The Genius of Charlie Parker
by Charlie Parker
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1955
- Label: Savoy
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:53
- Community rating: 4.01/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Initiating Savoy Records' posthumous tribute series, this compilation gathers his most revolutionary, ground-breaking 1945 to 1948 studio sides. Featuring a young Miles Davis, the iconic recordings, including 'Ko-Ko' and 'Now's the Time', serve as the fundamental blueprints for modern jazz improvisation.
Genres
Descriptors: Instrumental, Complex, Technical, Melodic
Tracklist
- Introduction By Al "Jazzbeau" Collins
- Bird Gets The Worm - (Orig. Take 3)
- Bluebird - (Orig. Take 3)
- Klaunstance - (Orig. Take 1)
- Barbados - (Orig. Take 4)
- Merry Go Round - (Orig. Take 2)
- Donna Lee - (Orig. Take 4)
- Chasing The Bird - (Orig. Take 3)
- Koko - (Orig. Master)
- Perhaps - (New Take 1)
- Warming Up A Riff - (Orig. Master)
- Slim's Jam - (Orig. Master)
- Popity Pop - (Orig. Master)
- Dizzy Boogie - (Orig. Master)
- Flat Foot Floogie - (Orig. Master)
Credits
- Charlie Parker - primary artist, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Curly Russell - bass
- Jimmy Butts - bass
- Nelson Boyd - bass
- Tiny "Bam" Brown - bass
- Tommy Potter - bass
- Harold "Doc" West - drums
- Max Roach - drums
- Zutty Singleton - drums
- Ozzie Cadena - edited by
- Slim Gaillard - guitar, vibraphone, vocals
- Rudy Van Gelder - mastered by, remastered by
- Bud Powell - piano
- Clyde Hart - piano
- Dizzy Gillespie - piano, trumpet
- Dodo Marmarosa - piano
- Duke Jordan - piano
- John Lewis - piano
- Jack McVea - tenor saxophone
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- Al Jazzbo Collins - featuring