Swedish Schnapps

Swedish SchnappsProduct Info Limited LP: Blue Vinyl More Info Released by Verve in 1958 three years after Parkers untimely death at the age of 34 Swedish Schnapps compiles two complete 1951 sessions from which the master takes had previously been released as 78rpm singles, and later put together on the 1955 Clef Records LP The Magnificent Charlie Parker (MG C 646). While one date features Red Rodney (the regular trumpeter from Parkers quintet during that time), the

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” and the soulful ballad ”The Sky Is Crying

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Americana tinged reflection

which is what gives them charm

Stuart Weiner & Mike Lewis plus arrangers Jimmy Wisner

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and living with decline (“As Big As All Outside”) while maintaining the balance of earnest self-reflection and humor that endeared audiences to the original release