Unheard Takes of Jazz Legend Charlie Parker and His Collaborators Released in New Set
Fifty-eight never listed studio takes from legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker and his groups have been compiled on the set, Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes.
The set features a veritable who’s who of bebop bassists, including Teddy Kotick, Ray Brown, Tommy Potter and Curley Russell. Jazz historian Phil Schaap, currently Curator at Jazz At Lincoln Center, co-produced the compilation and provides a session-by-session history and track-by-track analysis in the liner notes.
The songs range from Latin jazz and an unfinished Cole Porter project to work by Parker’s quintet. All the music was recorded between 1949 and 1952, and the set includes the final masters of completed work, as well.
Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes is available on CD.
Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes Track List:
Disc 1:
- Okiedoke incomplete
- Okiedoke alternate take
- Okiedoke incomplete
- Okiedoke alternate take
- Okiedoke released master
- Visa incomplete
- Visa alternate take
- Visa false start
- Visa released master
- Tune X incompletes & false start
- Tune X alternate take
- Tune X incompletes
- Tune X, a.k.a. ‘Diverse’ released master
- Tune X, a.k.a. ‘Segment’ released master
- Tune Y false starts
- Tune Y, a.k.a. ‘Passport’ released ‘rare’ master
- Tune Z false start
- Tune Z alternate take
- Tune Z false starts
- Tune Z alternate take
- Tune Z false starts
- Tune Z alternate take
- Tune Z, also a.k.a. ‘Passport’ released ‘common’ master
- If I Should Lose You false starts
- If I Should Lose You released master
- Star Eyes incomplete & false start
- Star Eyes incomplete
- Star Eyes released master
- Blues (Fast) false starts
- Blues (Fast) alternate take
- Blues (Fast) false start
- Blues (Fast) alternate take
- Blues (Fast) incomplete
- Blues (Fast) alternate take
- Blues (Fast) abandoned take, studio chatter
- Blues (Fast) released master
- Bloomdido false starts
- Bloomdido released master
Disc 2:
- An Oscar for Treadwell incomplete
- An Oscar for Treadwell incomplete
- An Oscar For Treadwell released alternate take
- An Oscar For Treadwell released master
- Mohawk incomplete & false start
- Mohawk released alternate take
- Mohawk false start
- Mohawk released master
- My Little Suede Shoes alternate take w/false start
- My Little Suede Shoes alternate take
- My Little Suede Shoes alternate take
- My Little Suede Shoes released master
- Tico Tico alternate take w/false start
- Tico Tico false starts
- Tico Tico alternate take
- Tico Tico false starts
- Tico Tico released master
- Fiesta alternate take w/false start
- Fiesta released master
- Mama Inez alternate take
- Mama Inez released master
- Night And Day alternate take
- Night And Day alternate take
- Night And Day released master
- Almost Like Being In Love alternate take
- Almost Like Being In Love false start & incomplete
- Almost Like Being In Love released master
- What Is This Thing Called Love incomplete
- What Is This Thing Called Love alternate take
- What Is This Thing Called Love incomplete
- What Is This Thing Called Love released master