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Bird in LA (Verve Verve B0032477)

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Title: Bird in LA
Label: Verve Verve B0032477
Number of tracks: 28
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Details: December 10, 1945; December 17, 1945 (b); January 24, 1946; March 1946; April 1946 (c); November 22, 1948; July 1952; July 14, 1952; July 28, 1952

Note: Only tracks on which Parker is present (153:10) are displayed below.

Record 1
1 I Waited for You (W.G. Fuller) [into "How High the Moon"] [Dec 17, 1945 (b)] 4:11
2 Handsome Harry the Hipster [inc, with intoduction] [Dec 17, 1945 (b)] 4:15
3 Cement Mixer (S. Gaillard) [inc, into unknown blues] [Dec 17, 1945 (b)] 4:00
4 Dizzy Atmosphere (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [inc] [Dec 17, 1945 (b)] 1:04
5 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [with closing announcement] [Dec 17, 1945 (b)] 1:53
6 Groovin' High (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [with announcement] [Dec 10, 1945] 5:47
7 Shaw 'Nuff (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [with introduction, announcement] [Dec 10, 1945] 4:51
8 Dizzy Atmosphere (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [with introduction, announcement] [Dec 10, 1945] 4:36
9 Salt Peanuts (D. Gillespie-K. Clarke) [with chatter] [Jan 24, 1946] 3:40

Record 2
1 Billie's Bounce (C. Parker) [Mar 1946] 3:45
2 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) [inc] [Mar 1946] 5:04
3 All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) [Mar 1946] 5:13
4 Blue 'n' Boogie (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [Mar 1946] 5:15
5 Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [with announcement] [Mar 1946] 2:51
6 Cherokee (R. Noble) [with introduction, announcement] [Apr 1946 (c)] 4:22
7 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) [with announcement] [Nov 22, 1948] 4:11
8 Dizzy Atmosphere (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [with announcement] [Nov 22, 1948] 5:39
9 Out of Nowhere (E. Heyman-J.W. Green) [with announcement] [Nov 22, 1948] 3:35

Record 3
1 Scrapple from the Apple (C. Parker) [inc] [Jul 14, 1952] 5:44
2 Au Privave - Dance of the Infidels [Jul 14, 1952] 13:11
3 A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [Jul 14, 1952] 7:33
4 How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) [into Ornithology] [Jul 14, 1952] 7:31
5 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [with chatter] [Jul 14, 1952] 3:45

Record 4
1 Hot House (T. Dameron) [Jul 14, 1952] 7:07
2 Cool Blues (C. Parker) [Jul 14, 1952] 12:15
3 Dixie - Yankle Doodle March [Jul 14, 1952] 4:12
4 Scrapple from the Apple (C. Parker) [Jul 28, 1952] 13:14
5 Au Privave (C. Parker) [inc] [Jul 1952] 4:26


December 10, 1945
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Milt Jackson (vb); Al Haig (p); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (d); Mannie Klein (tpt); Red Mack (tpt); Raven Mandell (tpt); Teddy Buckner (tpt); George Washington (tb); Carl Loeffler (tb); Juan Tizol (tb); Willie Smith (as); Les Robinson (as); Corky Corcoran (ts); Jack McVea (ts); Floyd Turnham (bs); Milt Laskin (p); Allan Reuss (g); Van Clark (b); Ray Hagan (d); Jimmy Mundy (cond, arr); Kay Starr (voc); Frankie "Sugar Chile" Robinson (p, voc); Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (p, voc); Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman (ann); Vernon Smith (ann)

December 17, 1945 (b)
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Milt Jackson (vb); Al Haig (p); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (d); Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (g, voc); Tiny "Bam" Brown (b); Arthur "Zutty" Singleton (d); Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (p, voc); Billy Berg (ann)

January 24, 1946
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Milt Jackson (vb); Al Haig (p); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (d)

March 1946
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Joe Albany (p); Addison Farmer (b); Chuck Thompson (d)

April 1946 (c)
Charlie Parker (as); Willie Smith (as); Benny Carter (as, tpt); Nat "King" Cole (p); Oscar Moore (g); Johnny Miller (b); Buddy Rich (d); Miles Davis (tpt); Fred Trainer (tpt); Calvin Strickland (tpt); Walter Williams (tpt); Ira Pettiford (tpt); Candy Ross (tb); Johnny Morris (tb); Al Grey (tb); Charley Johnson (tb); Bob Graettinger (as); Joe Epps (as); Harold Clark (ts); Hubert "Bumps" Myers (ts); Willard Brown (ts); James Cannady (g); Sonny White (p); Thomas Moultrie (b); Percy Brice (d); Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman (ann)

November 22, 1948
Charlie Parker (as); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); J.C. Heard (d)

July 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Frank Morgan (as); Amos Trice (p); Dave Bryant (b); Lawrence Marable (d)

July 14, 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Frank Morgan (as); Don Wilkerson (ts); Amos Trice (p); Dave Bryant (b); Lawrence Marable (d)

July 28, 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Chet Baker (tpt); Frank Morgan (as); Don Wilkerson (ts); Amos Trice (p); Dave Bryant (b); Lawrence Marable (d)

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