Charlie Parker & Miles Davis - Blue Bird Legendary Savoy Sessions [2000]

Compiled by experts on Parker, this CD issue contains six sessions by Parker’s vintage 1945-1948 band, featuring two young musicians who were his best and most efficient collaborators (Miles Davis & Max Roach), plus two pianists who left their mark on the evolution of Bop (Bud Powell & John Lewis). The first session also features Dizzy Gillespie playing piano. Read More - Amazon

Track List of Charlie Parker & Miles Davis - BlueBird: Legendary Savoy Sessions

1. Billie's Bounce
2. Now's the Time
3. Meandering
4. Donna Lee
5. Chasin' the Bird
6. Cheryl
7. Buzzy
8. Milestones
9. Little Willie Leaps
10. Half Nelson
11. Sippin' at Bells
12. Another Hair-Do
13. Blue Bird
14. Klaunstance
15. Bird Gets the Worm
16. Barbados
17. Ah-Leu-Cha
18. Constellation
19. Parker's Mood
20. Perhaps
21. Marmaduke
22. Steeplechase
23. Merry-Go-Round

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Various Artists - Jazz & Latin American Songs

Track List of Various Artists - Jazz & Latin American Songs :

01. Louis Armstrong - Kiss of fire 1952
02. Harry James - Brasil 1945
03. Django Reinhardt - Brasil 1953
04. Tommy Dorsey - Tico-Tico 1946
05. Gene Krupa - Green eyes 1941
06. Nappy Lamare - Mama Inez 1947
07. Louis Armstrong - The peanut vendor 1930
08. John Kirby - The peanut vendor 1943
09. George Shearing - Poinciana 1948
10. Frank Trumbauer - Taboo 1938
11. Charlie Shavers - Amor 1944
12. Oscar Aleman - Besame mucho 1943
13. Nat King Cole - Besame mucho 1944
14. Louis Armstrong - La Cucaracha 1935
15. Charlie parker - la Cucaracha 1952
16. Charlie Parker - Estrellita 1952
17. Duke Ellington - Frenesi 1940
18. Fats Waller - Frenesi 1940
19. Ahmad Jamal - Perfidia 1951
20. Tommy Dorsey - Perfidia 1941
21. Slim and Slam - Ti-Pi-Tin 1938
22. Sarah Vaughan - What a difference a day made 1947
23. Claude Thornhill - La Paloma 1946

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Barry Harris Quintet - Newer Than New [1961]

Barry Doyle Harris (born December 15, 1929) is an American bebop jazz pianist and educator.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, on December 15, 1929, Barry Harris was influenced by Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk. Harris left Detroit for New York City in 1960. Even on a superficial hearing, Harris's playing is noted for its uncanny similarity to Bud Powell, much in the way that Sonny Stitt had a similarity to Charlie Parker. Read more...


Barry Harris Quintet - Newer Than New [1961]
Genre: Jazz

Tracks:
1. Mucho Dinero
2. Easy To Love
3. Burgundy
4. Last One, The
5. Anthropology
6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
7. Make Haste
8. Nightingale

Barry Harris Quintet - Newer Than New [1961]

Missing Track 8

Teddy Edwards - Tango In Harlem [1995]

Track List of Teddy Edwards - Tango In Harlem

1. Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velaquez) 6:17
2. The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington) 7:29
3. Cruisin' and Groovin' (Teddy Edwards) 7:12
4. Two Steps Down (Teddy Edwards) 4:42
5. Old Folks (Williard Robison/Dedette Lee Hill) 6:13
6. Sunset Eyes (Teddy Edwards) 6:55
7. Ornithology (Benny Harris/Charlie Parker) 4:16
8. Tango in Harlem (Teddy Edwards) 5:17
9. Alfie (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) 4:05
10. Nica's Dream (Horace Silver) 7:30
11. Undecided (Charlie Shavers/Sid Robin) 4:30
12. Sponavating the Blues (Teddy Edwards) 5:27

Personnel:
Teddy Edwards (Tenor Saxophone)
Christian Mc Bride (Double Bass)
Billy Higgins (Drums)

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Paul Bley - Open, to love [1973]

Solo Piano

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Who is Paul Bley?

