Swedish Schnapps (album)

Swedish Schnapps
Studio album by Charlie Parker
Released	1951; 1991 (CD)
Recorded	January 17 1951, August 8, 1951
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:48
Label	PolyGram

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Swedish Schnapps is an album recorded by two different groups, on two different dates in 1951, led by Charlie Parker, for Verve Records.^[3] The two sessions feature either Max Roach or Kenny Clarke on drums. The January 17 1951 session features Miles Davis on trumpet, who had made many recordings as part of Parker's band in 1946 and 1947. This recording session was the same day as Davis' own first recording session for his new label, Prestige Records, which he would complete later the same day.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Si Si"	Charlie Parker	2:38
2.	"Swedish Schnapps (Alternate Take)"	Charlie Shavers	3:14
3.	"Swedish Schnapps"	Charlie Shavers	3:11
4.	"Back Home Blues (Alternate Take)"	Charlie Parker	2:36
5.	"Back Home Blues"	Charlie Parker	2:47
6.	"Lover Man"	Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman	3:22
7.	"Blues for Alice"	Charlie Parker	2:47
8.	"Au Privave (Alternate Take)"	Charlie Parker	2:39
9.	"Au Privave"	Charlie Parker	2:43
10.	"She Rote (Alternate Take)"	Charlie Parker	3:09
11.	"She Rote"	Charlie Parker	3:06
12.	"K.C. Blues"	Charlie Parker	3:24
13.	"Star Eyes"	Gene de Paul, Don Raye	3:35

Performers

tracks 1-7 August 8, 1951

tracks 8-13 January 17 1951^[5]

Charlie Parker - Saxophone
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Walter Bishop Jr. - Piano
Teddy Kotick - Bass
Max Roach - Drums

References / Notes

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 158. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Swedish Schnapps, Discogs.com, accessed August 17, 2014
↑ "Miles: the Autobiography", Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, 1989, pg.142
↑ January 17, 1951 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed May 21, 2014

Charlie Parker

Discography

Live recordings	Jazz at the Philharmonic Bird on 52nd St. Jazz at Massey Hall

Box sets	Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve Complete Charlie Parker on Dial Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial Sessions

Compositions	"Ah-Leu-Cha" "Anthropology" "Au Privave" "Big Foot" aka "Driftin' on a Reed" "Barbados" "Billie's Bounce" "Bird Gets the Worm" "Bloomdido" "Blues for Alice" "Cheryl" "Confirmation" "Constellation " "Ko-Ko" "Moose the Mooche" "Ornithology" "Scrapple from the Apple" "Swingmatism" "Yardbird Suite"

Related	Bebop Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker Omnibook

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