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I love Charlie Parker With Strings. It's such pretty, soulful music from one of the first jazz artists to cross over to the American songbook with an easy listening twist. And I know many readers share my passion for Bird with strings. First, let's listen to an example so those who aren't familiar have a sense...

Yesterday, I went on YouTube and looked around for tributes to the Parker with Strings catalog. To my surprise and pleasure, I was able to net quite a cache of Bird with mice. Let's dig in:



Here's the mighty Phil Woods with the Orchestre du Conservatoire National Regional de Toulouse from the Marciac Jazz Festival in 2005 playing I'll Remember April...



Here's Phil Woods in Redondo Beach, Calif., in 2001, with Hank Jones on piano playing Everything Happens to Me...



Here's Ernesto Aurignac playing East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)...



Here's Danny Janklow playing Just Friends...



Here's Nick Biello and the Highline Chamber playing Just Friends...



Here the Highline Chamber playing Neal Hefti's Repetition...



Here's Aaron Johnson playing Repetition...



Here's Clark Gibson playing Just Friends...



Here's Henry Solomon on Just Friends...



And finally, here's Robert Anchipolovsky playing Just Friends...

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