I think I was lucky because I heard some live Parker stuff early on, and quickly came to prefer the live recordings. Bird at St. Nick’s is as good as any of them, I think, and I’ve heard most of his circulating live recordings. There are a few others that have unusual moments, unusual material, unusual lineups, particularly good recording, etc., and all of those are big at my house, but the consistency of the St. Nick’s recordings that’s tough to beat. Parker was really inventive on that gig, and Knepper recorded a bunch of Bird’s quintessential repertoire.
From the subject line, I was expecting a deep dive on Bird at Saint Nick’s. But that’s OK, a lot of cool stuff here, and now I will put this disk on my list of stuff to listen to. I had never bothered before because it always had such poor ratings. I guess I should’ve bought those Dean Benedetti recordings while I had the chance.
I think I was lucky because I heard some live Parker stuff early on, and quickly came to prefer the live recordings. Bird at St. Nick’s is as good as any of them, I think, and I’ve heard most of his circulating live recordings. There are a few others that have unusual moments, unusual material, unusual lineups, particularly good recording, etc., and all of those are big at my house, but the consistency of the St. Nick’s recordings that’s tough to beat. Parker was really inventive on that gig, and Knepper recorded a bunch of Bird’s quintessential repertoire.
From the subject line, I was expecting a deep dive on Bird at Saint Nick’s. But that’s OK, a lot of cool stuff here, and now I will put this disk on my list of stuff to listen to. I had never bothered before because it always had such poor ratings. I guess I should’ve bought those Dean Benedetti recordings while I had the chance.