http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5828&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rssAlto saxophone giant Charlie Parker can rightfully be considered the father of modern jazz. Originally from Kansas City, Charlie Parker moved to New York permanently in 1940, playing with Jay McShann's big band, then with Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine. During this period, however, something else was brewing. Parker began playing in the small clubs on 52nd Street, where a handful of musicians led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie were breaking new ground. Rather than dealing primarily with compositions and arrangements, the beboppers focused on improvisation. Playing in small groups at blistering tempos, Parker and his cohorts began relentlessly innovating jazz harmony and rhythm. But Parker's playing doesn't sound experimental; instead, it sounds graceful, exuberant, warm, and melodic. Though many traditionalists denounced it, Parker's music captivated the jazz world. After Bebop, jazz came to be played primarily in small groups, and the Bebop innovations have become the fundamental techniques of modern jazz improvisation. - Noah EnelowBopen720Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:02:49 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5828&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Alto saxophone giant Charlie Parker can rightfully be considered the father of modern jazz. Originally from Kansas City, Charlie Parker moved to New York permanently in 1940, playing with Jay McShann's big band, then with Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine. During this period, however, something else was brewing. Parker began playing in the small clubs on 52nd Street, where a handful of musicians led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie were breaking new ground. Rather than dealing primarily with compositions and arrangements, the beboppers focused on improvisation. Playing in small groups at blistering tempos, Parker and his cohorts began relentlessly innovating jazz harmony and rhythm. But Parker's playing doesn't sound experimental; instead, it sounds graceful, exuberant, warm, and melodic. Though many traditionalists denounced it, Parker's music captivated the jazz world. After Bebop, jazz came to be played primarily in small groups, and the Bebop innovations have become the fundamental techniques of modern jazz improvisation. - Noah Enelow http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2150594&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Jazz Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2150594 tra.2150594 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Confirmation: Best Of The Verve Years alb.209266 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/8/9/5/1315981_170x170.jpg 1995-08-08 00:00:00.0 1995-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Just Friends tra.2150594 212000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2150594&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2150594&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415354&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 415354 tra.415354 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true Summertime tra.415354 166000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415354&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415354&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21334738&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:09:08 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 21334738 tra.21334738 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker - Yardbird alb.21332817 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/2/0/5/1275024_170x170.jpg 2008-07-22 00:00:00.0 null true Yardbird Suite tra.21334738 156000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21334738&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21334738&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415332&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Mon, 29 Sep 1947 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 415332 tra.415332 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Diz 'N Bird At Carnegie Hall alb.180345 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/8/0/8/398088_170x170.jpg 1997-06-17 00:00:00.0 1947-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Ko Ko tra.415332 257000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415332&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415332&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2442448&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Thu, 1 Jan 1953 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2442448 tra.2442448 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 At Storyville alb.247959 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/4/3/8/398346_170x170.jpg 1988-11-28 00:00:00.0 1953-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Ornithology tra.2442448 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2442448&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2442448&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.609851&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 609851 tra.609851 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true Laura tra.609851 177000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.609851&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.609851&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415337&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 415337 tra.415337 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true Just Friends tra.415337 210000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415337&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415337&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2714013&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 18 Oct 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2714013 tra.2714013 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.0 Verve Jazz Masters 28: Parker Plays Standards alb.136678 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/4/6/1316479_170x170.jpg 1994-10-18 00:00:00.0 1994-10-18 00:00:00.0 true I Got Rhythm tra.2714013 776000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2714013&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2714013&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.371728&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 371728 tra.371728 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true April In Paris tra.371728 186000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.371728&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.371728&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6640247&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 6640247 tra.6640247 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Holiday Chill: The Chistmas Remixes alb.6638541 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/4/0/670466_170x170.jpg 2004-11-02 00:00:00.0 2004-11-18 00:00:00.0 true White Christmas (King Kooba Remix) tra.6640247 243000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6640247&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6640247&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2844269&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Wed, 1 Jan 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2844269 tra.2844269 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Newly Discovered Sides By... alb.125422 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/4/9/519445_170x170.jpg 2003-03-11 00:00:00.0 1964-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Slow Boat To China tra.2844269 239000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2844269&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2844269&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227618&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 1227618 tra.1227618 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true I Didn't Know What Time It Was tra.1227618 192000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227618&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227618&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227621&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 1227621 tra.1227621 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) tra.1227621 217000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227621&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227621&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2455457&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Thu, 1 Jan 1953 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2455457 tra.2455457 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Big Band alb.103495 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/0/6/1316093_170x170.jpg 1999-11-02 00:00:00.0 1953-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Autumn In New York tra.2455457 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2455457&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2455457&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2442039&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2442039 tra.2442039 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Bird's Best Bop On Verve alb.209280 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/8/2/1622887_170x170.jpg 1995-05-23 00:00:00.0 1995-05-23 00:00:00.0 true K.C. Blues tra.2442039 205000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2442039&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2442039&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415335&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 415335 tra.415335 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true Out Of Nowhere tra.415335 186000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415335&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415335&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.609842&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 609842 tra.609842 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes alb.179929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/4/6/1316492_170x170.jpg 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 1995-01-24 00:00:00.0 true Easy To Love tra.609842 209000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.609842&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.609842&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2441950&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2441950 tra.2441950 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Bird's Best Bop On Verve alb.209280 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/8/2/1622887_170x170.jpg 1995-05-23 00:00:00.0 1995-05-23 00:00:00.0 true Kim tra.2441950 180000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2441950&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2441950&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28839371&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:27:24 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 28839371 tra.28839371 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Now's the Time alb.28826876 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/6/4/1714690_170x170.jpg 2009-05-26 00:00:00.0 null true Now's the Time tra.28839371 182000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28839371&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28839371&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7291149&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Tue, 4 May 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 7291149 tra.7291149 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Tease! The Beat of Burlesque alb.7289560 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/3/1/3/1323134_170x170.jpg 2005-05-17 00:00:00.0 1999-05-04 00:00:00.0 true Funky Blues tra.7291149 313000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7291149&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7291149&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.371733&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Thu, 1 Jan 1953 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 371733 tra.371733 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 At Storyville alb.247959 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/4/3/8/398346_170x170.jpg 1988-11-28 00:00:00.0 1953-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Cool Blues tra.371733 293000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.371733&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.371733&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2444456&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Wed, 17 Oct 1990 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 2444456 tra.2444456 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 The Cole Porter Songbook alb.155088 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/3/2/6/1316235_170x170.jpg 1991-04-16 00:00:00.0 1990-10-17 00:00:00.0 true Easy To Love tra.2444456 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2444456&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2444456&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415343&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 415343 tra.415343 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Ken Burns JAZZ alb.194146 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/1/3/3/1323314_170x170.jpg 2000-11-07 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Yardbird Suite tra.415343 175000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415343&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.415343&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227990&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 1 Jan 1954 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 1227990 tra.1227990 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.0 Bird At The Hi-Hat alb.106182 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/3/5/305360_170x170.jpg 1993-04-10 00:00:00.0 1954-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Ornithology (Version 1) tra.1227990 489000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227990&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1227990&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.24117627&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bop Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:09:06 -0700 Top Tracks by Charlie Parker on Rhapsody Online 24117627 tra.24117627 Charlie Parker art.5828 0.99 Jazz - Continous alb.24115067 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/1/4/9/1629412_170x170.jpg 2008-12-02 00:00:00.0 null true Embraceable You tra.24117627 240000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.24117627&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.24117627&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharlie-parker%2Ftop-tracks.rss