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1941 |
Charlie Parker
Chronology |
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Created by Leif
Bo Petersen |
Last updated: December
2, 2019. |
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Date |
Event |
References/Further Details |
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February 6 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Probably:
Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce (tp); Joe Taswell Baird (tb); John
Jackson, Charlie Parker (as); Harold Ferguson, Bob Mabane (ts); Jay McShann
(p); Gene Ramey (b); Gus Johnson (d); Joe Coleman (voc). Unidentified venue,
Kansas City, MO. Promotional
recordings by John Tumino. |
C.
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 48. John
B. Tumino Collection. Marr Sound Archives. University of Missouri-Kansas
City. http://library.umkc.edu/marr-collections/archival/tumino http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=410206 |
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March late |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Casa
Fiesta Club, Kansas City, MO. |
Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, March
29, 1941, 9: Direct from the Casa Fiesta Club. |
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March 29 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra King’s,
Lincoln, NE. March
29–?, 1941. |
Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, March
29, 1941, 9: Tonight. |
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April 30 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Buddy
Anderson, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce (tp); Joe Taswell Baird (tb); John
Jackson, Charlie Parker (as); Harold Ferguson, Bob Mabane (ts); Jay McShann
(p); Gene Ramey (b); Gus Johnson (d); Walter Brown (voc). Unidentified
studio, Dallas, TX. Commercial
recordings for Decca Records. Dave Kapp (prod). |
http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=410430 C.
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 47–50. |
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May 6 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Unidentified
venue, possibly MO. KWOS broadcast:
9:00—9:30 p.m.: Jay McShann Orchestra. No recordings of
this broadcast seem to have survived. |
“KWOS Programs,” Jefferson
City Post-Tribune (MO), May 6, 1941, 7: 9:00—9:30: Jay McShann Orchestra. |
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May 18 |
Jay McShann and His Recording Orchestra Venetian Ballroom, Lake
Contrary Park, MO. |
Ad in Journal
for Progressive Stockmen, Farming, and Businessmen (St. Joseph, MO.), May
15, 1941, 4. |
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May 19 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Kentucky
Paradise, Kansas City, MS. May 19–24,
1941. |
Ad
in Plaindealer (Kansas City, KS),
May 16, 1941, 4: Grand opening Monday
May 9th (sic]. Added attraction: Jay McShann and His Band. Matinee
from 4:00–8:00. Music Nightly. Ad in Plaindealer (Kansas City, KS), May 23,
1941, 3. Ad
in Plaindealer (Kansas City, KS),
May 30, 1941, 5: Lawrence Keyes. |
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May 25 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. May
25–30, 1941. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), May 15,
12: Fairyland Park opening May 17. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), May 24,
27: Johnny Engro and His Orchestra. Coming May 31: Lou Breese. Sunday Night:
Jay McShann’s Band. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), May 25,
2D: Jay McShann’s Band. Ad
in Kansas City Star (Kansas City,
MO), May 28, 1941, 21: opening May 31: Lou Breese and His Orchestra. Thursday
night (29) Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), May 29,
1941, 9: opening Saturday May 31: Lou Breese and His Orchestra. Tonight
Ladies Night: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), May 30,
1941, 11: Tonight Jay McShann. |
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May 31 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra King’s,
Lincoln, NE. May
31–June 7, 1941. June
4 and 6: MBS
broadcast 9:15–9:30: Jay McShann Orchestra. No
recordings of this broadcasts seem to have survived. |
Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, May 31,
1941, 3: Tonight. Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, June 3, 1941,
3: Tonight. Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, June 4,
1941, 4: Broadcast tonight 9:15–9:30 over KFOR (MBS). Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, June 6,
1941, 9: Broadcast tonight 9:15–9:30 over KFOR (MBS). Ad
in Nebraska State Journal, June 7,
1941, 9: Tonight: Farewell Party. |
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June 11 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Probably:
Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce (tp); Lawrence Anderson?, Joe
