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Bird with Strings (Sony SRCS 7096)

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Title: Bird with Strings
Label: Sony SRCS 7096
Number of tracks: 17
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Details: August 23, 1950; March 24, 1951; November 14, 1952; April 7, 1951

Note: Only tracks on which Parker is present (44:04) are displayed below.

1 Introduction [Aug 23, 1950] 1:03
2 Easy to Love (C. Porter) [Aug 23, 1950] 1:59
3 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid [Mar 24, 1951] 1:02
4 Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [Mar 24, 1951] 2:54
5 Introduction [Mar 24, 1951] 0:30
6 Everything Happens to Me (M. Dennis-T. Adair) [Mar 24, 1951] 2:37
7 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (B. Bowman) [Mar 24, 1951] 3:20
8 Laura (D. Raskin-J. Mercer) [Mar 24, 1951] 2:57
9 Dancing in the Dark (H. Dietz-A. Schwartz) [Mar 24, 1951] 4:18
10 Easy to Love (C. Porter) [Nov 14, 1952] 2:22
11 Repetition (N. Hefti) [Nov 14, 1952] 4:41
12 What is This Thing Called Love? (C. Porter) [Apr 7, 1951] 2:00
13 Laura (D. Raskin-J. Mercer) [Apr 7, 1951] 3:27
14 Repetition (N. Hefti) [Apr 7, 1951] 2:40
15 Interview [Apr 7, 1951] 2:59
16 They Can't Take That Away from Me (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Apr 7, 1951] 3:02
17 Easy to Love (C. Porter) [Apr 7, 1951] 2:13


August 23, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Tommy Mace (oboe); Billy Taylor (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d); Wallace McManus (harp); Teddy Blume (vln); Sam Caplan (vln); Stan Karpenia (vln); Dave Uchitel (vla); Bill Bundy (cello); Sarah Vaughan (voc); Willie Bryant (ann)

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)

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)

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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