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Charlie Parker with Strings
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Studio album by Charlie Parker
Released 1950
Recorded 1949
Genre Jazz
Length 36:52
Label Mercury
Producer Dennis M. Drake
Professional reviews
Charlie Parker chronology
At the Pershing Ballroom
(1977)		Charlie Parker with Strings
(1981)		Au Privave
(1988)


Charlie Parker with Strings is a 1950 (see 1950 in music) album by Charlie Parker, accompanied by strings.

Track listing

For the 1949 LP, Bird with Strings
  1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 2:54
  2. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg) – 3:12
  3. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) – 2:49
  4. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Porter) – 2:25
  5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Pat Johnson, Don Raye) – 3:02
  6. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:30
  7. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:06
  8. "April in Paris" – 3:06
  9. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:46
  10. "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:12
  11. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:17
  12. "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 3:37
  13. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:33


For the 1995 CD, Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes
  1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:30
  2. "Everything Happens to Me" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 3:15
  3. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg) - 3:06
  4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:46
  5. "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:12
  6. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:46
  7. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 3:06
  8. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:57
  9. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 3:37
  10. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 3:17
  11. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:29
  12. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:33
  13. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Pat Johnson, Don Raye) - 3:02
  14. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) - 2:55
  15. "April in Paris" - 3:13
  16. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) - 2:48
  17. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" - 2:25
  18. "Rocker" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:00
  19. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:31
  20. "Lover" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:06
  21. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 3:29
  22. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 2:56
  23. "Repetition" - 2:57
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For other persons of the same name, see Charles Parker.


Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
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Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
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Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
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What Is This Thing Called Love?"is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical Wake Up and Dream (1929).

The chord progression of the song forms the basis of several jazz composistions, such as:
  • "Hot House" by Tadd Dameron

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Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew), Fifty Million Frenchmen
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"April in Paris" is a song composed by Vernon Duke and written by E. Y. Harburg in 1932. It has been performed by many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bill Evans,Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, Billy Holliday, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny
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Vernon Duke (born Uladzimir Dukelski, October 10, 1903 in Parafjanava, Belarus (then part of Russian Empire) — January 16, 1969) was a Russian-American composer/songwriter.
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E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (April 8 1896 – March 4 1981) was an American lyricist who worked with many well-known composers.

Background

Harburg was born Isidore Hochberg to immigrant Jewish parents on the Lower East Side of New York City.
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Neal Hefti (born October 29, 1922 in Hastings, Nebraska) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. He's considered one of the greatest in the field.<ref name="Queenwood-Kjos" > Queenwood/Kjos Publications . Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
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"You'd Be So Easy to Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1936 film Born to Dance, where it was introduced by Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, and Frances Langford.

Notable recordings

  • Frank Sinatra - Ring-A-Ding-Ding (1961)

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Gene de Paul (June 17, 1919 - February 27, 1988) was an American pianist, composer and songwriter. Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army during World War II.
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Don Raye (March 16, 1909 - January 29, 1985), born in Washington, DC, was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.
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Sam M. Lewis was an American singer and lyricist, born in New York City, New York on October 25, 1885. Lewis began his music career by singing in cafes throughout New York City, and began writing songs in 1912.
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Johnny Green (10 October 1908 in New York City, New York – 15 May 1989 in Los Angeles) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger.
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Edward Heyman (14 March 1907 in New York — 16 October 1981 in Jalisco, Mexico) was an American musician and lyricist. He studied at the University of Michigan where he had an early start on his career writing college musicals.
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"Summertime" is the name of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. A popular jazz standard, the song is in the Aeolian mode.
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George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall.
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Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
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DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1924 novel Porgy. With his wife Dorothy, he was co-author of the non-musical play adapted from the novel, which became the foundation of George Gershwin's opera
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I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
from the musical Too Many Girls

Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Published 1939

Language English

Original artist Richard Kollmar and Marcy Westcott
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Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28 1902 – December 30 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals.
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