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Charlie Parker session details

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November 28, 1950 (2 items; TT = 2:40)
Studio Washington, Le Poste Parisien, Paris (France)
O.R.T.F. radio broadcast (B)

Charlie Parker (as); Roger Guerin (tpt); Georges Jouvin (tpt); Pierre Fassin (tpt); Yves Alouette (tpt); Andre Paquinet (tb); Maurice Gladieu (tb); Charles Huss (tb); Robert Merchez (as); Roger Simon (as); Marcel Pomes (ts); Honore Truc (bs); Robert Cambier (p); Henri Karen (b); Pierre Loteguy (d); Unknown (perc); Maurice Moufflard (arr, cond)

1 Introduction 0:11
2 Lady Bird (T. Dameron) 2:29


1 Introduction
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 118
CD: Philology Volume 12 (W 842), Rare Live Recordings RLR 88658, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1339

2 Lady Bird
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 118
CD: Philology Volume 12 (W 842), Rare Live Recordings RLR 88658, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1339


Parker apparently brought two or three percussionists with him to the studio for this session, but their identities are not known. Soon after this session -- and before a planned concert in Paris -- Parker flew home to New York, where he was diagnosed with a peptic ulcer.

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