Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker Story On Dial Vol. 2 '1986

Artist	Charlie Parker Related artists
Album name	Charlie Parker Story On Dial Vol. 2
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Date	1986
Genre	Jazz
Play time	00:56:22
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	391 mb (+3%rec.)
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       Parker's style of composition involved interpolation of original melodies
over existing jazz forms and standards, a practice known as contrafact and still
common in jazz today. Examples include "Ornithology" (which borrows the chord
progression of jazz standard "How High the Moon" and is said to be co-written
with trumpet player Little Benny Harris), and "Moose The Mooche" (one of many
Parker compositions based on the chord progression of "I Got Rhythm"). The
practice was not uncommon prior to bebop, but it became a signature of the
movement as artists began to move away from arranging popular standards and
toward composing their own material. Perhaps Parker's most well-known contrafact
is "Koko," which is based on the chord changes of the popular bebop tune
"Cherokee," written by Ray Noble.

While tunes such as "Now's The Time", "Billie's Bounce", "Au Privave",
"Barbados", "Relaxin' at Camarillo", "Bloomdido", and "Cool Blues" were based on
conventional 12-bar blues changes, Parker also created a unique version of the
12-bar blues for tunes such as "Blues for Alice", "Laird Baird", and "Si Si."
These unique chords are known popularly as "Bird Changes". Like his solos, some
of his compositions are characterized by long, complex melodic lines and a
minimum of repetition, although he did employ the use of repetition in some
tunes, most notably "Now's The Time".

Parker contributed greatly to the modern jazz solo, one in which triplets and
pick-up notes were used in unorthodox ways to lead into chord tones, affording
the soloist more freedom to use passing tones, which soloists previously
avoided. Parker was admired for his unique style of phrasing and innovative use
of rhythm. Through his recordings and the popularity of the posthumously
published Charlie Parker Omnibook, Parker's identifiable style dominated jazz
for many years to come.
Other well-known Parker compositions include "Ah-Leu-Cha", "Anthropology",
co-written with Gillespie, "Confirmation", "Constellation", "Moose the Mooche",
"Scrapple from the Apple" and "Yardbird Suite", the vocal version of which is
called "What Price Love", with lyrics by Parker.

Miles Davis once said, "You can tell the history of jazz in four words : Louis
Armstrong. Charlie Parker"

Tracks:

1 Dexterity (Parker)  3:02
2 Bongo Bop (Parker)  2:48
3 Dewey Square [aka "Prezology"] (Parker)  3:32
4 The Hymn [aka "Superman"] (Parker)  2:30
5 Bird of Paradise (Parker)  3:14
6 Embraceable You (Gershwin)  3:50
7 Bird Feathers (Parker)  2:54
8 Klact-oveeseds-tene (Parker)  3:08
9 Scrapple from the Apple (Parker)  2:42
10 My Old Flame (Johnson, Coslow)  3:17
11 Out of Nowhere (Green, Hayman)  4:06
12 Don't Blame Me (McHugh, Fields)  2:50
13 Drifting on a Reed (Parker)  2:54
14 Quasimado (Parker)  2:55
15 Charlie's Wig (Parker)  2:44
16 Bongo Beep (Parker)  3:00
17 Crazeology (Harris)  3:00
18 How Deep is the Ocean (Berlin)  3:24

Personnel:

[# 1-6] Charlie Parker Quintet
Miles Davis - tp
Charlie Parker - as
Duke Jordan - p
Tommy Potter - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded at WOR Studios, Broadway/38th., New York City ; October 28, 1947
[ # 7-12] Charlie Parker Quintet
Same as above
Recorded same place as above ; November 4, 1947
[# 13-18] Charlie Parker Sextet
Same as above, except
J. J. Johnson - tb, is added
Recorded same place as above ; December 17, 1947