Musicians like to observe that for all his notoriety as the wellspring of bebop, Charlie "Bird" Parker's music was loaded with the blues. Swedisch Schnapps is as good a place as any to make that connection with Parker's music, including as it does two of his most enduring bop heads based on the blues, "Au Privave" and "Blues For Alice."
While you wouldn't mistake either composition for a Muddy Waters tune, both relate Bird's off-kilter accents and serpentine melodicism at walking tempos that let you hear what's actually going by, instead of leaving you astonished but bemused.
To really drive the point home, there's "K.C. Blues," which finds the altoist at his hollerin' best, and "Lover Man," certainly one of the bluesiest 32-bar standards around.
And it offers an excellent resource for juxtaposing two of the most influential drummers of the bebop era, Max Roach and Kenny Clarke.
While you wouldn't mistake either composition for a Muddy Waters tune, both relate Bird's off-kilter accents and serpentine melodicism at walking tempos that let you hear what's actually going by, instead of leaving you astonished but bemused.
To really drive the point home, there's "K.C. Blues," which finds the altoist at his hollerin' best, and "Lover Man," certainly one of the bluesiest 32-bar standards around.
And it offers an excellent resource for juxtaposing two of the most influential drummers of the bebop era, Max Roach and Kenny Clarke.
Personnel:
Walter Bishop Jr. (piano on 08. 13.)
Ray Brown (bass on 01. - 07.)
Kenny Clarke (drums on 01. - 07.)
Kenny Dorham (trumpet on 14. - 17.)
Al Haig (piano on 14. - 17.)
Teddy Kotick (bass on 08. - 13.)
John Lewis (piano on 01. - 07.)
Miles Davis (trumpet on 08. - 13.)
Charlie Parker (saxophone)
Tommy Potter (bass on 14. - 17.)
Max Roach (drums on 08. - 17.)
Red Rodney (trumpet on 01. - 07.)
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Tracklist:
01. Si Si (Parker) 2.38
02. Swedish Schnapps (Alternate Take) (Shavers) 3.14
03. Swedish Schnapps (Shavers) 3.11
04. Back Home Blues (Alternate Take) (Parker) 2.36
05. Back Home Blues (Parker) 2.47
06. Lover Man (Davis/Ramirez/Sherman) 3.22
07. Blues For Alice (Parker) 2.47
08. Au Privave (Alternate Take) (Parker) 2.39
09. Au Privave (Parker) 2.43
10. She Rote (Alternate Take) (Parker) 3.09
11. She Rote (Parker) 3.06
12. K.C. Blues (Parker) 3.24
13. Star Eyes (de Paul/Raye) 3.35
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14. Segment - Tune X (Parker) 3.1815. Segment - Tune X (Alternate Take) (Parker) 3.15
16. Passport - Tune Y (Rare) (Parker) 2.54
17. Passport - Tune Z (Common) (Parker) 2.58
