A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 is a five-disc box set from the British label JSP detailing what producer Ted Kendall considers to be the essential studio recordings of saxophonist Charlie Parker. Included here are not only the innovative bebop sides that made Parker a living legend, but also the early Kansas City swing recordings he appeared on while playing with the Jay McShann Orchestra. The result is a studio history of Parker\'s development from a struggling farm kid turned musician to the most important figure in jazz history next to Louis Armstrong. Given that these recordings are widely available, the real attraction here is the faithful-to-the-original remastered sound, the historically enlightening liner notes, and the overarching critical aesthetic that these are the Bird cuts to check out. Also, given that the tracks are presented with few repeats on discs in chronological order makes this better listening than Atlantic\'s Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948. Oddly though, the only place Kendall delineates what labels these tracks were originally released on -- mostly Dial and Savoy -- is in the track listing and there only by label numbers. Despite this confusing omission, Kendall has produced a superb collection that illuminates more than it overlooks. Matt Collar, All Music Guide


Disc 1 - (1940-1941)
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01) I Found a New Baby / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:04
02) Body and Soul / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 2:54
03) Honeysuckle Rose / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:01
04) Oh, Lady Be Good / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:00
05) Coquette / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:13
06) Moten Swing / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 2:51
07) Blues / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:12
08) Swingmatism / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 2:40
09) Hootie Blues / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 2:58
10) Dexter Blues / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 2:58
11) Lonely Boy Blues / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 2:59
12) Get Me on Your Mind / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:05
13) The Jumpin\' Blues / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:04
14) Sepian Bounce / Jay McShann & His Orchestra 3:10
15) Cherokee / Kansas City Band 3:13
16) My Heart Tells Me / Kansas City Band 3:21
17) I\'ve Found a New Baby / Kansas City Band 3:34
18) Body and Soul / Kansas City Band 3:45
19) Tiny\'s Tempo / Tiny Grimes Quintet 2:58
20) I\'ll Always Love You Just the Same / Tiny Grimes Quintet 3:04
21) Romance Without Finance / Tiny Grimes Quintet 3:05
22) Red Cross / Tiny Grimes Quintet 3:11
23) What\'s the Matter Now? / Tiny Grimes Quintet 2:49
24) I Want Every Bit of It 3:17
25) That\'s the Blues 2:52

Disc 2 - (1941-1943)
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01) 4-F Blues 2:38
02) G.I. Blues 2:25
03) Dream of You 2:54
04) Seventh Avenue 2:51
05) Sorta Kinda 2:42
06) Ooh Ooh, My My, Ooh Ooh 2:46
07) Groovin\' High / Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 2:41
08) All the Things You Are / Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 2:53
09) Dizzy Atmosphere / Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 2:52
10) Salt Peanuts / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 3:19
11) Shaw \'Nuff / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 3:03
12) Lover Man / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 3:26
13) Hot House / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 3:13
14) What More Can a Woman Do / Sarah Vaughan 3:04
15) I\'d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream / Sarah Vaughan 2:45
16) Mean to Me / Sarah Vaughan 2:43
17) Hallelujah / Red Norvo & his Selected Sextet 3:58
18) Get Happy / Red Norvo & his Selected Sextet 3:43
19) Slam Slam Blues / Red Norvo & his Selected Sextet 4:28
20) Congo Blues / Red Norvo & his Selected Sextet 3:54
21) Takin\' Off 3:11
22) If I Had You 3:04
23) 20th Century Blues 2:58
24) The Street Beat 2:36

Disc 3 - (1945-1947)
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01) Warming Up a Riff 2:39
02) Billie\'s Bounce 3:11
03) Now\'s the Time 3:19
04) Thriving on a Riff 2:58
05) Meandering 3:20
06) Koko 2:58
07) Dizzy\'s Boogie / Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra 3:16
08) Flat Foot Floogie / Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra 2:35
09) Poppity Pop / Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra 3:00
10) Slim\'s Jam / Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra 3:18
11) Diggin\' Diz 2:54
12) Moose the Mooche / Charlie Parker Septet 3:06
13) Yardbird Suite / Charlie Parker Septet 2:57
14) Ornithology / Charlie Parker Septet 3:02
15) The Famous Alto Break / Charlie Parker Septet 0:51
16) A Night in Tunisia / Charlie Parker Septet 3:07
17) Max (Is) Making Wax / Charlie Parker Quintet 2:32
18) Lover Man / Charlie Parker Quintet 3:21
19) The Gypsy / Charlie Parker Quintet 3:03
20) Bebop 2:54
21) Blues, Pt. 1 & 2 1:48
22) Yardbird Suite 2:14
23) Lullaby in Rhythm, Pt. 1 & 2 3:06
24) Home Cooking, No. 1: Opus 2:24
25) Home Cooking, No. 2: Cherokee 2:09
26) Home Cooking, No. 3: I Got Rhythm 2:28

Disk 4 - (1947)
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01) This Is Always / Charlie Parker Quartet 3:15
02) Dark Shadows / Charlie Parker Quartet 3:09
03) Bird\'s Nest / Charlie Parker Quartet 2:48
04) Cool Blues / Charlie Parker Quartet 3:07
05) Relaxin\' at Camarillo / Charlie Parker\'s New Stars 3:10
06) Cheers / Charlie Parker\'s New Stars 3:07
07) Carvin\' the Bird / Charlie Parker\'s New Stars 2:51
08) Stupendous / Charlie Parker\'s New Stars 3:02
09) Donna Lee / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:35
10) Chasin\' the Bird / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:46
11) Cheryl / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 3:00
12) Buzzy / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:32
13) Milestones / Miles Davis All-Stars 2:39
14) Little Willie Leaps / Miles Davis All-Stars 2:54
15) Half Nelson / Miles Davis All-Stars 2:48
16) Sippin\' at Bells / Miles Davis All-Stars 2:25
17) Dexterity 3:00
18) Bongo Bop 2:47
19) Dewey Square 3:08
20) The Hymn 2:30
21) Bird of Paradise 3:12
22) Embraceable You 3:25
23) Bird Feathers 2:53
24) Klact-Oveeseds-Tene 3:08
25) Scrapple from the Apple 2:58
26) My Old Flame 3:11

Disk 5 - (1947-1948)
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01) Out of Nowhere 3:53
02) Don\'t Blame Me 2:49
03) Drifting on a Reed 3:03
04) Quasimodo 3:01
05) Charlie\'s Wig 2:48
06) Bongo Beep 3:07
07) Crazeology 3:05
08) How Deep Is the Ocean? 3:34
09) The Bird / Charlie Parker Quartet 4:49
10) Repetition / Neal Hefti Orchestra 3:02
11) Another Hair Do 2:43
12) Bluebird 2:54
13) Klaunstance 2:46
14) Bird Gets the Worm 2:40
15) Barbados / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:32
16) Ah-Leu-Cha / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:57
17) Constellation / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:32
18) Parker\'s Mood / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 3:08
19) Perhaps / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:37
20) Marmaduke / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:47
21) Steeplechase / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 3:09
22) Merry-Go-Round / Charlie Parker\'s All Stars 2:29
23) No Noise, Pts. 1 & 2 / Machito & His Orchestra 5:45
24) Mango Mangue / Machito & His Orchestra 2:56