Taswell Baird (tb); John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as): Freddie Culliver?, Bob
Mabane (ts); James Coe (bar)?; Jay McShann (p); Lucky Enois (g)?; Gene Ramey
(b); Gus Johnson (d); Carrie Carr, Walter Brown (voc). Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. June
11 –15, 1941. |
“Busy
Week at the Park,” Kansas City Star,
June 8, 1941, 3D: Johnny Ben Dover and his Orchestra closes Tuesday. McShann
opening Wednesday with a 14-piece band. Walter Brown, Carrie Carr, Gene Ramey
and Gus Johnson are mentioned Ad in Kansas
City Star (MO), June 11, 1941, 15: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 12,
1941, 16: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 13,
1941, 23: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 14,
1941, 23: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 15,
1941, 2D: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 16,
1941, 6: Tonight: Jesse Rodgers’ Lazy K’s Oldtime Barn Dance. Tuesday [17]:
Joe Venuti. C. McCarthy, Big Band Jazz (1974), 152: The
chronology is wrong and somehow confused here. He states that Bob Merrill had
replaced Harold Bruce in March and that soon after Ferguson was replaced by
Freddie Culliver and Lawrence Anderson and James Coe added. |
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June 18 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Probably:
Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce (tp); Lawrence Anderson?, Joe
Taswell Baird (tb); John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as): Freddie Culliver?, Bob
Mabane (ts); James Coe (bar)?; Jay McShann (p); Lucky Enois (g)?; Gene Ramey
(b); Gus Johnson (d); Carrie Carr, Walter Brown (voc). June
18–20, 1941. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 16,
1941, 6: Wednesday [18]: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 18
1941, 12: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 19,
1941, 13: Tonight’s surprise: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 20,
1941, 14: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 21,
1941, 5: Tonight: Dee Courtney. |
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June 22 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. |
“Many
Events at Park,” Kansas City Star
(MO), June 22, 1941, 3D: Tonight: Jay McShann. Tuesday: King Kolax. Friday:
Al Donahue. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 23,
1941, 9: No orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 24,
1941, 10: Tonight: King Kolax. |
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June 25 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. June
25–26, 1941. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 25,
1941, 17: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 26
1941, 17: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 27,
1941, 23: Tonight: Al Donahue and His Band. |
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June 28 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), June 28,
1941, 8: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 1,
1941, 9: Tonight: Don Kelly and His Orchestra. |
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July 15 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. July
15–18, 1941. |
“McShann
at Park Again,” Kansas City Star
(Kansas City, MO), July 13, 1941, 3D: Jay McShann opens Tuesday. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 16,
1941, 11: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 17,
1941, 13: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 18,
1941, 13: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 19,
1941, 8: Tonight: Lawrence Welk. |
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July 20 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 20,
1941, 2D: Tonight: Jay McShann. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 22,
1941, 9: Tonight: Don Kelly Orchestra. |
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July 24 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Tootie’s
Mayfair, Kansas City, MO. July
24–August?, 1941. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 24,
1941, 8: Jay McShann’s Boogie piano and his 13-piece recording Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), July 25,
1941, 12: Jay McShann’s Boogie piano and his 13-piece recording Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August 1,
1941, 18: Jay McShann’s Boogie piano and his 13-piece recording Orchestra. |
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August |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Release of Decca 8559 10” 78 rpm.
record. Jay McShann and His Orchestra Recorded April
30, 1941. Confessin’ the Blues Hootie Blues |
Decca ad in Billboard,
August 2, 1941, 71. “Recorded Music,” Times-Picayune.
August 29, 1941, 14: Short mention: “Very earthy renditions of Hootie
Blues and Confessin’ the Blues.” “The New Records:
Hot Jazz,” Des Moines Register, November 2, 1941, society sec. 12;
Review: Jay McShann displays his prowess at Kansas City Style piano playing.
