Bird at St. Nick's

Bird at St. Nick's Artist: Charlie Parker
Label: Ojc
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 025218604123
EAN: 0025218604123
ASIN: B000000Y2L


Release Date: 1991-07-01

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Tracks:

  1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  2. Ornithology
  3. Embraceble You
  4. Visa
  5. I Cover The Waterfront
  6. Scrapple From The Apple
  7. Star Eyes/52nd Street Theme
  8. Confirmation
  9. Out Of Nowhere
  10. Hot House
  11. What's New?
  12. Now's The Time
  13. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/52nd Street Theme

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sublime.......2007-03-10

Despite the raw quality of the recorded sound, Bird is doing some of his most brilliant playing ever! He couldn't get the notes out fast enough. Completely on fire! Rather than complaining about the quality and circumstances of the recordings, listeners should be thanking the guy for having the presence of mind to get Bird on tape in the first place. No one could touch Bird at St. Nicks. His flawless playing was from the gods!

5 out of 5 stars Sure, the quality is bad but Bird is at his best!.......2004-03-09

Some of the other reviews for this album were dissapointing for me to read because this has been one of my favorite records since I bought it 3 years ago. It is recorded by tape when the technology was brand new. It is also edited so you hear nothing but Bird's solos and Melodys. However, he sounds absolutely incredible! Any Bird fanatic would agree. Charlie Parker fans aren't listening to him for the great recording quality, we're interested in what he's going to come up with next. Buy this album now, hear why people are still transfixed by his melodys. The shinning tracks are Visa, I Didn't Know What Time it Was and Embraceable You. Disregard everything anyone else says about this record; if you're into Bird just buy it. And contrary to what Mr. Texas said Bird definately soars.

3 out of 5 stars Buyer beware!.......2000-08-08

This album suffers from the same problems as its' "companion", "Bird on 52nd Street". Those are all derived from the fact that the performance was recorded in a bootleg fashion and the recorder was often turned off as soon as Parker stopped playing. This cd benifits from a slightly better over all sound quality, Parker is much more robust and clear, however, he and the Max Roach drown out the rest of the band almost entirely. The plus? Well, Parker is in fantasic form. His soloing is in its prime and he absolutely burns. His playing simply overwhelms all of the technical shortcomings. Newcomers should check out one of the many collections of parker material before tackling this cd. Longtime fans will want to hear this and add one star just because most everything on record from this period of Parker's music is vital!

4 out of 5 stars brilliant, adventurous bop despite limited sonic quality.......1999-08-28

While hardly state-of-the-art in terms of sonics, this recording does, as the liner notes suggest, reveal another side of Parker for those only accustomed to his more finished studio work. There is a fierce energy and harmonic intelligence on display here, and, despite the rough edges, the music is exciting and "alive" in the best sense. While this would not be a wise place to begin one's exploration of Parker, it is far from a completists-only cd.

1 out of 5 stars This Bird doesn't fly.......1999-03-14

It's with regret that I must rate this Charlie Parker CD at less than 1 star. The material here was "recorded" live on 2/18/50 at St. Nicholas Arena in NYC. The producers acknowledge the low fidelity and pointedly do not apologize for it. Although it's claimed that this set was recorded on tape, it sounds more like a wire recording or (if available in 1950) a telephone answering machine. The great Charlie Parker deserves better than this. The crowd noise is louder than the music, and not all of the instruments can be heard. The producers of this CD and retailers owe it to potential purchasers to point out that this is audio recording at it's very worst and is intended only for collectors who must have every known recording of Charlie Parker's work.

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