Release Date: 31 October 2005
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520020992
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 31 October 2005
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520020992
Genres: Jazz  
Description
We remember Charlie Parker's death, 50 years ago this year, with this box set that contains some of the most telling of Bird's live-recordings. Here is the extraordinary alto saxophonist, a key figure in the evolution of jazz, in full flight. During his tragically short career it was evident to most observers that Charlie Parker was one of a kind. Though there were some who recoiled from the emotional message of his brilliant playing, there was a small but significant group of listeners even in the 1940s who realised that his work
was something extraordinary and significant. Already at his death in 1955 it became clear that, for all his personal failings, he had made an enormous contribution to the field of jazz. Now, 50 years after the event, he can be seen as one of the very few key figures in its evolution – and indirectly a huge influence on the wider world of American popular music.
Tracklisting
Peggy Lee
Various Artists
Tubby Hayes
Sonny Clark
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Prima & Keely Smith/Sam Butera
Pete Seeger
Various Artists
Charlie Parker Quintet
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker Quintet & Miles Davis
Charlie Parker & Lennie Tristano
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker