Bird with Strings: Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland

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Release Date

February, 1978

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

August 23, 1950 - November 14, 1952
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Bird with Strings: Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland

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During 1949-54 Charlie Parker often recorded and performed with a string section. This LP contains a cross section of Bird's live performances from 1950-52 and, although the string arrangements are the same as for the studio recordings, Parker's solos are quite a bit different. Pity there's no live version of "Just Friends," his most successful string recording. It's not quite essential music but worth picking up.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Cole Porter
Charlie Parker
2
Lester Young
Charlie Parker
3
John Klenner / Sam M. Lewis
Charlie Parker
4
Tom Adair / Matt Dennis
Charlie Parker
5
Brooks Bowman
Charlie Parker
6
Johnny Mercer / David Raksin
Charlie Parker
7
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
Charlie Parker
8
Cole Porter
Charlie Parker
9
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Charlie Parker
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