Customer Reviews

Charlie Parker & Miles Davis

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3 1/2

Despite, or perhaps even because of all the sound quality snares running rampant over a general piss-poor production, Parker & Miles will remain as memorable as the ever-skipping, static-discharging history of audio recording itself. Undoubtedly the rough sounding disc can be credited to an outstanding partnership of two obvious giants who could do more coasting on autopilot then most accomplish in a musical lifetime. Between the shoddy production (which casual fans should rightfully steer clear of) lies a vast summation of nearly the entire genre's history and it's explosive future to come.

These are ten of the tracks that created bebop - the 1945-46 sessions with Parker and Davis. Miles' cool approach followed by Bird's explosive flights. These were the historic recordings, that will be listened to as long as people exist.
There are only 10 track, and many great tracks from that era are missing - but then the price is as low as it gets.
This may not be the choice of Parker collectors, but for anyone who wants a taste of Parker's greatness this is certainly it.

If I could give this album zero stars, I would. I bought this record a few years ago and have only listened to it once because it is awful. First, there is a constant buzz that will make you want to kill yourself throughout the entire record and the sound quality is quite subpar. Second, most of the track names are heinously erroneous. The first track is really "Night In Tunisia" and track six is really "Quasimodo" for instance. As a result of buying this album, I am boycotting all CDs published by Delta and LazerLight Digital. If you need an inexpensive introduction to Bird, buy the "Best of" from the Ken Burns series. Better yet, trust me and buy the immortal "Bird and Diz" with Thelonious Monk, Curly Russel and Buddy Rich making up the rhythm section. In any case, don't waste your money on this embarassing album.

How can the great combination of Bird and Miles be worth only one star ? Easy. Just produce a CD with so much buzz and static noise that you want to throw the CD as far away as possible. Don't waste your money.