Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon - GO! + Swedish Schnapps + At Cafe Society - Multiple titles - LP Albums (multiple items) - 2016

A very nice collection of albums by Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker, all items are new, sealed and in mint condition

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Parker was primarily a player of the alto saxophone.

Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer.

1. Charlie Parker – At Café Society
Label: Bird's Nest – 840105
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Red
Country: Europe
Released:Jun 19, 2020

A1 52nd Street Theme [I] 0:46
A2 Just Friends [I] 3:08
A3 April In Paris [I] 3:32
A4 A Night In Tunisia Into 52nd Street Theme [II] 5:27
A5 52nd Street Theme [III] 0:36
A6 Just Friends [II] 3:10
A7 April In Paris [II] 3:00
A8 Medley 1: Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered / Summertime 5:02
B1 Medley 2: I Cover The Waterfront / Gone With The Wind 4:26
B2 Easy To Love Into 52nd Street Theme [IV] 4:58
B3 Medley 3: What’s New? / It’s The Talk Of The Town 6:44
B4 Moose The Mooche - Into 52nd Street Theme [V] 10:38


2. Charlie Parker – Swedish Schnapps
Label: Bird's Nest – BN 840115
Series: Centennial Celebration Collection 1920-2020
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, 180 grams, Blue Vinyl
Country: Europe
Released: 2020

A1 Si Si
A2 Swedish Schnapps
A3 Swedish Schnapps (Alternate Take)
A4 Back Home Blues
A5 Back Home Blues (Alternate Take)
A6 Lover Man
A7 Blues For Alice
A8 Almost Like Being In Love 2:33
A9 I Can't Get Started 3:08
B1 Au Privave
B2 Au Privave (Alternate Take)
B3 She Rote
B4 She Rote (Alternate Take)
B5 K. C. Blues
B6 Star Eyes
B7 Old Folks 3:34
B8 If I Love Again 2:31

Bass – Ray Brown (tracks: A1 to A6), Teddy Kotick (tracks: B1 to B7)
Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1 to A6), Max Roach (tracks: B1 to B7)
Piano – John Lewis (2) (tracks: A1 to A6), Walter Bishop, Jr. (tracks: B1 to B7)
Saxophone – Charlie Parker
Trumpet – Miles Davis (tracks: B1 to B7), Red Rodney (tracks: A1 to A6)


Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant". His studio and performance career spanned more than 40 years.

Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being "large" and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. He inserted musical quotes into his solos, with sources as diverse as "Happy Birthday" and well-known melodies from the operas of Wagner. Quoting from various musical sources is not unusual in jazz improvisation, but Gordon did it frequently enough to make it a hallmark of his style. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Rollins and Coltrane then influenced Gordon's playing as he explored hard bop and modal playing during the 1960s.

Gordon had a genial and humorous stage presence. He was an advocate of playing to communicate with the audience, which was his musical approach as well. One of his idiosyncratic rituals was to recite lyrics from each ballad before playing it.[citation needed]

A photograph by Herman Leonard of Gordon taking a smoke break at the Royal Roost in 1948 is one of the iconic images in jazz photography. Cigarettes were a recurring theme on covers of Gordon's albums.

Gordon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the Bertrand Tavernier film Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986), and he won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the soundtrack album The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note Records, 1986). He also had a cameo role in the 1990 film Awakenings. In 2018, Gordon's album Go (Blue Note, 1962) was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


3. Dexter Gordon – Go!
Label: Jazz Images – 37024
Series: The Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180g, Gatefold
Country: Europe
Released: Oct 21, 2016

A1 Cheese Cake 6:33
A2 I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 5:22
A3 Second Balcony Jump 7:05
B1 Love For Sale 7:37
B2 Where Are You 5:21
B3 Three O'Clock In The Morning 5:41

Bass – Butch Warren
Piano – Sonny Clark
Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon
Recorded on August 27, 1962.

Albums will be sent by registrated mail