Charlie Parker Quintet

 

Artist:  Charlie Parker

Birth Name:  Charlie Parker Jr.

Born:  August 29, 1920.  Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Died:  March 12, 1955 (Aged 34).  New York City, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Chamber Music

Occupation:  Musician, Composer

Instruments:  Alto, Tenor Saxophones

Charlie Parker was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of Bebop.  He played Alto Saxophone from the beginning, also played Tenor Saxophone.  His nickname "Yardbird".

Artist:   Charlie Parker Quintet

Title:    Now's The Time (Edition Limited Double LP)  (2020)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Chamber Music

Label:  Le Chant Du Monde

Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Star Eyes  (3:33)

 2.  Blues  (2:50)

 3.  I'm In The Mood For Love  (2:57)

 4.  Bloomdido  (3:25)

 5.  An Oscar For Treadwell  (3:27)

 6.  Mohawk  (3:39)

Side B:

 1.   My Melancholy Baby  (3:27)

 2.  Leap Frog  (2:34)

 3.  Relaxin' With Lee  (2:46)

 4.  Au Privave  (2:44)

 5.  She Rote  (3:09)

 6.  K.C. Blues  (3:20)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Blues For Alice  (2:52)

 2.  Swedish Schnapps  (3:14)

 3.  Back Home Blues  (2:50)

 4.  Lover Man   (3:27)

 5.  The Song Is You  (3:00)

 6.  Laird Baird  (2:45)

Side D:

 1.  Kim  (3:00)

 2.  Cosmic Ratys  3:05)

 3.  Chi-Chi  (3:09)

 4.  I Remember You  (3:05)

 5.  Now's The Time  (3:01)

 6.  Confirmation  (2:58)

 

Personnel:

LP 1:

Side A:  June 6, 1950, New York

Charlie Parker Quintet:

Charlie Parker:  Alto Saxophone

Dizzy Gillespie:  Trumpet

Thelonious Monk:  Piano

Curly Russell:  Bass

Buddy Rich:  Drums 

Side B:  January 17, 1951, New York City, NY:

Charlie Parker  Quintet:

Charlie Parker:  Alto Saxophone

Miles Davis:  Trumpet

Walter Bishop Jr.:  Piano

Teddy Kotick:   Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

LP 2:

Side C:  December 30, 1952, New York City, NY:

Charlie Parker Quintet:

Charlie Parker:   Alto Saxophone

Hank Jones:  Piano

Teddy Kotick:  Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

Side D:  July 30, 1953, New York City, NY:

Charlie Parker Quintet:

Charlie Parker:   Alto Saxophone

Al Haig:  Piano

Perry Heath:  Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

Now's The Time is the Edition Limited Collection Album by Charlie Parker Quintet, released on June 11, 2020 by Le Chant Du Monde.