Various Artists / Passion Of Charlie Parker, The
Album: Passion Of Charlie Parker, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Aug 2017
Label:Impulse Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-09-14 Pull Date: 2017-11-16 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 19 Nov 5 Oct 22 Oct 15 Oct 8 Oct 1 Sep 24 Sep 17
Airplays: 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 16, 2017: Lucid Lightning: Power Hour
Yardbird Suite
4. Oct 17, 2017: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Talk
Salle Pleyel
2. Nov 04, 2017: Wold Kingdom
So Long
5. Oct 09, 2017: In Your Ear Radio - 2 of 2 Tonight
Meet Charlie Parker
3. Oct 19, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Los Angeles
6. Oct 09, 2017: National Treasure
Fifty Dollars

Album Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2017-09-15
Note: Track 4 is NOT clean for airplay. It has several spoken "motherfuckers" and a "fuck you."
 
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-08-26
Reviewed: 2017-08-26
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: #4 (fuck & motherfucker)

Review: terrific concept: several leading jazz vocalists create songs based on Parker's tunes to tell a story about the man. And there are some fabulous performances here with outstanding sax solos on almost every track.
Track Review (favorites denoted by an *):
1/ Meet Charlie Parker (6:21) - guitar starts> midtempo song> fabulous sax solo> song> slow fade *2/ The Epitaph Of Charlie Parker (3:55) drums start> sung like a sax solo> midtempo jam> sax solo> song> quick stop *3/ Yardbird Suite (4:52) - bass starts> midtempo song> cascading sax solo> song> scat solo> quick fade on vocal 4/ So Long (7:57) - Drums start> slow tempo song> soaring sax solo with spacey bed into the outer limits> song> slow fade 5/ Every Little Thing (3:23) - piano starts> uptempo song> funky sax solo> quick stop 6/ Central Avenue (1:29) - synth starts> slow tempo instrumental> fade *7/ Los Angeles (4:19) - bass starts> midtempo song> spacey sax solo swings uptempo> quick stop *8/Live My Love Foe You (3:45) - midtempo bossa nova> sultry sax solo> song> quick stop *9/ Fifty Dollars (6:51) - bass starts> spacey slow tempo jam with spoken word> spacey sax> space jam swings uptempo> song> slow fade 10/ The King Of 52nd Street (3:40) - drums> uptempo song> understated but swinging sax solo> song> quick stop 11/ Salle Playel (1:02) - piano starts> slow tempo instrumental> slow fade *12/ Apres Vous (2:47) - crowd noise starts> vocal/ uptempo song>scat solo> sax solo> quick stop

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Madeleine Peyroux Meet Charlie Parker
2. Barbara Hannigan The Epitaph Of Charlie Parker
3. Gregory Porter Yardbird Suite
4. Jeffery Wright So Long
5. Louciana Souza Every Little Thing
6. (Instumental Interlude) Central Avenue
7. Kurt Elling Los Angeles
8. Kandace Springs Live My Love For You
9. Jeffrey Wright Fifty Dollars
10. Melody Gardot The King Of 52nd Street
11. (Instrumental Interlude) Salle Pleyel
12. Bertault, Camille Apres Vous