Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes

[mjzee]

I obtained some Bird's Eyes volumes from Import CDs.  I am very disappointed with Volume 22.  It consists of material from 3 dates: 

1) Cootie Williams Orchestra, 2/12/45: Per Plosin, Parker solos only on one track out of 8.

2) Machito's Afro-Cuban Band, 5/19/50: Per Plosin, it's disputed whether this is really Parker (or Machito).

3) Bird, Club Kavakos, Washington, DC, 2/22/53: All of which is available in better sound on Blue Note's "The Washington Concerts."

Ah, well.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

sorry you had a bad experience dawg- the 3) transfer is a different transfer on birds eyes though and one song is even longer on birdeyes, so if you love this date, its essential.  whats up w/ bird may not be on 2) i have 2) on a boris rose commerical issue i will have to check that out i really like that stuff.  

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

the 3) transfer is a different transfer on birds eyes though and one song is even longer on birdeyes, so if you love this date, its essential.

I didn't realize it's a different transfer.  The one song that's longer on birdeyes is only longer compared to the Electra Musician LP, but the Blue Note CD has everything.  Here's Plosin on the Washington date: http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=530222, and on the "Machito" date: http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=500519b.

Edited May 26, 2018 by mjzee

[Gheorghe]

3 hours ago, mjzee said:

I didn't realize it's a different transfer.  The one song that's longer on birdeyes is only longer compared to the Electra Musician LP, but the Blue Note CD has everything.  Here's Plosin on the Washington date: http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=530222, and on the "Machito" date: http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=500519b.

The Machito session is really a treasure. I have it on a Spotlite LP from the late 70´s . Great Howard McGhee and Brew Moore also and a rare early vocal of Harry Belafonte.