Charlie Parker with Strings: History and Key Facts

Charlie Parker with Strings is a 1955 compilation album by American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker released on Clef in 1955. The album compiles two 10" albums, Charlie Parker with Strings and Charlie Parker with Strings #2, originally released in 1950 on Mercury. It was reissued in 1956 by Columbia as April in Paris—credited to Charlie Parker with Strings—and by Verve in 1957 as April in Paris: The Genius of Charlie Parker #2. Verve also issued the complete master takes on January 24, 1995 as Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes. The sessions place Parker in the context of a small classical string section and a jazz rhythm section, rather than his standard bebop quintet. They were Parker's most popular sellers during his lifetime, and were admitted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988.

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