Session details: Onyx Club (July 6-11, 1948)

Charlie Parker session details

July 6-11, 1948 (24 items; TT = 55:07)

Onyx Club, New York NY

Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) (C)

Show chatter

Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d); Earl Coleman (voc)

1	52nd Street Theme (7/26) (T. Monk)	1:31
	Parker quotes "Dizzy Fingers" (0:09-0:14)
2	52nd Street Theme (6/1) (T. Monk)	1:09
3	Out of Nowhere (6/2) (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	5:40
4	My Old Flame (6/3) (A. Johnston-S. Coslow)	2:21
	Splice at 0:15. "Country Gardens" tag (2:12-2:20)
5	Chasin' the Bird (6/4) (C. Parker)	1:39
	Parker quotes "Jingle Bells" (1:01-1:03)
6	The Way You Look Tonight (6/5) (J. Kern-D. Fields)	6:18
	Splice at 4:09. Parker begins his solo with a fragment of the "Ornithology" theme (0:49-0:50); he quotes "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" at 0:57-0:59 and again at 1:09-1:12; and "The Girl I Left Behind Me" at 5:24-5:32
7	This Time the Dream's on Me (6/6) (H. Arlen-J. Mercer)	4:35
	Splice at 3:50. "Country Gardens" tag (4:26-4:34)
8	Shaw 'Nuff (6/7) (D. Gillespie-C. Parker)	3:47
9	52nd Street Theme (6/8) (T. Monk)	0:08
10	Announcement (6/8)	0:11
	Parker: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the next thirty minutes you'll be entertained by the inimitable Adrian Jordan, piano. Bring him out with a round of applause, a hand for Adrian... A hand for Adrian Jordan..."
11	52nd Street Theme (7/32) (T. Monk)	1:15
	At the end someone (Benedetti?) says "We got 'em!"
12	Cheryl (6/9) (C. Parker)	0:23
	Sounds like a breakdown or rehearsal
13	Ornithology (6/10) (C. Parker-B. Harris)	1:56
	Splice at 1:42
14	These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (6/11) (H. Marvell-J. Strachey-H. Link)	1:29
15	Groovin' High (6/12) (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli)	2:13
	Splice at 1:53
16	Little Willie Leaps (6/13) (M. Davis)	2:05
	Splice at 0:51. Davis quotes "Country Gardens" in his solo (0:47-0:50)
17	Introduction (7/24)	0:37
	Parker: "Ladies and gentlemen, you can never tell what will happen here at the Onyx Club. I'll prove that. This morning we're honored with the presence of one of the world's foremost entertainers, believe me. Would you or wouldn't you like to hear Mr. Earl Coleman sing now? Well, you know what to do... Would you like to hear Earl Coleman sing now?"
18	Night and Day (7/24) (C. Porter)	2:21
	Splices at 0:12, 1:51
19	This Time the Dream's on Me (6/15) (H. Arlen-J. Mercer)	4:42
	Splices at 1:23, 3:58
20	52nd Street Theme (6/14) (T. Monk)	2:22
	Splice at 2:04
21	The Way You Look Tonight (6/16) (J. Kern-D. Fields)	4:10
	Splice at 2:39. Parker quotes "Woody Woodpecker" (2:51-2:54). Davis quotes "Country Gardens" in his exchanges (2:57-2:59)
22	Out of Nowhere (6/17) (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	2:25
	Splice at 1:56
23	My Old Flame (6/18) (A. Johnston-S. Coslow)	0:31
24	Big Foot (6/19) (C. Parker)	1:19
	Parker voiceover with closing theme (1:09-1:20)


1 52nd Street Theme (7/26) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
2 52nd Street Theme (6/1) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
3 Out of Nowhere (6/2) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
4 My Old Flame (6/3) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
5 Chasin' the Bird (6/4) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
6 The Way You Look Tonight (6/5) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
7 This Time the Dream's on Me (6/6) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
8 Shaw 'Nuff (6/7) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
9 52nd Street Theme (6/8) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
10 Announcement (6/8) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
11 52nd Street Theme (7/32) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
12 Cheryl (6/9) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
13 Ornithology (6/10) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Philology Volume 58 (W 889)
14 These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (6/11) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
15 Groovin' High (6/12) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
16 Little Willie Leaps (6/13) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
17 Introduction (7/24) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
18 Night and Day (7/24) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
19 This Time the Dream's on Me (6/15) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
20 52nd Street Theme (6/14) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
21 The Way You Look Tonight (6/16) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
22 Out of Nowhere (6/17) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Debut DEB-6011, Prestige PR-24009 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Fantasy OJCCD 114
23 My Old Flame (6/18) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
24 Big Foot (6/19) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129 CD: Mosaic MD7 129

These items were recorded by Dean Benedetti.

The Parker Quintet was booked at the Onyx Club for six nights, July 6-11 (Tuesday-Sunday). The Benedetti material issued by Mosaic includes parts of at least four of these nights (July 6, 7, 10, and 11), plus a bit of an afternoon rehearsal (July 10).

While they're certainly important, these recordings are disappointing, especially compared to those made earlier at the Three Deuces. The fidelity is quite poor throughout, and the items are all edited one way or another.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the place of the item in the Mosaic box. "(4/1)" means that this item is on disc 4, track 1.