CHARLIE PARKER: SOUTH OF THE BORDER

CHARLIE PARKER
Era natural que depois do seu grande amigo Dizzy Gillespie haver promovido a fusão do
jazz com os ritmos afro-cubanos, CHARLIE PARKER também fosse mordido pela mesma "mosca-azul". E com a produção do grande NORMAN GRANZ, arranjos de CHICO O`FARRIL e MARIO BAUZÁ, dois especialistas, mais a "latin-band" de MACHITO, isto tudo acrescido por um timaço de músicos de primeiríssima linhagem e percussionistas idem, o grande "Bird" deixasse a sua impressão digital, a sua marca inconfundível, num disco de latin jazz.
(CB)
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ALBUM REVIEW
Verve gathers together all of the master takes of Charlie Parker's recordings with the swinging band of Afro-Cuban jazz pioneer Machito, along with ten other Latinized numbers that he cut in 1951-52. Besides illustrating the willingness of producer Norman Granz to experiment and take Parker out of a small-group bebop straitjacket, this CD shows that Bird's improvisational style changed hardly at all in a Latin setting. He continued to run off his patented lightning bop licks over the congas and bongos and they just happened to interlock with the grooves quite snugly, although he did adapt his phrasing of the tunes themselves to suit their rhythmic lines. Included here is the spectacular "No Noise" that he cut as a guest with Machito and tenorman Flip Phillips in 1948, as well as Chico O'Farrill's epic Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite (also with Machito). For those who do not have the 10-CD The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve -- where all 14 selections can be found -- this is an inexpensive way to hear Parker in a refreshingly different context at very nearly the top of his form.
(By Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide)
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MINHA OPINIÃO: tal como já o fizera seu "alter ego" Dizzy, desta vez coube a "Bird" introjetar as escalas de "bebop" por ele inventadas, a uma base harmônica e ritmica tipicamente latina. É claro que o repertório poderia ter sido melhor escolhido, uma vez que "Tico Tico no Fubá", "La Cucaracha" e "La Paloma" eram perfeitamente dispensáveis. Mas Norman Granz precisava vender discos e "jogou-pra-arquibancada" no quesito repertório. Mas vale a pena conferir o enfoque de Charlie Parker sobre o tal "latin-jazz". Só que eu acho que Bird não captou o "espírito da coisa" com a mesma intensidade de Dizzy. Então, a meu ver falta a "latinidad" necessária e o álbum ficou meio híbrido. Mas vale a pena conferir, até porque Bird é sempre Bird e até soprando um talo de mamão vai sempre soar alguma coisa
bonita.
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CHARLIE PARKER: SOUTH OF THE BORDER -
The Verve Latin Jazz Sessions Review

Producer:Norman Granz
Orchestra arranged by Chico O´Farril and Mario Bauzá, and conducted by Chico O´Farril
Guest stars: Machito & his Afro-Cubans


TRACKS/FAIXAS
01.Mango Mangue - Gilberto Valdes, Marion Sunshine
02.Okiedoke - Machito, Rene Hernandez
03.No Noise - John Bartee
04.My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker
05.Un Poquito de Tu Amor - Xavier Cugat, Arthur Freed
06.Why Do I Love You? - Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
07.Tico-Tico no Fubá - Jose Abreu, Aloysio Oliveira
08.Fiesta - Traditional
09.La Cucaracha - Traditional
10.Mama Inez - Eliseo Grenet, L. Wolfe Gilbert
11.Estrellita - Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa
12.La Paloma - Sebastian Yradier
13.Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter
14.Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Introduction-Cancion/Mambo/Transition/Introduct - Arturo O'Farrill


PERSONNEL:
Charlie Parker (Sax (Alto, Main Performer),
Chico O'Farrill (Arranger, Conductor),
Mario Bauza (Trumpet, arranger),
Machito & His Afro-Cubans, (Big-band)
Machito (Maracas),
Walter Bishop, Jr. (Piano),
Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet),
Flip Phillips (Sax (Tenor)),
Max Roach (Drums),
Luis Miranda (Conga),
Chano Pozo (Conga),
Teddy Kotick (Bass),
Norman Granz (Producer),
Benny Harris (Trumpet),
Roy Haynes (Drums),
Rene Hernandez (Piano),
Jose Madera (Sax (Tenor),
Jose Mangual (Bongos),
Ubaldo Nieto (Timbales),
Roberto Rodriguez (Bass),
Fred Skerritt (Sax (Alto)
Sol Rabinowitz (Sax (Tenor)
Leslie Johnakins (Sax (Baritone),
Paquito Davilla (Trumpet),
Bobby Woodlen (Trumpet)http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Al Stewart (Trumpet)
Gene Johnson (Sax (Alto))


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