...( Info )...

Performer = Charlie Parker

Born = Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Genre = Jazz/Bebop

Format = Opus ~128


...( TrackList )...

Now's The Time (CD 1)

Charlie Parker - 20th century Blues
Charlie Parker - All the things you are
Charlie Parker - Congo Blues
Charlie Parker - Dizzy atmosphere
Charlie Parker - Dream of you
Charlie Parker - Get happy
Charlie Parker - Groovin' high
Charlie Parker - Red Cross
Charlie Parker - Swingmatism
Charlie Parker - Takin' off
Charlie Parker - Tiny's tempo (ft Tiny Grimes Quintet)
Dizzy Gillespie & His All-Star Quintet - Hallelujah
Dizzy Gillespie & His All-Star Quintet - Hot house
Dizzy Gillespie & His All-Star Quintet - Shaw 'nuff
Dizzy Gillespie's Rebop Six - Salt peanuts
Jay McShann & His Orchestra - The jumpin' Blues (ft Charlie Parker)
Red Norvo and His Sextet - Slam slam Blues
Sir Charles - The Street Beat (ft Charlie Parker)
Tiny Grimes Quintet - I'll always love you (ft Charlie Parker)
Tiny Grimes Quintet - Romance without finance (ft Charlie Parker)


Now's The Time (CD 2)

Charlie Parker - Be-Bop
Charlie Parker - Billie's bounce
Charlie Parker - Diggin' Diz
Charlie Parker - Dizzy's Boogie (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Flat floot floogie
Charlie Parker - Ko-Ko
Charlie Parker - Lover man
Charlie Parker - Max (Is) making wax
Charlie Parker - Meandering
Charlie Parker - Now's The Time
Charlie Parker - Poppity Pop
Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra - Slim's jam
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Night in Tunisia
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Thriving on a riff
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Warming up a riff
The Charlie Parker Quintet - The Gypsy
The Charlie Parker Quintet - This is always
The Charlie Parker Septet - Moose the Mooche
The Charlie Parker Septet - Ornithology
The Charlie Parker Septet - Yardbird suite


Now's The Time (CD 3)

Charlie Parker - Bird's nest
Charlie Parker - Buzzy
Charlie Parker - Chasin' the bird
Charlie Parker - Cool Blues
Miles Davis - Milestones (ft Charlie Parker)
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Carvin' the bird
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Cheers
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Cheryl
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Donna Lee
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Half Nelson
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Relaxin' at Camarillo
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Slippin' at bells
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Stupendous
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird of Paradise
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Bongo Bop
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Dark shadows
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Dexterity
The Charlie Parker Quintet - The hymn
The Charlie Parker Sextet - Dewey Square
The Miles Davis All-Stars - Little Willie leaps


Now's The Time (CD 4)

Charlie Parker - Blue bird
Charlie Parker - Embraceable you
Charlie Parker - Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
Charlie Parker - Out of nowhere
Charlie Parker - Quasimodo
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Ah-Leu-Cha
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Barbados
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Bird gets the worm
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Constellation
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Drifting on a reed
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Another hair-do
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Bird feathers
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Bongo Beep
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Charlie's wig
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Don't blame me
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Klaunstance
The Charlie Parker Quintet - My old flame
The Charlie Parker Quintet - Scrapple from the apple
The Charlie Parker Sextet - Crazeology
The Charlie Parker Sextet - How deep is the ocean?


Now's The Time (CD 5)

Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Star eyes
Charlie Parker - An Oscar for Treadwell (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Ballade
Charlie Parker - Bloomdido (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Cardboard
Charlie Parker - Leap frog (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Mohawk (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - My melancholy baby (Complete take) (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - My melancholy baby (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Passport (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Relaxin' with Lee (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Relaxin' with Lee (Take 4...) (& Dizzy Gillespie)
Charlie Parker - Segment
Metronome All Stars - Overtime
Metronome All Stars - Victory ball
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Marmaduke
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Merry-Go-Round
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Parker's mood
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Perhaps
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Steeplechase


Now's The Time (CD 6)

