JSP 5-CD Charlie Parker Box set

[nmorin]

Stateside, on 9/23 JSP is releasing a five CD box of what looks like a pretty complete set of Charlie Parker recordings (master takes) through the end of 1948, including sideman appearances. I suspect this was relased earlier in the UK. I don't need a bajillionth recording of the 11/26/45 "Ko Ko", but (1) it's cheap (under $20 at cduniverse); (2) it has the odds and ends one doesn't often come across (the four cuts w/ Sir Charles Thompson; the three tunes cut with Sarah Vaughan; the nine tunes w/ Trummy Young and Rubberlegs Williams); and (3) Man, the other JSP stuff I own sounds *great*. Has anyone heard it? How does it sound? Who remastered it?

DISC 1: 1940-41:

1. I Found A New Baby

2. Body And Soul

3. Honeysuckle Rose

4. Lady Be Good

5. Coquette

6. Moten Swing

7. Blues

8. Swingmatism

9. Hootie Blues

10. Dexter Blues

11. Lonely Boy Blues

12. Get Me On Your Mind

13. Jumpin' Blues, The

14. Sepian Bounce

15. Cherokee

16. My Heart Tells Me

17. I've Found A New Baby

18. Body And Soul

19. Tiny's Tempo

20. I'll Always Love You Just The Same

21. Romance Without Finance

22. Red Cross

23. What's The Matter Now?

24. I Want Every Bit Of It

25. That's The Blues

DISC 2: 1941-45:

1. 4-F Blues

2. G I Blues

3. Dream Of You

4. Seventh Avenue

5. Sorta Kinda

6. Ooh Ooh, My My, Ooh Ooh

7. Groovin' High

8. All The Things You Are

9. Dizzy Atmosphere

10. Salt Peanuts

11. Shaw Nuff

12. Lover Man

13. Hot House

14. What More Can A Woman Do?

15. I'd Rather Have A Memory Than A Dream

16. Mean To Me

17. Hallelujah

18. Get Happy

19. Slam Slam Blues

20. Congo Blues

21. Takin' Off

22. If I Had You

23. 20th Century Blues

24. Street Beat, The

DISC 3: 1945-47:

1. Warming Up A Riff

2. Billie's Bounce

3. Now's The Time

4. Thriving On A Riff

5. Meandering

6. Ko Ko

7. Dizzy Boogie

8. Flat Foot Floogie

9. Poppity Pop

10. Slim's Jam

11. Diggin' Diz

12. Moose The Mooche

13. Yardbird Suite

14. Ornithology

15. Famous Alto Break, The

16. Night In Tunisia

17. Max Is Making Wax

18. Lover Man

19. Gypsy, The

20. Bebop

21. Blues 1 & 2

22. Yardbird Suite

23. Lullaby In Rhythm 1 & 2

24. Home Cooking 1

25. Home Cooking 2

26. Home Cooking 3

DISC 4: 1947:

1. This Is Always

2. Dark Shadows

3. Bird's Nest

4. Cool Blues

5. Relaxin' At Camarillo

6. Cheers

7. Carvin' The Bird

8. Stupendous

9. Donna Lee

10. Chasin' The Bird

11. Cheryl

12. Buzzy

13. Milestone

14. Little Willie Leaps

15. Half Nelson

16. Sippin' At Bells

17. Dexterity

18. Bongo Bop

19. Dewey Square

20. Hymn, The

21. Bird Of Paradise

22. Embraceable You

23. Bird Feathers

24. Klactoveedsedstene

25. Scrapple From The Apple

26. My Old Flame

DISC 5: 1947-48:

1. Out Of Nowhere

2. Don't Blame Me

3. Drifting On A Reed

4. Quasimodo

5. Charlie's Wig

6. Bongo Beep

7. Crazeology

8. How Deep Is The Ocean

9. Bird, The

10. Repetition

11. Another Hair-do

12. Bluebird

13. Klaunstance

14. Bird Gets The Worm

15. Barbados

16. Ah-Leu-Cha

17. Constellation

18. Parker's Mood

19. Perhaps

20. Marmaduke

21. Steeplechase

22. Merry-Go-Round

23. No Noise 1 & 2

24. Mango Mangue

[montg]

Ted Kendall did the remastering. I generally like his work--supposedly he was JRT Davies' pupil at one point.