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What Is This Thing Called Love? (Live At Carnegie Hall/1950) by Charlie Parker album cover

What Is This Thing Called Love? (Live At Carnegie Hall/1950)

by Charlie Parker

About This Song

About "What Is This Thing Called Love? (Live At Carnegie Hall/1950)" by Charlie Parker

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, this Cole Porter standard becomes a tightrope walk. Parker's alto teases the melody with bebop wit while the strings provide a plush, precarious safety net. The audience's presence adds electric tensionβ€”love as a question asked in public, answered only in private improvisation.