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South Of The Border: The Verve Latin-Jazz Sessions (CD)

By: Charlie Parker (Artist)

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DISC 1 for South Of The Border: The Verve Latin-Jazz Sessions (CD) Album By Charlie Parker (Artist)
1   Mango Mangue
2   Okiedoke
3   No Noise (Parts 1 And 2)
4   My Little Suede Shoes
5   Un Poquito De Tu Amor
6   Why Do I Love You?
7   Tico-Tico
8   Fiesta
9   La Cucuracha
10   Mama Inez
11   Estrellita
12   La Paloma
13   Begin The Beguine
14   Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Introduction-Cancion / Mambo / Transition / Introduction To 6/8 / 6/8 / Transition And Jazz / Rhumba Abierta (Part 1) / Coda
 

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JazzTimes (3/96, p.100) - "...his playing often has the sweep, drive and passion of his best work..."

Title Note

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Benny Harris (trumpet); Walter Bishop, Jr. (piano); Teddy Kotick (bass); Roy Haynes, Max Roach (drums).



Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra includes: Machito (maracas); Chico O'Farrill (conductor); Gene Johnson, Fred Skerritt (alto saxophone); Jose Madera, Flip Phillips, Sol Rabinowitz (tenor saxophone); Leslie Johnakins (baritone saxophone); Mario Bauza (trumpet, clarinet); Paquito Davilla, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Al Stewart, Bobby Woodlen (trumpet); Rene Hernandez (piano, bass); Roberto Rodriguez (bass); Buddy Rich (drums); Jose Mangual (bongos); Luis Miranda, Chano Pozo (congas); Ubaldo Nieto (timbales).

Compilation producer: Michael Lang.

Recorded in New York between December 20, 1948 and January 23, 1952. Includes liner notes by Henry Martin.

This Verve CD pulls together recordings from 1949-52 that were originally scattered across a handful of 10" LPs. Seven of the tunes here come from the original SOUTH OF THE BORDER 10," which featured a typical Parker ensemble of the period (Walter Bishop, Jr., piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Roy Haynes or Max Roach, drums) augmented by Latin percussionists Jose Mangual and Luis Miranda. The three opening cuts feature Bird blowing through arrangements played by Machito and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra (originally released on MACHITO JAZZ WITH FLIP AND BIRD); Machito and orchestra return for the extended "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" composed by Chico O'Farill.

The small group recordings sound like small group Bird recordings without the driving tempos, ornate melodic structure or reliance on either blues or "I Got Rhythm" chord changes. On "No Noise (Part 1)", one of the shorter Machito tunes, it's particularly interesting to hear Parker stretch out over the simple two-chord vamp. The "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" includes solos by Bird but was not written with the altoist in mind. Rather, O'Farill wrote the piece as an extended jazz composition with occasional soloists; Parker was called in during the session to replace Harry "Sweets" Edison.

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