Charlie Parker – Swedish Schnapps – Vinyl LP

Description

Released by Verve in 1958 three years after Parkers untimely death at the age of 34 ‘Swedish Schnapps’ compiles two complete 1951 sessions from which the master takes had previously been released as 78rpm singles, and later put together on the 1955 Clef Records LP The Magnificent Charlie Parker (MG C-646).

While one date features Red Rodney (the regular trumpeter from Parkers quintet during that time), the other is a reunion session featuring drummer Max Roach and, more importantly, trumpeter Miles Davis (who had left Bird s group more than a year before). On that same day, Miles would record his first studio session for Prestige and would play the piano on I Know from Sonny Rollins first date as a leader.