Charlie Parker & Miles Davis - BlueBird: Legendary Savoy Sessions (2000)

Sharing some crossover terrain with Genius, 14 tracks to be exact, is Charlie Parker and Miles Davis’ Blue Bird: Legendary Savoy Sessions. A compilation of six sessions from 1945-1948 by the Charlie Parker Quintet, featuring Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and John Lewis on 23 legendary cuts.

Right off the bat on “Billie’s Bounce” the young Miles asserts his place within the group warming up to the dynamic runs of “Klaunstance” with a call and response with Bird. On “Bird Gets the Worm” Miles is bursting at the seams, matching Bird in intensity and notes. But it wouldn’t be Parker’s quintet without his signature playing on “Donna Lee”, “Now’s the Time” and “Blue Bird”. “Meandering” has Dizzy Gillespie on a rare turn at the piano and “Donna Lee” foreshadows the genius of Bud Powell’s own combos. The significance of these sessions is palpable, a testament and insight to that rare historical glimpse of a revolutionary art form.//allaboutjazz.com

Tracklist:

01 - Billie's Bounce
02 - Now's the Time
03 - Meandering
04 - Donna Lee
05 - Chasin' the Bird
06 - Cheryl
07 - Buzzy
08 - Milestones
09 - 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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