Charlie Parker With Strings The Master Takes
Charlie Parker with Strings (Released on 10″ as Mercury MG-35010, reissued as MCG-501 and then MCG-101)
1. Just Friends
2. Everything Happens To Me
3. April In Paris
4. Summertime
5. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
6. If I Should Lose You
Charlie Parker – alto saxophone; Mitch Miller – oboe; Bronislaw Gimpel, Max Hollander, Milton Lomask – violins; Frank Brieff – viola; Frank Miller – cello; Myor Rosen – harp; Stan Freeman – piano; Ray Brown – double bass; Buddy Rich – drums; Jimmy Carroll – arranger and conductor
Studio recordings of Nov. 30, 1949
Charlie Parker with Strings (Released on 10″ as Mercury MGC-509, reissued as MGC-109. These records do not contain “Dancing in the Dark” and “Laura”)
7. Dancing In The Dark
8. Out Of Nowhere
9. Laura
10. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
11. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
12. Easy To Love
13. I’m In The Mood For Love
14. I’ll Remember April
Parker – alto saxophone; Joseph Singer – french horn; Eddie Brown – oboe; Sam Caplan, Howard Kay, Harry Melnikoff, Sam Rand, Zelly Smirnoff – violins; Isadore Zir – viola; Maurice Brown – cello; Verley Mills – harp; Bernie Leighton – piano; Brown – double bass; Rich – drums; Joe Lipman – arranger and conductor; unknown xylophone and tuba
Studio recordings of July 1950