Charlie Parker - Bird of Paradise
Charlie Parker - Confirmation
Charlie Parker - Dizzy atmosphere
Charlie Parker - Embraceable you
Charlie Parker - Groovin' high
Charlie Parker - Ko-Ko
Charlie Parker - Ko-Ko (2)
Charlie Parker - Now's The Time
Charlie Parker - Oh, lady be good
Charlie Parker - Ornithology
The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Cheryl
The Charlie Parker Septet - A night in Tunisia


Now's The Time (CD 7)

Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - What is this thing called love?
Charlie Parker - Ballad medley
Charlie Parker - Jam Blues
Charlie Parker - Lady be good (Part 1 + 2)
Charlie Parker - Sweet Georgia Brown (Part 1 + 2)


Now's The Time (CD 8)

Charlie Parker - Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Fiesta
Charlie Parker - Begin the beguine
Charlie Parker - Estrellita
Charlie Parker - La cucaracha
Charlie Parker - La Paloma
Charlie Parker - Mama Inez
Charlie Parker - Mango Mangue
Charlie Parker - My little suede shoes
Charlie Parker - No noise (Part 1 + 2)
Charlie Parker - Okiedoke
Charlie Parker - Tico-Tico
Charlie Parker - Un poquito de tu amor
Charlie Parker - Why do I love you?


Now's The Time (CD 9)

Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - I can't get started
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - K. C. Blues
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - She rote
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Star eyes
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - What is this thing called love?
Charlie Parker - Blues for Alice
Charlie Parker - Funky Blues
Charlie Parker - Lover man
Charlie Parker - Swedish schnapps
Charlie Parker - The opener


Now's The Time (CD 10)

Charlie Parker - I'm in the mood for love
Charlie Parker - Lover
Charlie Parker with Strings - Autumn in New York
Charlie Parker with Strings - Dancing in the dark
Charlie Parker with Strings - East of the Sun
Charlie Parker with Strings - Easy to love
Charlie Parker with Strings - Everything happens to me
Charlie Parker with Strings - I didn't know what time it was
Charlie Parker with Strings - If I should lose you
Charlie Parker with Strings - I'll remember April
Charlie Parker with Strings - Just friends
Charlie Parker with Strings - Laura
Charlie Parker with Strings - Out of nowhere
Charlie Parker with Strings - Stella by starlight
Charlie Parker with Strings - Summertime
Charlie Parker with Strings - Temptation
Charlie Parker with Strings - They can't take that away from me

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Charles Christopher Parker Jr., ps. Bird (ur. 29 sierpnia 1920 w Kansas City, zm. 12 marca 1955 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykański saksofonista i kompozytor jazzowy, który wywarł znaczący wpływ na jazz. Uważany za ojca bebopu.

W 1934, w wieku 14 lat został członkiem szkolnej orkiestry. W wieku 17 lat miał już za sobą występy z kilkoma orkiestrami jazzowymi w Kansas City. W 1939 przeprowadził się do Nowego Jorku, gdzie w 1940 został zatrudniony w orkiestrze Jaya McShanna. W grudniu 1942 został przyjęty do big bandu Earla Hinesa, w którym grał również Dizzy Gillespie. Obaj wraz z innymi młodymi muzykami znudzonymi grą w big-bandach uczestniczyli w licznych after-hours jam-sessions, podczas których nieformalna atmosfera małych klubów sprzyjała rozwojowi ich własnego stylu, a tym samym powstaniu bebopu.

W 1944 spotkał się i rozpoczął współpracę z mającym 18 lat trębaczem, Milesem Davisem. Jego ulubionym interwałem była kwinta zmniejszona (tryton). Znane standardy skomponowane przez Charliego Parkera to m.in. Billie’s Bounce, Ornithology, Yardbird Suite i Scraple from the Apple. Charakterystyczne dla niego są kompozycje bazujące na istniejących standardach, przykładem jest Ornithology, oparta na melodii i harmonii How High the Moon.

Usiłował popełnić samobójstwo po śmierci córki w 1954. Zmarł na skutek wycieńczenia narkotykowego i alkoholowego rok później.