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Charlie Parker at Birdland, 1950-1951 (Ember Fat Boy FBB-901)

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Title: Charlie Parker at Birdland, 1950-1951
Label: Ember Fat Boy FBB-901
Number of tracks: 64
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Details: February 14, 1950; May 17, 1950; June 30, 1950; December 23, 1950; March 24, 1951; March 31, 1951; April 7, 1951

Note: Only tracks on which Parker is present (248:25) are displayed below.

Disc 1
1 Hot House (T. Dameron) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 3:28
2 Out of Nowhere (E. Heyman-J.W. Green) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 2:18
3 Visa - 52nd Street Theme [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 3:16
4 Anthropology - Wee [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 4:13
5 What's New? (J. Burke-B. Haggart) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 2:22
6 Little Willie Leaps (M. Davis) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 2:52
7 Yesterdays - 52nd Street Theme [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 2:08
8 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 1:02
9 Dizzy Atmosphere (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 3:39
10 Wahoo (T. Dameron) [incomplete] [Feb 14, 1950] 4:16
11 I Can't Get Started (V. Duke-I. Gershwin) [Feb 14, 1950] 1:08
12 Wee (D. Best) [Feb 14, 1950] 3:31
13 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Feb 14, 1950] 1:04
14 Slow Boat to China (F. Loesser) [Feb 14, 1950] 3:31
15 A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [Feb 14, 1950] 2:44
16 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Feb 14, 1950] 1:32
17 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [May 17, 1950] 1:31
18 Wahoo (T. Dameron) [May 17, 1950] 5:55
19 'Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) [May 17, 1950] 5:13
20 This Time the Dream's on Me (H. Arlen-J. Mercer) [May 17, 1950] 6:19

Disc 2
1 Dizzy Atmosphere (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [May 17, 1950] 7:02
2 A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [May 17, 1950] 5:35
3 Move - 52nd Street Theme [May 17, 1950] 6:47
4 The Street Beat (C. Thompson) [May 17, 1950] 9:18
5 Out of Nowhere (E. Heyman-J.W. Green) [May 17, 1950] 6:09
6 Little Willie Leaps - 52nd Street Theme [May 17, 1950] 5:51
7 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) [May 17, 1950] 7:52
8 I'll Remember April - 52nd Street Theme [May 17, 1950] 9:36

Disc 3
1 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [May 17, 1950] 6:05
2 Cool Blues (C. Parker) [May 17, 1950] 6:50
3 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [May 17, 1950] 2:06
4 Conception/Deception (G. Shearing-M. Davis) [Jun 30, 1950] 10:52
5 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (L. Young) [Dec 23, 1950] 0:51
6 Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [Dec 23, 1950] 4:08
7 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Dec 23, 1950] 4:55
8 Cheryl (C. Parker) [Dec 23, 1950] 4:10
9 Salt Peanuts (D. Gillespie-K. Clarke) [Dec 23, 1950] 4:36
10 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (L. Young) [Dec 23, 1950] 0:35
11 Easy to Love (C. Porter) [Apr 7, 1951] 1:16
12 Rocker (G. Mulligan) [Apr 7, 1951] 2:34
13 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (L. Young) [Apr 7, 1951] 2:35
14 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (L. Young) [Symphony Sid announcement] [Mar 24, 1951] 0:49
15 Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [Symphony Sid introduction] [Mar 24, 1951] 2:56
16 Everything Happens to Me (M. Dennis-T. Adair) [Symphony Sid introduction] [Mar 24, 1951] 3:01
17 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (B. Bowman) [Symphony Sid introduction] [Mar 24, 1951] 3:35
18 Laura (D. Raskin-J. Mercer) [Symphony Sid introduction] [Mar 24, 1951] 3:38

Disc 4
1 Dancing in the Dark (H. Dietz-A. Schwartz) [Mar 24, 1951] 3:37
2 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (L. Young) [Symphony Sid announcement] [Mar 24, 1951] 0:38
3 Symphony Sid Introduction [Mar 31, 1951] 1:41
4 Blue 'n' Boogie (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [Mar 31, 1951] 6:47
5 Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [Mar 31, 1951] 4:56
6 'Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) [Mar 31, 1951] 4:18
7 A Night in Tunisia - Jumpin' with Symphony Sid [Symphony Sid announcement] [Mar 31, 1951] 6:06
8 What is this Thing Called Love? (C. Porter) [incomplete] [Apr 7, 1951] 1:45
9 Laura (D. Raskin-J. Mercer) [Apr 7, 1951] 3:19
10 Repetition (N. Hefti) [Apr 7, 1951] 2:34
11 Interview [Apr 7, 1951] 2:57
12 They Can't Take That Away from Me (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [incomplete] [Apr 7, 1951] 2:58
13 Easy to Love (C. Porter) [incomplete] [Apr 7, 1951] 1:51
14 Interview [Feb 1951] 5:54
15 Hot House (T. Dameron) [Apr 1951] 4:21
16 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [with introduction] [Apr 1951] 3:40
17 How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) [Apr 1951] 5:19


February 14, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Red Rodney [Robert Chudnick] (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d)

May 17, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Theodore "Fats" Navarro (tpt); Earl "Bud" Powell (p); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Tommy Potter (b); Art Blakey (d); Roy Haynes (d); "Little" Jimmy Scott (voc)

June 30, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Theodore "Fats" Navarro (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Milton "Brew" Moore (ts); Tadd Dameron (p); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Art Blakey (d); Roy Haynes (d); Chubby Newsome (voc); Pee Wee Marquette (ann)

December 23, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Red Rodney [Robert Chudnick] (tpt); Kenny Drew (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Art Blakey (d); Bob Garrity (ann); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)

February 1951
Charlie Parker (talking); Leonard Feather (interviewer)

March 24, 1951
Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Roy Haynes (d); Martin Sperber (oboe); Daniel Stern (cello); Unknown (other strings, harp); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)

March 31, 1951
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Earl "Bud" Powell (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)

April 1951
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Billy Taylor (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d); Georgie Auld (ts); Frank Rosolino (tb, voc); Harvey Leonard (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Norman "Tiny" Kahn (d); Willis Conover (ann); Leonard Feather (ann)

April 7, 1951
Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Roy Haynes (d); Martin Sperber (oboe); Daniel Stern (cello); Unknown (other strings, harp); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)

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