Now's the Time

~ Recording by Charlie Parker

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.1Now's the Time3:16Miles DavisOld Devil MoonMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Starlite (Swiss label with budget releases)1002
1.10Now's the Time (original take 4)3:19Charlie ParkerThe Charlie Parker Story (Remastered Japanese edition in replica LP cover.)Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Savoy JazzCY-78990
1.10Now's the Time (original take 4)3:19Charlie ParkerThe Charlie Parker StoryCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-06
2.17Now's the Time3:18Charlie Parker’s Re‐BoppersBirth of Bebop: Wichita - New York - 1940-1945Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 046
1.5Now’s the Time3:16Charlie Parker Ree‐BoppersThe Quintessence: New York ‐ Hollywood 1942‐1947Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 225
1.5Now’s the Time3:16Charlie Parker Ree‐BoppersThe Quintessence: New York – Hollywood 1942–1947Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 225
1.17Now’s the Time3:17Charlie Parker's ReboppersYoung Miles (Volume 1) 1945–1946, Complete EditionMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Média 7MJCD 131
1.23Now's the Time3:18Charlie ParkerParker's MoodCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53329
1.7Now's the Time3:16Charlie Parker’s Re‐BoppersThe Complete Savoy MastersCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-07-18
Definitive Records (jazz reissues)DRCD11140
1.4Now's the Time3:16Charlie ParkerNow's the TimeCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2000-10-24
Dreyfus JazzFDM 36724-2
10.6Now’s the Time3:15Charlie Parker's ReboppersLes Triomphes du jazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na111 201, 111 202, 111 203, 111 204, 111 205, 111 206, 111 207, 111 208, 111 209, 111 210, 111 211, 111 212, 111 213, 111 214, 111 215, 111 216, 111 217, 111 218, 111 219, 111 220
1.18Now's the Time3:16Charlie ParkerThe Savoy Story, Volume One: JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-06-25
Savoy Jazz92856-2, SVY17050
2.2Now's the Time3:17Charlie ParkerSavoy 60th Anniversary: TimelessVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
12.15Now’s the Time3:16Charlie Parker’s Re‐BoppersThe Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 4/5: Bebop Story – A Musical Revolution That Radically Changed the Road of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-10-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), Membran International GmbH232096
1.7Now's the Time (live)3:17Charlie ParkerBlack Is Beautiful, Volume 4: Jazz SessionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2009-04-11
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
2.18Now's the Time3:17Charlie Parker's ReboppersThe Complete Masters 1941–1954Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-11-21
Universal Music Classics & Jazz France533 612-3, 533 612-4, 533 612-5, 533 612-6, 533 612-7, 533 612-8, 533 612-9, 533 613-0, 533 613-1, 533 613-2, 533 613-3, 533 613-4, 533 613-5, 533 613-6, 533 613-7, 533 613-8, 533 613-9, 533 614-1, 533 614-2, 533 614-3
1.7Now's the Time3:19Charlie ParkerThe Complete Savoy MastersCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Essential Jazz ClassicsEJC55676
1.1Now's the Time3:18Charlie ParkerThe Savoy 10-Inch LP CollectionCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2020-02-28
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)00888072096967
1.1Now's the Time3:18Charlie ParkerThe Savoy 10-Inch LP CollectionCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2020-08-27
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)CR02774
1.1Now's the Time3:18Charlie ParkerThe Savoy 10-Inch LP CollectionCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-08-27
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)CR02774
1.2Now's The Time3:16Charlie Parker’s Re‐BoppersBefore The Cool: The Miles Davis Collection 1945-48Miles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020
1.2Now's The Time3:16Charlie Parker’s Re‐BoppersBefore The Cool: The Miles Davis Collection 1945-48Miles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Acrobat (flagship label of Trapeze Music & Entertainment Limited)
1.7Now's the Time3:19Charlie ParkerThe Complete Savoy MastersCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Bird's NestBN 244103

Relationships

alto saxophone:Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-11-26)
double bass:Curley Russell (on 1945-11-26)
drums (drum set):Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1945-11-26)
piano:Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-11-26)
trumpet:Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1945-11-26)
orchestra:Charlie Parker's Reboppers (on 1945-11-26)
recording of:Now’s the Time (live)
Now’s the Time (in 1945, on 1945-11-26)

Related works

Now’s the Time

composer:Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
is the basis for:Now’s the Time (Juba Collective version)