Nows The Time (+12 Bonus Tracks) Limited edition

Now's the Time compiles two of Charlie

Parker's rare quartet dates (he usually

recorded in a quintet format). Both are

spectacular sessions, full of intricate

originals by Bird, complemented by two

beautiful readings of the standards "The

Song Is You" and "I Remember You". A

1950 quartet date (save for one track on

which Bird is joined by the great Coleman

Hawkins) and a 1951 quintet session with

Red Rodney on trumpet have been added

as a bonus.

1-6:

Charlie Parker, alto sax

Hank Jones, piano

Teddy Kotick, bass

Max Roach, drums

New York, December 30, 1952.

7-13:

Charlie Parker, alto sax

Al Haig, piano

Percy Heath, bass

Max Roach, drums

New York, July 30, 1953.

*Bonus tracks

14-18: Coleman Hawkins (ts on 18 only), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d).

New York, March-April 1950.

19-25: Red Rodney (tp), John Lewis (p), Ray Brown (b), Kenny Clarke (d).

New York, August 8, 1951.

All original sessions produced by Norman Granz.