Charlie Parker: Be Bop Live
ByYou may ask, who needs five versions of Parker's "Be Bop," five of Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" or four takes of "Scrapple From The Apple"? The answer is, we all do. The multiple takes reinforce the feeling of ferocity which the musicians deliver on these compositions. Played at near breakneck speeds, you can compare takes of "Salt Peanuts" with trumpet chair swapped between Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, and Dizzy Gillespie, who is credited along with Kenny Clarke with authoring the tune. Parker's performances here are truly amazing, as he was on top of his revolutionary sound in this period. By remastering the tapes, this 139 minutes of music is like manna from heaven. Unlike the Biblical food supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness, this music is more urbane, but just as nourishing.
Track Listing
CD 1:
Groovin' High; Big Foot; Ornithology; Hot House; Salt Peanuts; Chasin' the Bird; Out of Nowhere; Scrapple from the Apple; Be Bop; Hot House; Oop Bop Sh'bam; Scrapple from the Apple; Barbados; Salt Peanuts.
CD 2:
Scrapple from the Apple; Barbados; Be Bop; Groovin' High; Confirmation; Salt Peanuts; Ornithology; Cheryl; KoKo; Bird of Paradise; Now's the Time; Be Bop; A Night in Tunisia; Salt Peanuts.
Personnel
Charlie Parker: saxophone, alto; Don Byas: saxophone, tenor; Dizzy Gillespie: trumpet; Miles Davis: trumpet; Kenny Dorham: trumpet; Red Rodney: trumpet; Al Haig: piano; Tommy Potter: bass, acoustic; Curley Russell: bass, acoustic; Max Roach: drums; Roy Haynes: drums.
Album information
Title: Be Bop Live | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Ezz-thetics
About Charlie Parker
Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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