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Charlie Parker – Now's The Time / Swingmatism; Shaw 'Nuff; Hot House; The Street Beat; a. m. o. / Documents 10x Audio CD, Box Set / 222921-321
UPC 4011222229212
"Now's the Time" is a composition by Charlie Parker. He led the first recording of it, on November 26, 1945.
"Although Parker was capable of writing intricate bebop melody lines, he sometimes stepped back from his more progressive leanings and drew on his Kansas City jazz roots in crafting simpler, bluesier compositions – of which 'Now's the Time' is a case in point." It is a riff-based blues, with typical bebop phrase endings at the end of bars 5 and 6.
"Now's the Time" was first recorded on November 26, 1945, by Charlie Parker's Reboppers: Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Dizzy Gillespie or Sadik Hakim (piano), Curley Russell (bass), and Max Roach (drums). Multiple takes were made; The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggests that "Parker's solo on the third take is superior in its slashing self-confidence to that on the fourth, which is slightly duller; Miles Davis plays without conviction on both." The fourth take was the original official release.
The melody of "Now's the Time" was used for "The Hucklebuck", a hit for saxophonist Paul Williams four years after Parker's original recording. Despite being released by the same record label with the same producer, Parker was not credited; instead, the composition was attributed to Andy Gibson, who had been a songwriter for Lucky Millinder, who recorded it as "D-Natural Blues".
| Label: | Documents – 222921-321 |
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10 x CD, Compilation, Box Set
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| Country: | Germany |
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| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Bop |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Swingmatism | 2:42 | |
| 1-2 | The Jumpin' Blues | 3:06 | |
| 1-3 | Now's The Time | 2:55 | |
| 1-4 | I'll Always Love You | 3:01 | |
| 1-5 | Romance Without Finance | 3:03 | |
| 1-6 | Red Cross | 3:08 | |
| 1-7 | Dream Of You | 2:52 | |
| 1-8 | Groovin´ High | 2:40 | |
| 1-9 | Dizzy Athosphere | 2:47 | |
| 1-10 | All The Things You Are | 2:47 | |
| 1-11 | Salt Peanuts | 3:16 | |
| 1-12 | Shaw ´Nuff | 3:00 | |
| 1-13 | Hat House | 3:08 | |
| 1-14 | Hallelujah | 4:00 | |
| 1-15 | Get Happy | 3:42 | |
| 1-16 | Slam Slam Blues | 4:28 | |
| 1-17 | Congo Blues | 3:52 | |
| 1-18 | Takin´ Off | 3:08 | |
| 1-19 | 20th Century Blues | 2:55 | |
| 1-20 | The Street Beat | 2:30 | |
| 2-1 | Warming Up A Riff | 2:34 | |
| 2-2 | Billie's Bounce | 3:10 | |
| 2-3 | Now's The Time | 3:16 | |
| 2-4 | Thriving On A Riff | 2:55 | |
| 2-5 | Meandering | 3:17 | |
| 2-6 | Ko-Ko | 2:55 | |
| 2-7 | Dizzy's Boogie | 3:10 | |
| 2-8 | Flat Foot Boogie | 2:33 | |
| 2-9 | Poppity Pop | 2:57 | |
| 2-10 | Slim's Jam | 3:15 | |
| 2-11 | Diggin' Diz | 2:52 | |
| 2-12 | Moose The Mooche | 3:04 | |
| 2-13 | Yardbird Suite | 2:56 | |
| 2-14 | Ornithology | 3:01 | |
| 2-15 | Night In Tunisia | 3:04 | |
| 2-16 | Max (Is) Making Wax | 2:32 | |
| 2-17 | Lover Man | 3:21 | |
| 2-18 | The Gypsy | 3:04 | |
| 2-19 | Be-Bop | 2:55 | |
| 2-20 | This Is Always | 3:12 | |
| 3-1 | Dark Shadows | 3:06 | |
| 3-2 | Bird's Nest | 2:43 | |
| 3-3 | Cool Blues | 3:09 | |
| 3-4 | Relaxin' At Camarillo | 3:07 | |
| 3-5 | Cheers | 3:06 | |
| 3-6 | Carvin' The Bird | 2:46 | |
| 3-7 | Stupendous | 2:55 | |
| 3-8 | Donna Lee | 2:32 | |
| 3-9 | Chasin' The Bird | 2:44 | |
| 3-10 | Cheryl | 2:57 | |
| 3-11 | Buzzy | 2:28 | |
| 3-12 | Milestones | 2:35 | |
| 3-13 | Little Willie Leaps | 2:50 | |