(Born: Nov 10, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Paul Bley has long offered avant-garde pianists an alternative approach to improvising than that of Cecil Taylor. Bley has been able to use melody and space in inventive ways while performing fairly free improvisations. He started on piano at age eight, studied at Juilliard during 1950-1952, and in 1953 played with Charlie Parker on a Canadian television show; the soundtrack serves as his recording debut. After recording for Charles Mingus' Debut label in 1953, he moved to New York. Following a stint with Jackie McLean's quintet, he relocated to Los Angeles. Bley played with Chet Baker and then in 1958 played at the ~Hillcrest with musicians who would soon form the Ornette Coleman Quartet: Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. He soon returned to New York, played and recorded with Charles Mingus and Don Ellis, was part of the Jimmy Giuffre Three (which also included Steve Swallow), and was married to the talented up-and-coming pianist/composer Carla Bley. After leading his own trio, Paul Bley spent much of 1963 with Sonny Rollins' group. He participated in the famous ~October Revolution in Jazz in 1964 and was a founding member of the Jazz Composers Guild. He recorded frequently with his trios, for a few years experimented with electronics with his second wife Annette Peacock, and then in 1974 founded his Improvising Artists label. Virtually all of that short-lived label's output has been reissued on CD by Black Saint/Soul Note. Since the mid-'70s, Paul Bley has recorded a countless number of albums for literally dozens of labels (once cutting two albums in the same day, in two different countries). A key link between Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Bley's adventurous yet thoughtful playing sounds like no one else.

Dizzy Gillespie, Mickey Roker, Paulinho Da Costa - Bahiana [1996]

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children.Dizzie's father was a local bandleader, so instruments were made available to Dizzy. He started to play the piano at the age of 4. Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. Learn More about Dizzy Gillespie

Product Details
Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
Original Release Date: November 19, 1975
Number of Discs: 1

Track List of Dizzy Gillespie, Mickey Roker, Paulinho Da Costa - Bahiana
1. Carnival
2. Samba
3. Barcelona
4. In The Land Of The Living Dead
5. Behind The Moonbeam
6. Truth, The
7. Pele
8. Olinga

Dizzy Gillespie, Mickey Roker, Paulinho Da Costa - Bahiana [1996]

Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird [1956]

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived most of his contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he recorded. Learn more about Sonny Rollins

Track List of Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird :

1. Bird Medley: I Remember You / Star Eyes / My Melancholy Baby / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Old Folks / Just Friends / My Little Suede Shoes [George Gershwin, Earl Robinson, Gene DePaul, Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Charlie Parker, Don Raye, Norton, Victor Schertzinger, John Klenner, Public Domain] (26:55)
2. Kids Know -- Sonny Rollins (11:39)
3. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face -- Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe (4:52)

Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird [1956]

Jackie McLean - Action [1964]

John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006; some sources erroneously give 1932 as his year of birth) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City.

His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who owned a record store, and by several noted teachers. He also received informal tutoring from neighbours Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. During high school he played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk Jr. (the tenor saxophonist son of Andy Kirk).Read more...


Track List of Jackie McLean - Action :

1. Action
2. Plight
3. Wrong Handle
4. I Hear A Rhapsody
5. Hootnan


Jackie McLean - Action

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External Links:

Jackie McLean on the Hard Bop Home Page
Obituary in The Guardian (London) by John Fordham, April 3, 2006
"Blues for Jackie," Obituary by Owen McNally in Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) April 1, 2006
Amazon - Jackie McLean - Action

Various Artists - Latin Jazz - Afro-Cuban Jazz Pioneers

Track List of Various Artists Latin Jazz - Afro-Cuban Jazz Pioneers

01. Gillespie, Dizzy & His Orch. - Manteca (1947)
02. Pozo, Chano Y Su Ritmo De Tambores - Tambombarana !947)
03. Gillespie, Dizzy & His Orch. - Cubana Be (1947)
04. Gillespie, Dizzy & His Orch - Cubana Bop (1947)
05. Havana Casino Orchestra - Loló, Loló, Loló (1940)
06. Pozo, Chano Y Su Orquestra - Rumba En Swing (1947)
07. Valdés Miguelito Y Su Sexteto - El Cajón (1946)
08. Ellington, Duke & His Orch. - Moonlight Fiesta (1935)
09. Ellington, Duke & His Famous Orch. - The Flaming Sword (1940)
10. Machito & His Afro Cuban Orchestra - Tanga (1949)
11. Moody, James & His Bopmen - Tin Tin Deo (1948)
12. McGhee, Howard & His Afro Cuboppers - Cubop City (1948)
13. Parker, Charlie W. Machito - Mango Mangue (1948)
14. Cole, Nat King Trio - Go Bongo (1949)
15. Kenton, Stan & His Orch. - Cuban Episode (1950)
16. Machito & His Afro Cuban Orchestra - The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite (1950)
17. Morton, Jelly Roll - The Crave (1939)

Various Artists Latin Jazz - Afro-Cuban Jazz Pioneers
Various Artists Latin Jazz - Afro-Cuban Jazz Pioneers