Charlie Parker / Bird In LA

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テディ・エドワーズに影響を与えた演奏が見事に蘇る。

[CD1]

1. Intro over I Waited for You into How High the Moon
2. Intro dialogue with Gibson into Handsome Harry the Hipster
3. Cement Mixer into Intro into Blues
4. Dizzy Atmosphere
5. Fifty Second Street Theme into closing announcement

December 17, 1945
Billy Berg's Supper Club, Hollywood, California
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie (tp)
Charlie Parker (as)
Milt Jackson (vib)
Al Haig (p)
Ray Brown (b)
Stan Levey (ds) except #2
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (p, vo)
Slim Gaillard, MC
Billy Berg, closing announcement

6. Groovin' High into announcement
7. Intro dialogue with Gillespie into Shaw 'Nuff into announcement / Add Milt Jackson, vb
8. Intro dialogue with Gillespie into Dizzy Atmosphere into announcement

Possibly December 10, 17, or 29, 1945
AFRS "Jubilee," NBC Studios, Hollywood, California
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie (tp)
Charlie Parker (as)
Al Haig (p)
Ray Brown (b)
Stan Levey (ds)
Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman, MC

9. Intro dialogue between Vallee and Gibson into Salt Peanuts

January 24, 1946
"Drene Time," NBC Studios, Hollywood, California
Dizzy Gillespie Septet
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo)
Charlie Parker (as)
Lucky Thompson (ts)
Milt Jackson (vib)
Al Haig (p)
Ray Brown (b)
Stan Levey (ds)
Rudy Vallee and Harry "The Hipster" Gibson MCs

10. Billie's Bounce
11. Ornithology
12. All the Things You Are
13. Blue 'n' Boogie
14. Anthropology into announcement

MidMarch 1946
The Finale Club, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
Charlie Parker Quintet
Personnel:
Charlie Parker (as)
Miles Davis(tp)
Joe Albany(p)
Addison Farmer(b)
Chuck Thompson, dr, unknown MC

15. Intro discussion into Cherokee into announcement

Probably March or April 1946
AFRS "Jubilee," NBC Studios, Hollywood, California
Personnel:
Charlie Parker, Benny Carter and Willie Smith (as)
Nat "King" Cole (p)
Oscar Moore (g)
Johnny Miller (b)
Buddy Rich (ds)
Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman, MC.

16. Ornithology
17. Dizzy Atmosphere
18. Out of Nowhere

November 22, 1948
Jazz At the Philharmonic, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Personnel:
Charlie Parker (as)
Al Haig (p)
Tommy Potter 8b)
J.C. Heard (ds)

[CD2]

1. Scrapple from the Apple
2. Au Privave/Dance of the Infidels
3. Night in Tunisia
4. How High the Moon/Ornithology
5. Party Chatter into Embraceable You
6. Hot House
7. Cool Blues
8. March Noodling/Dixie

July 14, 1952
Party at Jirayr Zorthian's Ranch, top of Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, California
Personnel:
Charlie Parker and Frank Morgan (as)
Don Wilkerson (ts)
Amos Trice (p)
David Bailey (b)
Larance Marable (ds)

9. Scrapple from the Apple

Probably July 28, 1952 at Zorthian's Ranch
Personnel:
Same as above, but add Chet Baker (tp)

10. Au Privave

Probably July 1952, Unknown Location, Los Angeles, California
Personnel:
Probably same as above, but omit Don Wilkerson and Chet Baker