Charlie Parker: Moose the Mooche (live in Montreal)
Track
Moose the Mooche
Artist
Charlie Parker (alto sax)
CD
Charlie Parker: Montreal 1953 (Uptown2736)
Musicians:
Charlie Parker (alto sax),
Steep Wade (piano), Dick Garcia (guitar), Bob Rudd (bass), Bobby Malloy (drums)
.Composed by Charlie Parker
.Recorded: Chez Paree Nightclub, Montreal, February 7, 1953
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Recorded live in Montreal, this date is a superb example of Bird playing at his high-speed best. Whether Parker’s velocity on this tune had anything to do with his ever-growing heroin addiction is not known. Parker had traveled north to appear on a Canadian television broadcast and in a concert presented by a Montreal jazz musicians’ society. On this particular night he was playing at the Chez Paree, and he roars through this tune—named ironically for his mid-1940s drug dealer. The recording provides a sense of what Bird sounded like wired and live in front of an enthusiastic club crowd.
Reviewer: Marc Myers
Tags: bebop · moose the mooche
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