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before 1959
Charlie Parker
Summertime 2:45
Just Friends 3:30
Blues (Fast) 2:46
from Charlie Parker Vol. 7 (1949-50)
One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense. "Bird," along with his contemporaries Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, is considered a founder of bebop; in reality he was an intuitive player who simply was expressing himself. Rather than basing his improvisations closely on the melody as was done in swing, he was a master of chordal improvising, creating new melodies that were based on the structure of a song. In fact, Bird wrote several future standards (such as "Anthropology," "Ornithology," "Scrapple from the Apple," and "Ko Ko," along with such blues numbers as "Now's the Time" and "Parker's Mood") that "borrowed" and modernized the chord structures of older tunes. Parker's remarkable technique, fairly original sound, and ability to come up with harmonically advanced phrases that could be both logical and whimsical were highly influential. By 1950, it was impossible to play "modern jazz" with credibility without closely studying Charlie Parker...
Fats Navarro
The Tadd Dameron Sextet - The Chase (1947-09-26) 2:43
Fats Navarro Quintet Nostalgia (1947-12-05) 2:41
The Tadd Dameron Sextet Jahbero (1948-09-13) 2:52
from The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Set 24/42 CD 4
One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Fats Navarro had a tragically brief career yet his influence is still being felt. His fat sound combined aspects of Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Dizzy Gillespie, became the main inspiration for Clifford Brown, and through Brownie greatly affected the tones and styles of Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw. Navarro originally played piano and tenor before switching to trumpet. He started gigging with dance bands when he was 17, was with Andy Kirk during 1943-1944, and replaced Dizzy Gillespie with the Billy Eckstine big band during 1945-1946. During the next three years, Fats was second to only Dizzy among bop trumpeters. Navarro recorded with Kenny Clarke's Be Bop Boys, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Illinois Jacquet, and most significantly Tadd Dameron during 1946-1947. He had short stints with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman, continued working with Dameron, made classic recordings with Bud Powell (in a quintet with a young Sonny Rollins) and the Metronome All-Stars, and a 1950 Birdland appearance with Charlie Parker was privately recorded. However, Navarro was a heroin addict and that affliction certainly did not help him in what would be a fatal bout with tuberculosis that ended his life at age 26. He was well documented during the 1946-1949 period and most of his sessions are currently available on CD, but Fats Navarro could have done so much more...
Evelyn Knight - A Little Bird Told Me 2:40
Nat King Cole - Nature Boy 2:39
Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra - Twelfth Street Rag 2:52
from The Million Sellers Of The 40's - 1948
Wilmoth Houdini - Caroline 3:07
Sam Manning - Lieutnant Julian 3:01
King Radio - Jitterbug 3:03
from Calypso Pionners, Vol. 2 (1925 - 1947)
Although recordings of calypso music outside of Trinidad and Tobago have always been common, calypso gained a broad audience in the US and UK in the mid-20th century thanks to several celebrated songs and artists. In 1944, Lord Invader's song Rum and Coca Cola was recorded without permission by the The Andrews Sisters and spent 10 weeks at #1 on the US pop charts. Around 1950, Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Terror, and Lord Beginner all relocated temporarily to London, and were part of a growing wave of Caribbean Music in the UK.
Vibe Boogie (Lionel Hampton) 5:27
Blow Top Blues feat. Dinah Washington (Leonard Feather) 3:27
Hamp's Salty Blues (Dan Burley / Lionel Hampton) 3:14
from 1945 - 1946 Complete Jazz Series
The sixth CD in Classics' series of Lionel Hampton records documents his music during a one-year period. Hampton's big band, riding high after "Flying Home," continued to grow in popularity during this era. The vibraphonist's showmanship and his sidemen's extroverted solos generated constant excitement, as can be heard throughout these 20 selections...
