Supersax Plays Bird With Strings

2021 reissue

    Alto Saxophone – Joe Lopez, Med Flory
    Tenor Saxophone – Jay Migliori, Warne Marsh
    Trombone – Frank Rosolino
    Trumpet – Conte Candoli
    Baritone Saxophone – Jack Nimitz
    Bass – Buddy Clark
    Drums – Jake Hanna
    Piano – Lou Levy
    
    Strings – Ambrose Russo, Bob Lido, Bobby Bruce, Evelyn R. Schuck*, Frank Green (7), Frederick Seykora, Gerald Vinci, Haim Shtrum, James Getzoff, Jerome Reisler, Jesse Ehrlich, John Santulis, Leonard Selic, Marilyn Baker, Raymond J. Kelley*, Robert T. Jung*, Robert Sushel, Spiro Stamos, Wilbert Nuttycombe
   

Supersax's third and final LP for Capitol (none of which have yet been reissued on CD) finds the five saxes joined by a large string section on some of the selections so as to pay tribute to Charlie Parker's recordings with strings. Trumpeter Conte Candoli, trombonist Frank Rosolino and pianist Lou Levy have some solo space, and among the Bird solos that are recreated are "April In Paris," "Ornithology," "Cool Blues" and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was."
Scott Yanow