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Charlie Parker session details

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May 5-6, 1949 (21 items; TT = 30:12)
Unknown recording studio, New York NY
Commercial for Mercury

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

1 Tune X (take 1 (inc)) (C. Parker) 0:42
2 Tune X (take 2 (inc)) (C. Parker) 0:43
3 Tune X (take 3 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:22
4 Tune X (take 4) (C. Parker) 3:20
5 Tune X (take 5 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:29
6 Tune X (take 6 (inc)) (C. Parker) 0:46
7 Tune X (take 7) [Diverse] (C. Parker) 3:17
8 Tune X (take 8?) [Segment] (C. Parker) 3:20
9 Tune Y (take 1 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:07
10 Tune Y (take 2 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:07
11 Tune Y (take 3 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:15
12 Tune Y (take 4?) [Passport] (C. Parker) 2:55
13 Tune Z (take 1 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:06
14 Tune Z (take 2) (C. Parker) 2:56
15 Tune Z (take 3 (fs)) (C. Parker) 0:07
16 Tune Z (take 4 (inc)) (C. Parker) 0:32
17 Tune Z (take 5) (C. Parker) 2:53
18 Tune Z (take 6 (inc)) (C. Parker) 0:31
19 Tune Z (take 7 (inc)) (C. Parker) 0:37
20 Tune Z (take 8) (C. Parker) 3:07
21 Tune Z (take 9?) [Passport] (C. Parker) 3:00


1 Tune X (take 1 (inc))
CD: Verve B0024802

2 Tune X (take 2 (inc))
CD: Verve B0024802

3 Tune X (take 3 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

4 Tune X (take 4)
CD: Verve B0024802

5 Tune X (take 5 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

6 Tune X (take 6 (inc))
CD: Verve B0024802

7 Tune X (take 7)
12" LP: Verve MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 2), Verve B0024802, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1336

8 Tune X (take 8?)
12" LP: Verve MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 2), Verve B0024802, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1336

9 Tune Y (take 1 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

10 Tune Y (take 2 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

11 Tune Y (take 3 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

12 Tune Y (take 4?)
78 rpm: Mercury/Clef 11022
45 rpm: Clef EPC 337
10" LP: Clef MGC 512
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 2), Verve B0024802, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1336

13 Tune Z (take 1 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

14 Tune Z (take 2)
CD: Verve B0024802

15 Tune Z (take 3 (fs))
CD: Verve B0024802

16 Tune Z (take 4 (inc))
CD: Verve B0024802

17 Tune Z (take 5)
CD: Verve B0024802

18 Tune Z (take 6 (inc))
CD: Verve B0024802

19 Tune Z (take 7 (inc))
CD: Verve B0024802

20 Tune Z (take 8)
CD: Verve B0024802

21 Tune Z (take 9?)
12" LP: Verve MGV 8000, MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 2)


There is a lot of confusion about these tunes and their titles. "Segment" and "Diverse" are two names for the same tune; the two tunes called "Passport" are different. This is the only Mercury studio date for the unsupplemented Parker-Dorham Quintet.

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