Dexter Park Celebration

Charlie Parker - The Complete Scores. Hal Leonard celebrates the 100th anniversary of Charlie Bird Parker with this deluxe hardcover Complete Scores book featuring note-for-note transcriptions of 40 classic performances for saxophones, trumpet, piano, bass and drums. This is a true celebration of an American music icon, the preeminent alto saxophonist who was one of the fathers of bebop and progenitors of modern jazz. This keepsake-worthy hardcover book in a slipcase features: Anthropology · Au Privave · Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) · Bird Feathers · Blues for Alice · Chasing the Bird · Donna Lee · K.C. Blues · Leap Frog · Marmaduke · Ornithology · Scrapple from the Apple · Steeplechase · Yardbird Suite · and more. A must-own for all Bird fans!

The work opens with a dramatic brass fanfare before moving to a spirited allegro. The slower middle portion is rather jazzy in character with a trumpet solo. After several statements of this lush song the faster music returns before the opening fanfare reprises closing the piece in dramatic fashion. Includes generous cross-cuing to enable performances with smaller instrumentations.