Charlie Parker - Early Bird: The Best of the 1945 Studio Recordings (1996/2009)

01. Groovin’ High
02. All The Things You Are
03. Dizzy Atmosphere
04. Salt Peanuts
05. Shaw’nuff
06. Hot House
07. Mean To Me
08. Hallelujah
09. Get Happy
10. Slam Slam Blues
11. Congo Blues
12. Takin’ Off
13. If I Had You
14. 20th Century Blues
15. Street Beat
16. Billie’s Bounce
17. Now’s The Time
18. Warming Up A Riff
19. Thriving From A Riff
20. Meandering
21. Ko Ko
22. Dizzy Boogie
23. Flat Foot Floogie
24. Popity Pop
25. Slim’s Jam

Tracks 1 – 3 : Dizzy Gillespie, 1945-02-28
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. “Dizzy” Gillespie (tpt); Clyde Hart (p); Remo Palmieri (g);
 Slam Stewart (b); William “Cozy” Cole (d)

Tracks 4 – 6 : Dizzy Gillespie, 1945-05-12
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. “Dizzy” Gillespie (tpt, voc); Al Haig (p);
 Dillon “Curley” Russell (b); Sid Catlett (d)

Track 7 : Sarah Vaughan, 1945-05-25
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. “Dizzy” Gillespie (tpt); Flip Phillips [Joseph Filipelli] (ts); Nat Jaffe (p);
 Tadd Dameron (p); Bill De Arango (g); Dillon “Curley” Russell (b); Max Roach (d); Sarah Vaughan (voc)

Tracks 8 – 11 : Red Norvo, 1945-06-06
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. “Dizzy” Gillespie (tpt); Flip Phillips [Joseph Filipelli] (ts);
 Red Norvo [Kenneth Norville] (vb); Teddy Wilson (p); Slam Stewart (b); Gordon “Specs” Powell (d); J.C. Heard (d)

Tracks 12 – 15 : Sir Charles Thompson, 1945-09-04
Charlie Parker (as); Buck Clayton (tpt); Dexter Gordon (ts); Danny Barker (g);
 Sir Charles Thompson (p); Jimmy Butts (b); J.C. Heard (d)

Tracks 16 – 21 : Charlie Parker, 1945-11-26
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); J.B. “Dizzy” Gillespie (tpt, p);
 Sadik Hakim [Argonne Thornton] (p); Dillon “Curley” Russell (b); Max Roach (d)

Tracks 22 – 25 : Slim Gaillard, 1945-12-19
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. “Dizzy” Gillespie (tpt); Jack McVea (ts); Michael “Dodo” Marmarosa (p);
 Bulee “Slim” Gaillard (g, p, voc); Bam Brown (b); Arthur “Zutty” Singleton (d)

He wasn't a legend in 1941, not even a star; rather, he was a kid with the Kansas City blues playing in Jay McShann's Orchestra, the alto sax player propping up the swing with half a dozen other men. He's a sideman throughout the bulk of this 23-song disc. Here is Parker killing time in McShann or Gillespie or Cootie Williams' bands. Those seeking to find a few revelations through all this static and history are likely to come away disappointed. It's like trying to understand where "Purple Haze" came from while listening to a young Jimi Hendrix playing with the Isley Brothers. This disc does contain the birth- of-bop masterpiece "Cherokee," when Parker decided dissonance beget beauty. Better to buy the Yardbird Suite, which weeds out the best-of and tosses out the rest-of. You may not find a better performance of "Shaw 'Nuff," but you will find one that sounds better. --Robert Wilonsky, Editorial Review

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