Dial
Records catered to jazz musicians and record collectors. Charlie Parker
was one of the major jazz artists to record with Dial. His Dial
sessions occurred at the personal depths and artistic peaks of his
career during which he introduced a number of such jazz staples as Ornithology and Scrapple from the Apple.
His ten sessions associated with Dial are presented in detail and
include the repertory, original issues and reissues, titles and notated
transcriptions, and analyses of performances. Commentary explains many
of the titles to Parker's pieces and collates the various recordings in
which he performed his Dial repertory outside the confines of the Dial
studios; these celebrated performances helped to shape modern jazz.
In
addition to the catalogue of Parker's Dial recordings, jazz historians
and scholars alike will appreciate the historical narrative detailing
the evolution of Dial Records, its owner Ross Russell, and its business
relations with Charlie Parker. This examination of the 1940's jazz
record business sheds light on the dissemination of jazz via records.
Five appendices complete this well organized and thorough study of
Charlie Parker and his legendary Dial recordings.
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