Track listing: A1 Four Brothers 0:00 A2 Early Autumn 3:06 A3 Timmy Rogers – Comedian 6:10 A4 Repetition 10:52 A5 What Is This Thing Called Love 14:18 B1 Introduction – Symphony Sid 17:21 B2 My [More]
White Christmas is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the musical film Holiday Inn, released in 1942. The composition won the Academy Award for [More]
“Jam Session” is the only album I’ve heard that presents Charlie Parker in familiar company with room to stretch out and with microphones capable of capturing the moment with the versimilitude expected by today’s listeners. [More]
Track listing: A1 What Is This Thing Called Love (C. Porter) 15:53 B1 Funky Blues (Oscar Peterson) 13:46 Personnel: Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Ray Brown – bass J.C. Heard – [More]
Track listing : 00:00 – Coleman Hawkins – Body and Soul 03:00 – Charlie Parker – Scrapple from the Apple 05:58 – Bud Powell – I Can’t Get Started 11:36 – Milt Jackson – How [More]
“This LP contains two broadcasts featuring Charlie Parker at Boston’s Storyville club in 1953. one set finds him accompanied by the Red Garland Trio (two years before Garland became famous playing with Miles Davis) while [More]
“This superb album was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in November of 1980. All of the principals have passed on, so it’s that much more of a treat. Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie fronted the group [More]
There is something inherent in the saxophone’s tonal capabilities which enables it to suggest romance or blissful calm, a languorous quality which, in the hands of the right musicians, can create an alluring mood.  [More]
Swedish Schnapps (The Genius of Charlie Parker, volume 8) (MG V-8010) is a Charlie Parker compilation album, released by Verve Records, compiling recordings made by two different groups, on two different dates in 1951. The [More]
Track listing: A1 Lester Leaps In (CP) 0:00 A2 How High The Moon (LY) 2:43 A3 Out Of Nowhere (CP) 7:09 A4 Laura (CP) 11:18 B1 Lester Leaps In (LY) 14:20 B2 Destinatinon Moon (LY) [More]