Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert 3/27/65

by Charlie Parker

Overview

This out-of-print LP documents an all-star concert that took place ten years after Charlie Parker's death in 1955. All six of the boppish performances are very rewarding. Dizzy Gillespie's quintet with James Moody (doubling on tenor and alto) and pianist Kenny Barron perform the pianist's recent "Um-Hmm" and a heated "Groovin' High." Trumpeter Roy Eldridge, tenor-saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and trombonist J.J. Johnson (using the pseudonym of C.C. Siegel) are in excellent form on "Now's the Time." Altoist Lee Konitz plays an unusual unaccompanied solo on "Blues for Bird," singer Dave Lambert scats his way through "Donna Lee" (on what would be his final recording) and a medley of "Bird Watcher" and "Disorder at the Border" has such soloists as pianist Billy Taylor, Gillespie, J.J., Konitz and trumpeter Kenny Dorham. This is a consistently exciting set that deserves to be reissued on CD. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/02/2024
Label:	Universal Japan
UPC:	4988031649954

Tracks

1. Um-Hmm! (Ode Ti Yard)
2. Groovin' High
3. Blues (From Hillespiana)
4. A Night In Tunisia
5. Now's the Time
6. Donna Lee
7. Cherokee
8. Blues for the Bird
9. Medley: Bird Watcher - Disorder at the Border

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Charlie Parker   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Frank Paparelli   Composer
Ray Noble   Composer
Kenny Barrow   Composer
Lalo Schifrin   Composer
Coleman Hawkins   Composer
Lee Konitz   Composer