Charlie Parker With Strings
by Charlie Parker

Album
Charlie Parker With Strings by Charlie Parker
Year: 1950
Overall rank: 3,576th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 93 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1950 (4th)
Award Top albums of of the 1950s (109th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,576th)

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Charlie Parker With Strings is ranked as the best album by Charlie Parker.

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Charlie Parker With Strings track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Just Friends
Average Rating: 79 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
Everything Happens To Me
Average Rating: 79 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
April In Paris
Average Rating: 80 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
If I Should Lose You
Average Rating: 79 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Summertime
Average Rating: 82 (18 votes)Comments: View 1
6.
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Average Rating: 78 (14 votes)Comments: View 0

Charlie Parker With Strings rankings

Charlie Parker With Strings rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,576th | 1950s rank: 109th | 1950 rank: 4th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 93 votes)
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75/100
 !		07/22/2026 10:34 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,40569/100
 
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 !		05/18/2026 05:47 craola  Ratings distribution  4,44178/100
 
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 !		05/10/2026 11:57 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,74177/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.


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Charlie Parker With Strings forum mentions

This album has been referenced 9 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From Purplepash 08/26/2020 09:45 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From baystateoftheart 08/26/2020 05:14 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
“1. There are two totally different albums with this exact name, from 1950 and 1953, with only the former being on BEA. I consider myself a fan of of Charlie Parker's energetic bebop, but this string-drenched style is pretty different. In fact, RYM considers it to be one of the first ever cool jazz…”
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From Repo 11/23/2018 03:03 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys
“My Big Moment It was my big moment. One I'd been practicing for for years. We were sitting down at my friends house for Thanksgiving dinner. The football game was being turned off. Silenced. And the hostess turned to me and asked me to put on some music. So on the fly I created a playlist from…”
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From 09/14/2013 20:20 | #85958 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
My first impression of this album is that it's a mixed bag. Some of the tracks sound a bit silly with Parker jamming at high speed over a gentle string section, while others mesh really well. More listens are needed.
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From 04/04/2016 12:57 | #163267 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Excellent record, the production and arrangements are perfect.
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60/100
From 01/06/2013 19:17 | #60438 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Like this one, is very decent!
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From 04/29/2022 13:35 | #284787 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Perfect
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80/100
From 09/17/2020 11:39 | #258322
Versão completa de 1950, incrível!
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