Just Friends

Charlie Parker · 1949 · Charlie Parker with Strings

Context

Recorded on November 30, 1949 under the direction of Norman Granz, arranged and conducted by Jimmy Carroll, this track opens the first album Charlie Parker with Strings (Mercury). These sessions, which fulfilled a wish of Parker's dating back to 1941, were his best-selling records during his lifetime and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 1, 2020: Les cent ans de Charlie Parker : J comme Just Friends (Émissions spéciales, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Parker's Mood (1948)
• Scrapple from the Apple (1947)
• Donna Lee (1947)
• Yardbird Suite (1946)
• Ornithology (1946)
• Ko-Ko (1945)

Sources

• EN: Charlie Parker with Strings

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