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Charlie Parker session details

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May 25, 1953 (17 items; TT = 34:30)
Fulton Recording Studio, New York NY
Commercial for Mercury

Charlie Parker (as); Junior Collins (frh); Hal McKusick (cl); Tommy Mace (oboe); Manny Thaler (bassoon); Tony Aless (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d); Dave Lambert Singers (voc); Dave Lambert (arr); Gil Evans (arr, cond)
1 In the Still of the Night (take 1 (fs)) (C. Porter) 0:31
2 In the Still of the Night (take 2 (inc)) (C. Porter) 0:52
3 In the Still of the Night (take 3) (C. Porter) 3:45
4 In the Still of the Night (take 4) (C. Porter) 3:21
5 In the Still of the Night (take 5 (fs)) (C. Porter) 0:44
6 In the Still of the Night (take 6) (C. Porter) 3:24
7 In the Still of the Night (take 7 (master)) (C. Porter) 3:21
8 Old Folks (take 1 (inc)) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 0:25
9 Old Folks (take 2 (fs)) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 0:08
10 Old Folks (take 3) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 4:03
11 Old Folks (take 4 (inc)) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 0:15
12 Old Folks (take 5 (fs)) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 0:06
13 Old Folks (take 6) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 3:28
14 Old Folks (take 7 (inc)) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 0:26
15 Old Folks (take 8) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 3:38
16 Old Folks (take 9 (master)) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison) 3:33
17 If I Love Again (J. Murray-B. Oakland) 2:30

1 In the Still of the Night (take 1 (fs))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

2 In the Still of the Night (take 2 (inc))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

3 In the Still of the Night (take 3)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

4 In the Still of the Night (take 4)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

5 In the Still of the Night (take 5 (fs))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

6 In the Still of the Night (take 6)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

7 In the Still of the Night (take 7 (master))
78 rpm: Clef 11100
45 rpm: Clef EPC 287
12" LP: Verve MGV 8000, MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1343

8 Old Folks (take 1 (inc))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

9 Old Folks (take 2 (fs))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

10 Old Folks (take 3)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

11 Old Folks (take 4 (inc))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

12 Old Folks (take 5 (fs))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

13 Old Folks (take 6)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

14 Old Folks (take 7 (inc))
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

15 Old Folks (take 8)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9)

16 Old Folks (take 9 (master))
78 rpm: Clef 11100
45 rpm: Clef EPC 287
12" LP: Verve MGV 8000, MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1343

17 If I Love Again
12" LP: Verve MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 9), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1343

Parker has a few nice moments here, but the trite vocal arrangements and under-rehearsed performances make for a pretty dispensable session.
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