NOW'S THE TIME - 1945-1946

A lot of people didn't understand his music and when they started to do so, they still wondered how he did it. Charlie Parker remained a mystery.
Clint Eastwood

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.

CD 1 : Red Norvo and his Selected Sextet (NYC, 6/6/1945) Hallelujah! • Hallelujah! • Hallelujah! • Get Happy • Get Happy • Slam Slam Blues • Slam Slam Blues • Congo Blues • Congo Blues • Congo Blues • Congo Blues • Congo Blues • Sir Charles and his All Stars (NYC, 4/9/1945) Takin’ Off • If I Had You • 20th Century Blues • The Street Beat • Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers (NYC, 26/11/1945) Billie’s Bounce • Billie’s Bounce • Billie’s Bounce • Warming Up a Riff.
CD 2 : Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers (NYC, 26/11/1945) Billie’s Bounce • Billie’s Bounce • Now’s the Time • Now’s The Time • Now’s The Time • Now’s The Time • Thriving On a Riff • Thriving On A Riff • Thriving On A Riff • Meandering • Koko • Koko • Dizzy Gillespie and his Rebop Six (Radio/Broadcast, Billy Berg’s Supper Club, LA, 17/12/1945) How High the Moon • 52nd Street Theme • Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra (Hollywood, 29/12/1945) Dizzy Boogie • Dizzy Boogie • Flat Foot Floogie • Flat Foot Floogie • Popity Pop • Slim’s Jam • Dizzy Gillespie and his Rebop Six (Radio/Broadcast, Afrs Jubilee, Hollywood, 29/12/1945) • Dizzy Atmosphere • Groovin’ High • Shaw ‘nuff. (Radio/Broadcast, Rudy Vallée Show, LA 24 /1/1946) Salt Peanuts Radio Transcription
CD 3 : Jazz At The Philharmonic (Philharmonic Auditorium, LA, 28/1/1946) • Sweet Georgia Brown • Blues For Norman • I Can’t Get Started • Oh! Lady be Good • After You’ve Gone • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Private Recording, Freddy James Home, Hollywood, 3/2/1946) Lover, come back to me • Tempo Jazzmen (Glendale, 5/2/1946) Diggin’ Diz • Charlie Parker Quintet (Radio/Broadcast, Finale Club, LA, march 1946) Billie’s Bounce • All The Things You Are • Blue ‘N’ Boogie • Anthropology • Ornithology

Rights: Frémeaux & Associés.