CHARLIE PARKER - INTÉGRALE VOL 8

Distinctions :

« Mélodie. S’il fallait sous la torture, et une torture féroce, n’en garder qu’une seule, ça serait Laura. Jouée par Charlie Parker, elle met le pied dans la porte du Paradis. Des petites volutes de bonheur à l’état pur sans mélange. Rien ne peut gâcher ce moment où je l’écoute. »
Jean-Pierre MARIELLE (Le grand n’importe quoi, Calmann-Lévy, 2010)

L’intégrale Charlie Parker, réalisée par Alain Tercinet pour Frémeaux & Associés a pour mission de présenter la quasi-intégralité des titres gravées en studio ainsi que des oeuvres diffusées sur les ondes. Des enregistrements privés ont été écartés de la sélection pour respecter une cohérence sonore et un niveau de qualité esthétique à la hauteur du génie de Charlie Parker.


“Melody... If you were being tortured and could only keep one — even if the torture was fierce — then it would have to be Laura.
Played by Charlie Parker, Laura steps through the gates of Paradise wreathed in little scrolls of pure, undiluted happiness. Nothing can spoil that moment every time I hear it.”
Jean-Pierre MARIELLE (Le grand n’importe quoi, Calmann-Lévy, 2010)

The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Frémeaux & Associés by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : ALAIN TERCINET

DROITS : DP / FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES

CD 1 : CHARLIE PARKER QUARTET NYC, MARCH/APRIL 1950 - STAR EYES • BLUES (FAST) • I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. CHARLIE PARKER WITH MACHITO AND HIS AFRO-CUBAN ORCHESTRA POSS. RENAISSACE BALLROOMD, NYC, 19/5/1950 - LAMENT FOR CONGA (MACHITO) • MAMBO FORTUNATO (MACHITO). CHARLIE PARKER AND HIS ORCHESTRA NYC, 6/6/1950 - BLOOMDIDO • AN OSCAR FROM TREADWELL • AN OSCAR FROM TREADWELL • MOHAWK • MY MELANCHOLY BABY • LEAP FROG • RELAXIN’ WITH LEE. CHARLIE PARKER QUARTET NYC, MID 1950 - I CAN’T GET STARTED.

CD 2 : CHARLIE PARKER QUINTET CAFÉ SOCIETY, NYC, 8/6/1950 – 6/7/1950 - 52ND STREET THEME • JUST FRIENDS • APRIL IN PARIS • A NIGHT IN TUNISIA • MEDLEY 1 (BEWITCHED / SUMMERTIME) • MEDLEY II (I COVER THE WATERFRONT / GONE WITH THE WIND) • EASY TO LOVE / 52ND STREET THEME • MEDLEY III (WHAT’S NEW / IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN) • MOOSE THE MOOCHE / 52ND STREET THEME. CHARLIE PARKER WITH THE TONY SCOTT QUARTET CAFÉ SOCIETY, NYC, 1950 - LOVER COME BACK TO ME • 52ND STREET THEME.

CD 3 : CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS NYC, 5/7/1950 - DANCING IN THE DARK • OUT OF NOWHERE • LAURA • EAST OF THE SUN. NYC, 5/7/1950 - THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME • EASY TO LOVE • I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE • I’LL REMEMBER APRIL. CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS APOLLO THEATRE, NYC, 22/8/1950 - WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE. APOLLO THEATRE, NYC, 23/8/1950 - EASY TO LOVE • APRIL IN PARIS • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE. CARNEGIE HALL, NYC, 17 SEPTEMBRE 1950 - WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE • APRIL IN PARIS • EASY TO LOVE • ROCKER.