Alternate Masters, Vol. 1

by Charlie Parker

Alternate Masters, Vol. 1 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1951
  • Label: Dial
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiling discarded takes from the saxophonist's highly influential late-1940s sessions, this archival release offers an invaluable glimpse into his improvisational process. The variations in his solos across different attempts demonstrate an endless stream of harmonic invention and rhythmic genius that defined the bebop revolution.

Genres

Descriptors: archival, saxophone, fast, technical, compilation

Tracklist

  1. Nowhere
  2. How deep
  3. Quasimodo
  4. Bird Of Paradise
  5. Embraceable
  6. Charlies Wig
  7. Nowhere
  8. Bird Of Paradise
  9. Drifting On A Reed
  10. Klactoveedsedsteen
  11. Scrapple
  12. Dexterity
  13. The Hymn

Credits

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