Artist: Charlie Parker
Title Of Album: Chasin' the Bird [Synergy]
Year Of Release: 2005
Country: USA
Label: Proper Records
Genre: Jazz, Bebop, Saxophone
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbps
Total Time: 5 h 15 min 12 sec
Total Size: 648 Mb (+3%) | No Scans
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One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense. "Bird," along with his contemporaries Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, is considered a founder of bebop; in reality he was an intuitive player who simply was expressing himself. Rather than basing his improvisations closely on the melody as was done in swing, he was a master of chordal improvising, creating new melodies that were based on the structure of a song. In fact, Bird wrote several future standards (such as "Anthropology," "Ornithology," "Scrapple from the Apple," and "Ko Ko," along with such blues numbers as "Now's the Time" and "Parker's Mood") that "borrowed" and modernized the chord structures of older tunes. Parker's remarkable technique, fairly original sound, and ability to come up with harmonically advanced phrases that could be both logical and whimsical were highly influential. By 1950, it was impossible to play "modern jazz" with credibility without closely studying Charlie Parker.

Tracklist: Disc 1 | Chasin' the Bird

01. Cherokee (2:50)
02. I'm Forever Blowing (3:59)
03. Sweet Georgia Brown (7:43)
04. Groovin' High (5:42)
05. Shaw'Nuff (4:17)
06. Dizzy Atmosphere (4:25)
07. Salt Peanuts (2:06)
08. Anthropology (2:55)
09. Billie's Bounce (3:46)
10. Blue 'n' Boogie (5:05)
11. All The Things You Are (5:10)
12. Ornithology (4:58)
13. A Night In Tunisia (5:08)
14. Dizzy Atmosphere (4:03)
15. Groovin' High (5:15)
16. Confirmation (5:40)
17. Ko Ko (4:08)

Tracklist: Disc 2 | Chasin' the Bird: Bird at Roost

01. 52nd Street Theme (5:10)
02. Ko Ko (2:35)
03. Groovin' High (4:55)
04. Big Foot (4:47)
05. Ornithology (5:43)
06. Slow Boat To China (5:11)
07. Hot House (4:28)
08. Salt Peanuts (3:53)
09. Chasin' The Bird (4:27)
10. Out Of Nowhere (3:23)
11. Half Nelson (4:34)
12. White Christmas (4:56)
13. Little Willie Leaps (3:45)
14. Bebop (3:52)
15. East Of The Sun (4:44)
16. Cheryl (4:23)
17. Scrapple From The Apple (4:14)
18. Barbados (3:53)

Tracklist: Disc 3 | Chasin' the Bird: Bird in Flight

01. Wahoo (6:36)
02. 'Round Midnight (5:05)
03. This Time The Dream's On Me (6:19)
04. Dizzy Atmosphere (6:56)
05. Move (6:33)
06. The Street Beat (9:32)
07. Out Of Nowhere (6:21)
08. Little Willie Leaps/52nd Street Theme (5:46)
09. Ornithology (7:53)
10. I'll Remember April/52nd Street Theme (9:30)
11. Cool Blues/52nd Street Theme (9:07)

Tracklist: Disc 4 | Chasin' the Bird: Birdland and Elsewhere

01. Ornithology (4:38)
02. Cheryl (5:17)
03. Ko Ko (5:19)
04. Bird Of Paradise (6:27)
05. Now's The Time (5:38)
06. Blue 'n' Boogie (6:49)
07. Anthropology (5:00)
08. 'Round Midnight (3:12)
09. Night In Tunisia (4:51)
10. Hot House (3:31)
11. Laura (3:03)
12. This Time The Dream's On Me (6:09)
13. Cool Blues (3:20)
14. Lester Leaps In (3:48)
15. How High The Moon (5:26)
16. Embraceable You/52nd Street Theme (3:33)
17. East Of The Sun (3:30)