Mercury Records Collection: MG C-101: Charlie Parker With Strings

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MG C-101: Charlie Parker With Strings

Label Type :	black/silver Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 35010A
	SIDE-B	MG 35010A - 1 - 3X

Comments

Judgine from matrix imprints, MG C-101 is a reissue of MG-35010.

Later reissued as MG C-501.

Previous (maybe original) owner wrote “5” over “1” on the back cover - I don't know why.

Inside The Groove

Charlie Parker's one of the best-selling “with strings” session.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

All Jazz fans know the music of the genius Charlie Parker - no more words are needed to explain here. A True Genius.

Here is another example of how the Bird can sing, fly and dance. Although the background ensemble is strings, the greatness of his own alto never be spoiled - he was always the Bird.

A beautiful album (although the sound quality on this 10-inch LP is not the best).

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	C 321-3	April In Paris	-
A-2	C 322-2	Summertime	-
A-3	C 324-3	If I Should Lose You	-
SIDE-B
B-1	C 323-2	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	-
B-2	C 320-3	Everything Happens To Me	-
B-3	C 319-5	Just Friends	-

Personnel

Recent CD reissue (Verve 314 523 984-2) is a great compiation of his Mercury/Clef recordings with strings, including these 6 tracks on this 10-inch LP.

Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra:
Charlie Parker (as), Stan Freeman (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (ds),
Mitch Miller (oboe, english horn), Bronislaw Gimpel (vln), Max Hollander (vln), Milton Lomask (vln),
Frank Brieff (vla), Frank Miller (vlc), Meyer Rosen (harp), Jimmy Carroll (arr, cond).
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City on November 30, 1949.