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Bird Is Free
Bird Is Free
Live album by Charlie Parker
Released	1961
Recorded	26 September 1952
Venues	Rockland Palace, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:39
Charlie Parker chronology

Bird Is Free is an album by Charlie Parker that documents a concert given at Rockland Palace, New York City, on 26 September 1952.^[1] In 1997, Jazz Classics released a more complete documentation of the concert with improved recording quality, Live at Rockland Palace.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
DownBeat	^[3]

The DownBeat reviewer, Leonard Feather, identified limitations of the audio quality, and added: "When Parker begins to play, however, you will forget all about distractions. ... There is brilliant, boiling, poetic Bird in a variety of attitudes here."^[3] The AllMusic review concluded: "Throughout, Parker plays with inimitable style and good humor and his quartet, featuring the great drummer Max Roach, swings effortlessly".^[1]

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

This Time the Dream's on Me (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Cool Blues (Parker)
My Little Suede Shoes (Parker)
Lester Leaps In (Lester Young)
Laura (Raksin, Mercer)

Personnel

Charlie Parker – alto sax
Mundell Lowe – guitar
Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
Teddy Kotick – bass
Max Roach – drums
unidentified strings on "Rocker" and "Laura"

References

1 2 3 "Bird Is Free: Charlie Parker". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
↑ Jazz, All About (February 1, 1997). "Charlie Parker: The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
1 2 Feather, Leonard (September 28, 1961). "Charlie Parker: Bird Is Free". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20. pp. 35–36.

External links

Bird Is Free at jazzdisco.org

[AM-1] 1 2 3 "Bird Is Free: Charlie Parker". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2023.

[2] Jazz, All About (February 1, 1997). "Charlie Parker: The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[DB61-3] 1 2 Feather, Leonard (September 28, 1961). "Charlie Parker: Bird Is Free". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20. pp. 35–36.

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Discography
Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) South of the Border (1952) Big Band (1954) Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1 (1956) The Immortal Charlie Parker (1956) Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2 (1956) The Genius of Charlie Parker (1956) The Charlie Parker Story (1956) Now's the Time: the Quartet of Charlie Parker (1956) The Cole Porter Songbook (1956) Swedish Schnapps (1958)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Bird on 52nd St. (1958) Bird at St. Nick's (1958) Bird Is Free (1961) One Night in Birdland (1977) Summit Meeting at Birdland (1977) Inglewood Jam (1978) The Washington Concerts (1983) Live at Rockland Palace (1997)
Box sets	Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions Complete Charlie Parker on Dial Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
Compositions	"Ah-Leu-Cha" "Anthropology" "Au Privave" "Big Foot" a.k.a. "Driftin' on a Reed" "Barbados" "Billie's Bounce" "Bird Gets the Worm" "Bloomdido" "Blues for Alice" "Chasin' the Bird" "Cheryl" "Confirmation" "Constellation " "Dexterity" "Donna Lee" "Ko-Ko" "Moose the Mooche" "Now's the Time" "Ornithology" "Parker's Mood" "Relaxin' at Camarillo" "Scrapple from the Apple" "Swingmatism" "Yardbird Suite"
Related	Bebop Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker Omnibook Bird (1988 film) Bird and Diz
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