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Bird's Eyes, Volumes 1 and 4 (Philology W 5/18)

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Title: Bird's Eyes, Volumes 1 and 4
Label: Philology W 5/18
Number of tracks: 22
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Details: Unknown 1940; December 1947 (a); March 31, 1948; July 11, 1948; March 28, 1949; August 1951; November 14, 1952

Note: Only tracks on which Parker is present (74:56) are displayed below.

1 Honeysuckle Rose - Body and Soul [incomplete] [Unkn 1940] 3:10
2 Big Foot (C. Parker) [incomplete] [Mar 31, 1948] 4:06
3 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [3:34 + 1:19] [Mar 31, 1948] 4:57
4 How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) [incomplete] [Jul 11, 1948] 3:45
5 Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [Nov 14, 1952] 3:03
6 Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [Nov 14, 1952] 3:30
7 Strings Theme (Unknown) [with voiceover] [Nov 14, 1952] 0:23
8 All of Me (S. Simons-G. Marks) [Aug 1951] 3:35
9 I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me (C. Gaskill-J. McHugh) [Aug 1951] 4:22
10 Dexterity (C. Parker) [Dec 1947 (a)] 3:28
11 The Way You Look Tonight (J. Kern-D. Fields) [Dec 1947 (a)] 3:05
12 Barbados (C. Parker) [Mar 28, 1949] 2:56
13 All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) [Mar 28, 1949] 1:58
14 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Mar 28, 1949] 2:03
15 How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) [Mar 28, 1949] 1:17
16 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Dec 1947 (a)] 1:56
17 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Jun 23, 1951] 2:48
18 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) [Jun 23, 1951] 3:46
19 Steeplechase (C. Parker) [Jun 23, 1951] 5:00
20 Now's the Time (C. Parker) [Jun 23, 1951] 3:53
21 Be My Love - April in Paris - Dance of the Infidels - 52nd Street Theme [Jun 23, 1951] 7:23
22 This Time the Dream's on Me (H. Arlen-J. Mercer) [Jun 23, 1951] 4:32


Unknown 1940
Charlie Parker (as)

December 1947 (a)
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d)

March 31, 1948
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d); Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (voc)

July 11, 1948
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Thelonious Monk (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d); Carmen McRae (voc); Earl Coleman (voc); Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (voc)

March 28, 1949
Charlie Parker (as); Kenny Dorham (tpt); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d)

June 23, 1951
Charlie Parker (as); Benny Harris (tpt); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Roy Haynes (d)

August 1951
Charlie Parker (as); Lennie Tristano (p); Kenny Clarke (brushes)

November 14, 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Walter Yost (b); Roy Haynes (d); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Candido Camero (cga); Teddy Blume (vln); Unknown (strings); Cat Anderson (tpt); Clark Terry (tpt); Willie Cook (tpt); Britt Woodman (tb); Juan Tizol (tb); Quentin Jackson (tb); Russell Procope (as, cl); Hilton Jefferson (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl); Harry Carney (as, bs, bcl); Ray Nance (vln); Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (p); Wendell Marshall (b); Louis Bellson (d); Stan Getz (ts); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Jimmy Raney (g); Bill Crow (b); Frank Isola (d); Ahmad Jamal (p); Unknown (b); Unknown (d); Billie Holiday (voc); Buster Harding (p); John Fields (b); Marquis Foster (d); Bob Garrity (ann)

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