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Koch Acquires Charlie Parker Records


> NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Music by Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Stan
> Getz and others will be reissued by Koch Records Nashville, which has
> acquired the Charlie Parker Records catalog.
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> ``We are getting into this thing as quick as we can to assess everything
> we bought,'' Nick Hunter, general manager of Koch Records Nashville,
> said Wednesday. ``We hope to remaster and release it by late spring,
> early summer.''
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> Charlie Parker Records, named for the influential jazz saxophonist,
> operated from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
>
> The catalog was owned by music producer Aubrey Mayhew. Terms of the
> deal, which includes music publishing company Charlie Parker Music,
> weren't disclosed.
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> Hunter said there are about 55 albums in the catalog and some unreleased
> material. The roster includes works by Cecil Payne, the Orioles, Miles
> Davis, Barney Kessel and Pete Jolly.
>
> ``Very little of this stuff has ever been out on CD before,'' Hunter said.