Now's the Time

Charlie Parker · 1945

Context

Blues by Charlie Parker recorded in New York on November 26, 1945, for Savoy, at his first session as a leader, with the young Miles Davis, Curley Russell, and Max Roach. Parker returns here to his Kansas City roots with a riff theme simpler than his other bebop pieces; the fourth take was released. Its melody was reused without credit in 1949 in The Hucklebuck, a hit for Paul Williams credited to Andy Gibson.

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

• Oct 18, 2020: Charlie Parker, l'Oiseau de Feu, troisième épisode : Now's The Time (59 Rue des Archives, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Ko-Ko (1945)
• Billie's Bounce (1945)
• Yardbird Suite (1946)
• Ornithology (1946)
• Scrapple from the Apple (1947)
• Donna Lee (1947)

Sources

• EN: Now's the Time (composition)
• EN: Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions

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