Name: With Strings
Brand: Charlie Parker

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Universal Music GmbH

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Verve 60

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Limited edition

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Release date

2013-11-01

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5345888

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600753458884

Artist

Charlie Parker

Label EU

Verve

Genre EU

Jazz

Charlie Parker, an American alto saxophonist and composer, was a pioneer of bebop music. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time. Known as 'Bird', Parker was a virtuoso on the saxophone and introduced groundbreaking harmonic ideas into jazz. His innovative use of rapid passing chords, altered chords, and chord substitutions revolutionized the genre.
Parker tragically passed away at the age of 34 in New York City. Although his official cause of death was lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, he also suffered from cirrhosis and had experienced a heart attack. Remarkably, the coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's body to be much older than it actually was.

Verve Records, also known as Verve, is a multinational record label that was founded in 1956 by jazz impresario Norman Granz. The label originated from the consolidation of Granz's earlier labels, Norgran Records and Clef Records. In 1960, Verve was sold to MGM Records and became a subsidiary of the company. Throughout the 1960s, Verve expanded its music genres to include comedy, pop, R&B, rock, and folk music.

During this time, Verve had successful jazz recordings from artists such as Stan Getz, Kai Winding, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jimmy Smith under the direction of Creed Taylor. In 1972, MGM sold its record division to Polydor which brought Verve into the newly formed PolyGram family of record labels. As a result of this transition, Verve focused primarily on jazz reissues while other non-jazz releases were absorbed into Polydor.

In the late 1980s, PolyGram decided to revive Verve with both reissue programs and new artist signings. This revitalization led to strong sales for both new material and remastered classic recordings. With the merger of PolyGram and Vivendi Universal in 1999 creating Universal Music Group (UMG), Verve Records became part of The Verve Music Group alongside other influential labels such as Blue Note Records and Impulse! Records.

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This release presents the complete widely celebrated Massey Hall concert, performed in Canada by an all-star quintet of bebop founders which would never be reunited again. It appears here in the actual order of performance and without the added bass and echo which darkened the sound quality of some issues. As a bonus, we present a version of "Bass-ically Speaking". Although the track was recorded at a New York studio, Mingus originally included it, with dubbed applause, as part of the Massey Hall concert.AllMusic "A legendary set, no matter how or when or where it's issued."Penguin Guide to Jazz "The Massey Hall concert is a remarkable experience, not to be missed." (Richard Cook &amp; Brian Morton)CD: Wee / Hot House / A Night In Tunisia / Drum Conversa on / I’ve Got You Under My Skin / Embraceable You / Sure Thing / Cherokee / Hallelujah / Lull-aby Of Birdland / Perdido / Salt Peanuts / All The Things You Are / 52nd StreetTheme / Bass-ically SpeakingLP: Perdido / Salt Peanuts / All The Things You Are / 52nd Street Theme / Wee [Aka Allen’s Alley] / Hot House / A Night In Tunisia

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