The band plays somewhat ragged but solid, earthy music. |
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August 8 |
Jay McShann and His Quartet Probably:
Jay McShann (p); Lucky Enois (g)?; Gene Ramey (b); Gus Johnson (d); Walter Brown (voc) Ernie Henderson (voc), Duke and Duchess (tap) Annette Gooch (shake dance) Blue
Room, Street Hotel, Kansas City, MO. August
8—?, 1942. Charlie
Parker was probably not here. |
Ad
in Plaindealer (Kansas City, KS),
August 8, 1941, 5. Ad
in Plaindealer (Kansas City, KS),
August 15, 1941, 4. Ad
in Plaindealer (Kansas city (KS),
August 22, 1941, 4. |
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August 19 |
Jay McShann and His Decca Recording Orchestra Fairyland
Park, Kansas City, MO. August
19–25, 1941. |
“McShann
at Park,” Kansas City Star (Kansas
City, MO), August 17, 1941, 3D: Jay McShann opens Tuesday for a week. The
band’s last appearance here this summer. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
19, 1941, 8: Tonight: McShann Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
20, 1941, 11: Tonight: McShann Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
21, 1941, 10: Tonight: McShann Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
22, 1941, 15: Tonight: McShann Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
24, 1941, 2D: Tonight: McShann Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
23, 1941, 8: Tonight: McShann Orchestra. Ad
in Kansas City Star (MO), August
24, 1941, 2D: Last appearance of Jay McShann Orchestra. |
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August late |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Release of Decca
8570 10" 78 rpm.
record. Recorded April
30, 1941. Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Swingmatism Vine Street Boogie |
“Jay McShann at Park,” Kansas
City Star, August 17, 1943, 3 D: The band’s latest record (Swingmatism
–Vine Street Boogie) will be released next week. “Recorded Music,” Philadelphia
Inquirer, September 14, 1941, a 12: short release notice. |
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August 30 |
Jay McShann and His
Orchestra King’s, Lincoln,
NE. August 30–September
5, 1941. Sunday Dawn Dance: 9 p.m.–? Monday: Holiday Dance. |
Ad in Lincoln Star, August 30, 1941, 2. Ad in Lincoln Star, August 31, 1941, D-6. Ad in Lincoln Star, September 3, 1941, 6. Ad in Lincoln Star, September 5, 1941, 4:
Last night. |
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September 28 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Probably:
Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce (tp); Lawrence Anderson?, Joe
Taswell Baird (tb); John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as): Freddie Culliver?, Bob
Mabane (ts); James Coe (bar)?; Jay McShann (p); Lucky Enois (g)?; Gene Ramey
(b); Gus Johnson (d); Walter Brown (voc). Lincoln
Hall, Kansas City, MO. |
C.
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 51. |
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October 3 |
Jay McShann and His
Orchestra King’s, Lincoln,
NE. |
Ad in Nebraska State Journal, October 3, 1941, 7: Including Walter Brown (voc). |
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October 4 |
Battle of Music Jay McShann and His
Orchestra Nat Towles and His
16 Colored Artists King’s, Lincoln,
NE. |
Ad in Nebraska State Journal, October 4, 1941, 3. |
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October 5 |
Jam Session Jay McShann and His
Orchestra King’s, Lincoln,
NE. |
Ad in Nebraska State Journal, October 5, 1941, D-6. |
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October early |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Blue
Room, Street Hotel, Kansas City, MO. |
“Kansas
City Hot Spots ‘Leaping’,” Pittsburgh
Courier, October 11, 21: Oct. 9- McShann and His Orchestra at Street’s
Blue Room with Floor Show. |
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October 18 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Students Union,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Homecoming Dance. |
“Full Calendar at
U. N. in Honor of Homecoming Day,” Lincoln Star, October 27, 1941. |
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October 21 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Auditorium,
Hutchinson, KS. |
"Bands on
Tour," Billboard, October 25, 1941, 14. |
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October 22 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Trocadero,
Wichita, KS. |
"Bands on
Tour," Billboard, October 25, 1941, 14. |
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October 23 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Pla-Mor Pavilion,
Bartlesville, OK. |
"Bands on
Tour," Billboard, October 25, 1941, 14. |
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October 24 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Century Room,
Tulsa, OK. |
"Bands on
Tour," Billboard, October 25, 1941, 14. |
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October 25 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Langston
University, Langston, OK. |
"Bands on
Tour," Billboard, October 25, 1941, 14. |
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November |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Release of Decca
8583 10" 78 rpm.
