Title: Baffling choices
Product review: I can't believe that an afficionado would pick out these tracks. They contain *no* essential recordings and far too much soloing by mediocre sidemen. I wonder if it's because the label couldn't get the rights to the really great stuff.One disc should contain 15 to 20 Parker tunes, not the handful offered here. Look elsewhere, unless you already own a lot of Bird--for instance to the 1- or 3-disk Savoy and Dial reissues or the Rhino set. It's the Savoy and Dial sessions that everyone raves about.
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