• 2-CD DIGIPACK EDITION
Remarkably remastered recordings of Charlie Parker's quintets from 1945-49, performing live at Carnegie Hall, Royal Roost, & Town Hall with configurations of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Red Rodney, Don Byas, Al Haig, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Kenny Clarke, Tommy Potter & Curley Russell, allowing us to re-live the consistent brilliance of the leader and his sidemen.
PERSONNEL:
- Charlie Parker - alto saxophone, composer
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- Al Haig - piano
- Curley Russell - bass
- Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
- Don Byas - tenor saxophone
- Kenny Clarke - drums
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet
- Max Roach - drums
- Red Rodney - trumpet
- Roy Haynes - drums
- Tommy Potter - bass
TRACKS:
- Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach.
- Live At Royal Roost, December 11, 1948
- 01 Groovin' High By Dizzy Gillespie
- 02 Big Foot
- 03 Ornithology By Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
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- December 12, 1948
- 04 Hot House By Tadd Dameron
- 05 Salt Peanuts
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- December 18,1948
- 06 Chasin' The Bird
- 07 Out Of Nowhere
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- January 15, 1949. Kenny Dorham replaces Miles Davis.
- 08 Scrapple From The Apple
- 09 Be Bop By Dizzy Gillespie
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- January 22, 1949
- 10 Hot House
- 11 Oop Bop Sh'bam
- 12 Scrapple From The Apple
- 13 Salt Peanuts
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- February 5, 1949
- 14 Scrapple From The Apple
- 15 Barbados
- 16 Salt Peanuts
- Charlie Parker, Kenny Dorham, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach.
- Live At Royal Roost, February 12, 1949
- 01 Scrapple From The Apple
- 02 Barbados
- 03 Be Bop By Dizzy Gillespie
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- February 19, 1949
- 04 Groovin' High By Dizzy Gillespie
- 05 Confirmation
- 06 Salt Peanuts
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- Kenny Clarke Charlie Parker, Red Rodney, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes
- Live At Carnegie Hall, December 24, 1949.
- 07 Ornithology
- 08 Cheryl
- 09 KoKo
- 10 Bird Of Paradise
- 11 Now's The Time
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- Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Don Byas, Al Haig, Curley Russell, Max Roach.
- Live At Town Hall, June 22,1945.
- 12 Be Bop By Dizzy Gillespie
- 13 A Night In Tunisia By Dizzy Gillespie
- 14 Salt Peanuts