Now’s the Time
Charlie Parker’s earliest release of “Now’s the Time” on file came out in 1989. Charlie Parker wrote it. The earliest release on file is Charley Parker’s Ree Boppers’, from 1945. Also recorded by Prince (released 1988), Miles Davis (released 1988) and Buddy Rich (released 2005), among 248 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It appears on the compilation Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1976).
Bird wrote this one, and the people who picked it up run from Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers all the way to Prince. Hear Parker's own take first, then follow the thread to Minneapolis's favorite son.
▶Now's The Time (Original)Credited writer: Charlie Parker.
Earliest release on file: Charley Parker’s Ree Boppers, 1945.
On the compilation Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1976).
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers1958
- JMO1977
- Prince1988
- Miles Davis1988
- Milt Jackson1988
- Arne Domnérus1992
- Archie Shepp1994
- Bud Powell1994
- J.J. Johnson1996
- Juba Collective2002
- Buddy Rich2005
248 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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