Session details: Unknown recording studio (Late summer 1950)

Charlie Parker session details

Late summer 1950 (19 items; TT = 61:06)

Unknown recording studio, New York NY

Commercial for Mercury

Charlie Parker (as); Joseph Singer (frh); Edwin Brown (oboe); Sam Kaplan (vln); Howard Kay (vln); Harry Melnikoff (vln); Sam Rand (vln); Zelly Smirnoff (vln); Isadore Zir (vla); Maurice Brown (cello); Verley Mills (harp); Bernie Leighton (p); Ray Brown (b); Buddy Rich (d); Joe Lipman (arr, cond)

1	Dancing in the Dark (take 2) (H. Dietz-A. Schwartz)	3:58
2	Dancing in the Dark (take 3) (H. Dietz-A. Schwartz)	3:21
3	Dancing in the Dark (take 4) (H. Dietz-A. Schwartz)	3:28
4	Dancing in the Dark (take 5) (H. Dietz-A. Schwartz)	3:18
5	Laura (take 1) (D. Raskin-J. Mercer)	2:56
6	Laura (take 2) (D. Raskin-J. Mercer)	2:56
7	They Can't Take That Away from Me (take 1) (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	3:26
8	They Can't Take That Away from Me (take 2) (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	3:16
9	Out of Nowhere (take 1) (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	3:36
10	Out of Nowhere (take 2) (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	3:05
11	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (take 1) (B. Bowman)	3:49
12	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (take 4) (B. Bowman)	3:37
13	Easy to Love (take 1) (C. Porter)	3:36
14	Easy to Love (take 4) (C. Porter)	3:28
15	I'm in the Mood for Love (take 2) (D. Fields-J. McHugh)	3:32
16	I'm in the Mood for Love (take 3) (D. Fields-J. McHugh)	3:26
17	I'll Remember April (take 1) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	3:08
18	I'll Remember April (take 2 (fs)) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	0:09
19	I'll Remember April (take 3) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	3:01


1 Dancing in the Dark (take 2) CD: Verve B0022596
2 Dancing in the Dark (take 3) CD: Verve B0022596
3 Dancing in the Dark (take 4) CD: Verve B0022596
4 Dancing in the Dark (take 5) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11068, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 512 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Verve MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
5 Laura (take 1) 12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596
6 Laura (take 2) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11068, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 512 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Verve MGV 8000, MGV 8003, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
7 They Can't Take That Away from Me (take 1) CD: Verve B0022596
8 They Can't Take That Away from Me (take 2) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11071, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 513 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Clef MG C-675, Verve MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
9 Out of Nowhere (take 1) CD: Verve B0022596
10 Out of Nowhere (take 2) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11070, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 513 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Clef MG C-675, Verve MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
11 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (take 1) CD: Verve B0022596
12 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (take 4) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11070, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 513 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Clef MG C-675, Verve MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
13 Easy to Love (take 1) CD: Verve B0022596
14 Easy to Love (take 4) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11072, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 512 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Clef MG C-675, Verve MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
15 I'm in the Mood for Love (take 2) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11071, Mercury C-109 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Clef MG C-675, Verve MGV 8000, MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
16 I'm in the Mood for Love (take 3) 45 rpm: Clef EPC 513 12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
17 I'll Remember April (take 1) 12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596
18 I'll Remember April (take 2 (fs)) 12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596
19 I'll Remember April (take 3) 78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11072, Mercury C-109 45 rpm: Clef EPC 512 10" LP: Clef MGC 509 12" LP: Clef MG C-675, Verve MGV 8004, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 5), Verve B0022596, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338

Chimes and xylophone are audible on "Easy to Love." The date is uncertain, and the session probably took place later in the summer or early in the fall. According to Phil Schaap, "the master ledgers of the recording company have no date, but tend to indicate that the first five titles [viz. "Dancing in the Dark" through "East of the Sun"] were done at one session, the balance at a second."