Edition: Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement

Description: Swing - Medium

Publisher: Jazz Lines Publications

We're all familiar with the famous Charlie Parker with Strings recordings that were made in 1949 and the early 1950s. Parker recorded these in the studio and did many live concerts. At first the reception from the critics wasn't so great. But, over time there recordings have been cherished by jazz fans all over the world. In fact, Parker's recording of Just Friends with strings became his best-selling single. Well, it may surprise you to know that there were several arrangements that were rehearsed for Parker's 1949 'With Strings' session that were either not recorded or were scrapped.

In the case of this arrangement of Love Walked In it is unknown whether this was an arrangement that was being considered for recording, or simply another tune that Parker liked and wanted to play with his string ensemble. But, Charlie Parker and John Bartee potentially would have met during the Machito recording session for No Noise (1948), arranged by Bartee. So, it’s certainly possible that Parker may have liked the No Noise arrangement and later asked Bartee to write something for his with Strings session.

The tempo metronomic marking is an approximation taking into account that records could not be longer than three and a half minutes in length (a single side of a 78 RPM record could not fit any more music than that). The conductor is encouraged to experiment with tempi faster or slower within the marking on the first page of score.This arrangement has the same instrumentation as the others from this session: Solo alto saxophone part, oboe, 3 violins, viola, cello, harp, guitar, piano, bass, and drums.

Full Score
Alto Saxophone Soloist
Oboe
3 Violins
Viola
Cello
Harp
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums