Artist: Charlie Parker & The Woody Herman Orchestra
Album: Bird with the Herd
Genre: Bop
Label: Alamac/Drive Archive
Released: 1996
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- You Go to My Head (3:11)
- Leo the Lion (3:08)
- Cuban Holiday (3:09)
- The Nearness of You (3:37)
- Lemon Drop (3:47)
- The Goof and I (3:36)
- Laura (2:59)
- Four Brothers (3:54)
- Leo the Lion (3:12)
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- Personnel:
- Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
- Woody Herman - clarinet
- Roy Caton, Doug Mettome, Don Fagerquist, John McComb - trumpets
- Urbie Green, Jerry Dorn, Fred Woods - trombones
- Bill Perkins, Dick Hafer, Kenny Pinson - tenor saxophones
- Sam Staff - baritone saxophone
- Dave McKenna - piano
- Red Wootten - bass
- Sonny Igoe - drums
As is often the case with Charlie Parker's live recordings from the 1950s, this rare performance has erratic sound and bad balance. Still this session, which finds Bird sitting in with Woody Herman's Third Herd, is quite unique. Parker is the main soloist throughout the budget LP, getting a chance to play some fresh material like "The Goof and I," "Four Brothers," and "Lemon Drop" and to interact with a big band.
Review by Scott Yanow