Album
"Bird" Is Free
1961 · Jazz
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
"Bird" Is Free is a Jazz album by Charlie Parker, originally released in 1961. On Gatefold: 33 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Rocker5:15
- A2Sly Mongoose3:27
- A3Moose The Mooche3:55
- A4Star Eyes2:20
Side B
- B1This Time The Dream's On Me5:10
- B2Cool Blues2:42
- B3My Little Suede Shoes4:10
- B4Lester Leaps In3:56
- B5Laura3:00
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- raw
- restless
- urban
"Bird" Is Free contains tracks privately recorded on tape during a benefit concert by the Charlie Parker Group at the Rockland Palace Ballroom, New York City, on September 26, 1952. Originally issued in 1961 on the Charlie Parker Records label (LP 401).
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bronislaw GimpelVIOLIN
- Bud PowellPIANO
- Charles MingusBASS GUITAR
- Charlie ParkerALTO SAXOPHONE
- Frank BrieffVIOLA
- Frank MillerCELLO
- Max HollanderVIOLIN
- Max RoachDRUMS
- Milt LomaskVIOLIN
- Mundell LoweGUITAR
- Roy HaynesDRUMS
- Teddy KotickACOUSTIC BASS BASS CONTRABASS
- Walter Bishop, Jr.PIANO
- Wardell GrayTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Buddy RichDRUMS
- Jimmy CarrollARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
- LauraSTRINGS
- Mitch MillerOBOE, ENGLISH HORN
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 33 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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