Clef Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Magnificent Charlie Parker
| Recorded | Jan 17, 1951 & May 25, 1953 |
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| Label | Clef Records |
| Released | 1951 |
| Personnel | 20 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1057132 |
The record
A crowded, genre-blurring date that finds Bird surrounded by strings, congas, and a stacked rhythm section rotating between Roach, Haynes, and Clarke -- Norman Granz's Clef imprint pushing Parker's alto into lusher, more commercial territory without dulling his edge.
Session personnel
- Charlie Parker — alto saxophone
- Dave Lambert — arranged by [vocal arrangements by]
- Charles Mingus — bass
- Ray Brown — bass
- Teddy Kotick — bass
- Manny Thaler — bassoon
- Jose Mangual — bongos
- Hal McKusick — clarinet
- Luis Miranda — congas [conga drum]
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Max Roach — drums
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Al Block — flute
- Addison Collins — french horn
- Tom Mace — oboe
- John Lewis — piano
- Tony Aless — piano
- Walter Bishop, Jr. — piano
- Miles Davis — trumpet
- Red Rodney — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.
| 1955 | Clef Records · MG C-646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1955 | Columbia · SEB 10002 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1955 | Clef Records · MG C-646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono |
| 1955 | Clef Records · MG C 646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono |
| 1956 | Karusell · KEP 288 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1956 | Columbia · SEB 10038, SEB10038 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono |
| 1956 | Blue Star · GLP 3531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono |
| 1956 | Karusell · KEP 287 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1956 | Barclay · GLP 3531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono |
| 1956 | Karusell · KEP 288 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Clef Records · MG C-646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 2019 | Clef Records · MG C-646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Record Store Day, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, Yellow Opaque |
| 2019 | Clef Records · MG C-646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Record Store Day, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, Yellow Transparent |
| 2019 | Clef Records · MG C-646 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
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