Session details: Unknown venue (February 15, 1943)

Charlie Parker session details

February 15, 1943 (10 items; TT = 22:16)

Unknown venue, Chicago IL

Private recording (Acetate) (B-)

Show chatter

Charlie Parker (ts); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Billy Eckstine (tpt); Shorty McConnell (tpt); Benny Harris (tpt); Goon Gardner (ts); Hurley Ramey (g); Oscar Pettiford (b); Unknown (d); Bob Redcross (brushes)

1	Three Guesses (J. Mercer-P. Charig)	4:12
2	Introduction (Charlie Parker)	0:10
	"What tune are we gonna play?"
3	Shoe Shine Boy (incomplete) [Yardin' with Yard] (S. Cahn-S. Chaplin)	4:12
4	Body and Soul (incomplete) (J.W. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton)	1:50
5	Indiana (incomplete) (J.F. Hanley-B. McDonald)	1:45
	Excerpt (1:36) on Stash, Media 7, and Bird Box
6	Lady Be Good (incomplete) (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	2:00
	Excerpt (0:49) on Stash and Media 7
7	Introduction	0:15
	Gillespie (imitating Louis Armstrong): "...Cats gonna get away here, gonna jam a little while. Bobby boy, are you there? You there? You got them skins? When, where's the selection? When is the name of this number? Louie boy..."
8	Boogie Woogie (version 1) (Unknown)	3:32
9	I Found a New Baby (incomplete) (J. Palmer-S. Williams)	1:10
	Parker out
10	Boogie Woogie (version 2) (Unknown)	3:10
	Parker out


1 Three Guesses 12" LP: Stash ST 260, Bird Box 01-22 LP 1 CD: Stash STCD 260, STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, New Sound Planet JUTB 3001, Sound Hills SSCD 8017, Philology Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857), Volume 28 (Revised) (W 859), ESP-Disk 4050
2 Introduction (Charlie Parker) 12" LP: Stash ST 260, Bird Box 01-22 LP 1 CD: Stash STCD 260, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, New Sound Planet JUTB 3001, Sound Hills SSCD 8017, Philology Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857)
3 Shoe Shine Boy (incomplete) CD: Stash STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, Philology Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857), ESP-Disk 4050, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1331
4 Body and Soul (incomplete) CD: Stash STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, Philology Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857), ESP-Disk 4050
5 Indiana (incomplete) 12" LP: Stash ST 260, Bird Box 01-22 LP 1 CD: Stash STCD 260, STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, New Sound Planet JUTB 3001, Sound Hills SSCD 8017, Philology Volume 26 (W 857), Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857), Volume 60 (W 891)
6 Lady Be Good (incomplete) CD: Stash STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, Philology Volume 26 (W 857), Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857)
7 Introduction 12" LP: Stash ST 260, Bird Box 01-22 LP 1 CD: Stash STCD 260, STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, New Sound Planet JUTB 3001, Sound Hills SSCD 8017, Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857), Volume 28 (Revised) (W 859)
8 Boogie Woogie (version 1) 12" LP: Stash ST 260, Bird Box 01-22 LP 1 CD: Stash STCD 260, STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, New Sound Planet JUTB 3001, Sound Hills SSCD 8017, Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857), Volume 28 (Revised) (W 859), ESP-Disk 4050
9 I Found a New Baby (incomplete) CD: Philology Volume 26 (W 857), Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857)
10 Boogie Woogie (version 2) CD: Philology Volume 26 (W 857), Volume 26 (Revised) (W 857)

The original acetates were recorded by Bob Redcross. Parker plays tenor saxophone.

These titles are probably not all from the same date. Koster places "Body and Soul" and "Shoe Shine Boy" on February 28 at an unknown venue, "Boogie Woogie" and "Three Guesses" on the same day at the Savoy Hotel, and remaining titles on an unknown date at the Savoy Hotel.

"Indiana" is the first recording of Parker and Gillespie together. Gillespie begins by playing the theme, then Parker solos, Gillespie solos (first side ends); the performance picks up in the middle of another Parker solo, then Gillespie plays a very modern solo, ending with a closing tag together with Parker.

From February until May, Gillespie and Parker toured the U.S. as members of the Earl Hines Orchestra. Several dates are known, but no recordings have surfaced.