| 3-14 | Half Nelson | 2:43 | |
| 3-15 | Slippin' The Bells | 2:22 | |
| 3-16 | Dexterity | 3:00 | |
| 3-17 | Bongo Pop | 2:46 | |
| 3-18 | Dewey Square | 3:09 | |
| 3-19 | The Hymn | 2:33 | |
| 3-20 | Bird Of Paradise | 3:09 | |
| 4-1 | Embraceable You | 3:24 | |
| 4-2 | Bird Feathers | 2:53 | |
| 4-3 | Klact-Oveeseds-Tene | 3:07 | |
| 4-4 | Scrapple From The Apple | 2:59 | |
| 4-5 | My Old Flame | 3:15 | |
| 4-6 | Out Of Nowhere | 3:07 | |
| 4-7 | Don't Blame Me | 2:48 | |
| 4-8 | Drifting On A Reed | 2:57 | |
| 4-9 | Quasimodo | 2:54 | |
| 4-10 | Charlie's Wig | 2:43 | |
| 4-11 | Bongo Beep | 2:59 | |
| 4-12 | Crazeology | 2:59 | |
| 4-13 | How Deep Is The Ocean? | 3:25 | |
| 4-14 | Another Hair-Do | 2:38 | |
| 4-15 | Blue Bird | 2:50 | |
| 4-16 | Klaunstance | 2:45 | |
| 4-17 | Bird Gets The Worm | 2:35 | |
| 4-18 | Barbados | 2:29 | |
| 4-19 | Ah-Leu-Cha | 2:55 | |
| 4-20 | Constellation | 2:25 | |
| 5-1 | Parker's Mood | 3:03 | |
| 5-2 | Perhaps | 2:25 | |
| 5-3 | Marmaduke | 2:43 | |
| 5-4 | Steeplechase | 3:04 | |
| 5-5 | Merry-Go-Round | 2:27 | |
| 5-6 | Segment | 3:21 | |
| 5-7 | Cardboard | 3:10 | |
| 5-8 | Passport | 2:59 | |
| 5-9 | Star Eyes | 3:29 | |
| 5-10 | Ballade | 2:56 | |
| 5-11 | Bloomdido | 3:27 | |
| 5-12 | My Melancholy Baby | 3:26 | |
| 5-13 | Relaxin' With Lee | 2:48 | |
| 5-14 | Leap Frog | 2:31 | |
| 5-15 | An Oscar For Treadwell | 3:25 | |
| 5-16 | Mohawk | 3:37 | |
| 5-17 | My Melancholy Baby | 3:19 | |
| 5-18 | Relaxin' With Lee | 3:58 | |
| 5-19 | Overtime | 3:09 | |
| 5-20 | Victory Ball | 2:40 | |
| 6-1 | Oh, Lady, Be Good! | 11:05 | |
| 6-2 | A Night In Tunisia | 5:14 | |
| 6-3 | Dizzy Athmosphere | 4:05 | |
| 6-4 | Groovin' High | 5:18 | |
| 6-5 | Confirmation | 5:38 | |
| 6-6 | Ko-Ko | 4:14 | |
| 6-7 | Embraceable You | 10:34 | |
| 6-8 | Ornithology | 4:26 | |
| 6-9 | Cheryl | 5:03 | |
| 6-10 | Ko-Ko | 5:05 | |
| 6-11 | Bird Of Paradise | 6:09 | |
| 6-12 | Now's The Time | 5:14 | |
| 7-1 | Sweet Georgia Brown (Part I + II) | 9:40 | |
| 7-2 | Lady Be Good (Part I + II) | 11:13 | |
| 7-3 | Ballad Medley | 17:26 | |
| 7-4 | What Is This Thing Called Love | 15:53 | |
| 7-5 | Jam Blues | 14:41 | |
| 8-1 | Mango Mangue | 2:56 | |
| 8-2 | No Noise (Part I + II) | 5:55 | |
| 8-3 | My Little Suede Shoes | 3:05 | |
| 8-4 | Okiedoke | 3:05 | |
| 8-5 | Un Poquito De Tu Amor | 2:43 | |
| 8-6 | Why Do I Love You? | 3:08 | |
| 8-7 | Tico-Tico | 2:45 | |
| 8-8 | Fiesta | 2:52 | |
| 8-9 | Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite | 17:16 | |
| 8-10 | La Cucaracha | 2:45 | |
| 8-11 | Mama Inez | 2:52 | |
| 8-12 | Estrellita | 2:45 | |
| 8-13 | La Paloma | 2:42 | |
| 8-14 | Begin The Beguine | 3:11 | |
| 9-1 | The Opener | 12:40 | |
| 9-2 | Lover Man | 3:23 | |
| 9-3 | Swedish Schnapps | 3:16 | |
| 9-4 | Blues For Alice | 2:48 | |
| 9-5 | K.C. Blues | 3:26 | |
| 9-6 | She Rote | 3:11 | |
| 9-7 | Star Eyes | 3:36 | |
| 9-8 | Funky Blues | 13:29 | |
| 9-9 | I Can't Get Started | 3:10 | |
| 9-10 | What Is This Thing Called Love?What Is This Thing Called Love? |
2:36 | |
| 10-1 | Easy To Love | 3:31 | |
| 10-2 | Summertime | 2:47 | |
| 10-3 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was | 3:14 | |
| 10-4 | If I Should Lose You | 2:48 | |
| 10-5 | Just Friends | 3:32 | |
| 10-6 | Everything Happens To Me | 3:17 | |
| 10-7 | I'm In The Mood For Love | 3:35 | |
| 10-8 | I'll Remember April | 3:04 | |
| 10-9 | Dancing In The Dark | 3:12 | |
| 10-10 | Out Of Nowhere | 3:08 | |
| 10-11 | Laura | 2:59 | |
| 10-12 | East Of The Sun | 3:41 | |
| 10-13 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | 3:19 | |
| 10-14 | Temptation | 3:33 | |
| 10-15 | Lover | 3:08 | |
| 10-16 | Autumn In New York | 3:31 | |
| 10-17 | Stella By Starlight | 2:56 |
