Charlie Parker with Strings

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Charlie Parker with Strings
Studio album by Charlie Parker
Released	1950
Recorded	1949
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:52
Label	Mercury
Producer	Dennis M. Drake
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Charlie Parker chronology
At the Pershing Ballroom (1977) Charlie Parker with Strings (1981) Au Privave (1988)

Charlie Parker with Strings is a 1950 (see 1950 in music) album by Charlie Parker, accompanied by strings.

[edit] Track listing

For the 1949 LP, Bird with Strings

1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 2:54
2. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg) – 3:12
3. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) – 2:49
4. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Porter) – 2:25
5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Pat Johnson, Don Raye) – 3:02
6. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:30
7. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:06
8. "April in Paris" – 3:06
9. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:46
10. "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:12
11. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:17
12. "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 3:37
13. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:33

For the 1995 CD, Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes

1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:30
2. "Everything Happens to Me" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 3:15
3. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg) - 3:06
4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:46
5. "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:12
6. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:46
7. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 3:06
8. "Laura" (David Raksin, Mercer) - 2:57
9. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 3:37
10. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 3:17
11. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:29
12. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:33
13. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Pat Johnson, Don Raye) - 3:02
14. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) - 2:55
15. "April in Paris" - 3:13
16. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) - 2:48
17. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" - 2:25
18. "Rocker" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:00
19. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:31
20. "Lover" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:06
21. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 3:29
22. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 2:56
23. "Repetition" - 2:57