Charlie Parker : Lover Man

Illustration sonore du message publié par Damien.

Date: July 29, 1946
Place: C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, California
Group: Charlie Parker Quintet (except item 4 issued as Howard McGhee Quintet) with Howard McGhee (tpt), Jimmy Bunn (p), Bob Kesterson (b), Roy Porter (d)
Primary Source: Dial box, disc 1

Charlie Parker - Lover Man.mp3

Note: Parker's third studio session, the infamous "Lover Man" date. "Bebop" features a fiery two-chorus trumpet solo by McGhee and a disintegrating Charlie Parker.
McGhee went on to finish the session as a quartet, continuing with the exceptional passion he demonstrates on "Bebop." Parker went back to his hotel, wound up in jail, and then off to the Camarillo State Mental Hospital for rehabilitation.
PARKER IN CAMARILLO UNTIL END OF JANUARY 1947

A la suite de l'intro au piano de Jimmy Bunn, Charlie Parker, shooté, rate le début du thème, puis se reprend, et interprète une des versions les plus bouleversantes du standard "Lover Man". Suivront 6 mois d'hospitalisation forcée... Et le titre "Relaxin' at Camarillo, enregistré le 26 février 1947, toujours pour Dial.

Charlie Parker - Relaxin At Camarillo.mp3
Date: February 26, 1947
Place: C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, California
Group: Charlie Parker's New Stars with Howard McGhee (tpt), Wardell Gray (ts), Dodo Marmarosa (p), Barney Kessel (g), Red Callender (b), Don Lamond (d)
Primary Source: Dial box, disc 2