record. Recorded April
30, 1941. Hold 'Em Hootie Dexter Blues |
“Recorded Music,” Times-Picayune,
November 14, 1941, 17: Special mention of Dexter Blues: “The McShann
band is in the making as a really outstanding aggregation.” |
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November ? |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Houston
Civic Auditorium, Houston, TX. November? Jam
session with Milton Larkin Orchestra (Including Arnett Cobb, Illinois
Jacquet, and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson), which was in the town at the same time. |
C.
Haddix, Bird -The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 51, 170 note 24: source “Kaycee Ork Waxes Eight
Decca Sides,” Down Beat, December
15, 1941, 14. C.
Haddix, Bird -The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 51, 170 note 25: McShann interviewed by Haddix. |
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November ? |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Milton Larkin Orchestra Including
Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson. Louisiana
Fair, Shreveport, LA. Band
Battle. |
C.
Haddix, Bird -The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 51, 170 note 25: source: McShann interviewed by
Haddix. |
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November? |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Austin,
TX. |
C.
Woideck, Charlie Parker: His Music and
Life (1996), 19, 246 note 78: Austin, Texas: Parker and Walther Brown
required drug-related medical treatment. Source: Gene Ramey interviewed by
Phil Schaap. |
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November 10 |
Jay McShann and His
Orchestra Library Auditorium,
San Antonio, TX. 9:00 pm. Fisher-Tease
(prod). The band picks Al Hibbler up in San Antonio. |
Ad in San
Antonio Register, November 7, 1941, 7. "Jay McShann
brings "Confessin' the Blues" to S. A., Monday Night," San
Antonio Register, November 7, 1941, 6. Gene Ramey in S. Dance, The World of Count Basie
(1980), 278: The band picks Al Hibbler up in San Antonio. Ramey dates
May/June, but the November gig was McShann's first in San Antonio. |
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November 18 |
Jay McShann Band Orville
Minor (tp); Joe Taswell Baird (tb); John Jackson (as), Jay McShann (p); Gene
Ramey (b); Gus Johnson (d); Walther Brown (voc). Unidentified
studio, Chicago, IL. Commercial
recordings for Decca. |
http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=411118 It
has been discussed if the alto sax heard on one of the tracks is by Charlie
Parker, but now there seems to be consensus that it is John Jackson. |
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November 29 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Probably:
Buddy Anderson, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce (tp); Lawrence Anderson?, Joe
Taswell Baird (tb); John Jackson, Charlie Parker (as): Freddie Culliver?, Bob
Mabane (ts); James Coe (bar)?; Jay McShann (p); Lucky Enois (g)?; Gene Ramey
(b); Gus Johnson (d); Carrie Carr, Walter Brown, Al Hibbler (voc). Metropolitan
Hall, Topeka, KS. Dance
sponsored by Forget-Me-Not Girls. |
Notice
in Kansas Whip (Topeka KS),
November 14, 1941, 2. |
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December 1 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Municipal
Auditorium, Junction City, KS. Dance
for Fourth Brigadiers, Fort Riley, |
“Army
Briefs from Camp Funston,” Morning
Chronicle (Manhattan, KS.) December 6, 1941, 6. |
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December 27 |
Jay McShann and His Orchestra Surf Ballroom, Clear
Lake, IA. |
“Jay McShann at
the Surf Saturday,” Mason City
Globe-Gazette, December 26, 1941, 5: Walter Brown mentioned Ad in Mason City Globe-Gazette, December
27, 1941, 3. |
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December 31 |
Jay McShann and
His Orchestra Prom Ballroom,
Minneapolis, MN. Dance. |
Ad in Minneapolis
Star, December 31, 1941, 8. |