In 1939, at the age of nineteen, he had set out on the road via a stint in the horn section with the Jay McShann Orchestra and within a few years he had arrived in New York where the key players in the development of bebop were coming together.
He grew up musically in the Kansas City clubs where improvisational skills were tested in the kind of head to head contests that rappers take part in today. However, this Savoy Jazz collection of the master takes from these sessions avoids these pitfalls and is strongly recommended.Ĭharlie Parker came out of the same vibrant Kansas City jazz scene that had produced Count Basie and Lester Young in the ‘thirties. Budget compilations come and go recording quality varies many sets contain numerous takes of the same tracks. Red Callendar, Tommy Potter, Nelson Boyd (bass)ĭespite his seminal position in the development of jazz, sourcing a meaningful selection of Charlie Parker's groundbreaking recorded output for the Savoy and Dial labels is not as straightforward as it should be. Recorded 1944 – 1948, various locations mainly Hollywood or New Yorkĭodo Marmarosa, Errol Garner, Bud Powell, John Lewis, Duke Jordan (piano)
