Session details: Howard Theatre (October 18, 1952)

Charlie Parker session details

October 18, 1952 (8 items; TT = 56:51)

Howard Theatre, Washington DC

Private recording (Tape) (B)

Charlie Parker (as); Charlie Walp (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Earl Swope (tb); Zoot Sims [John Haley] (ts); Bill Shanahan (p); Charlie Byrd (g); Merton Oliver (b); Don Lamond (d); Unknown (bgo)

1	Scrapple from the Apple (C. Parker)	5:47
	Parker calls for "Out of Nowhere" during the applause
2	Out of Nowhere (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	4:23
3	Now's the Time (C. Parker)	10:00
	Add Walp (tpt), Swope and Winding (tb), and Sims (ts). Incomplete (first tb solo omitted) on all issued versions
4	52nd Street Theme (incomplete) (T. Monk)	0:03
5	Cool Blues (incomplete) (C. Parker)	4:14
	Add Sims (ts), Walp (tpt), Swope (tb). Begins toward the end of Parker solo, then Sims, Swope, Walp solos, then closing chorus. Incomplete (1:30) on RJD-505
6	Wee Dot (J.J. Johnson)	9:53
	Parker out
7	Sweet Miss (K. Winding)	9:03
	Parker out
8	This is Always (incomplete) (M. Gordon-H. Warren)	13:28
	Parker out. Gap at 10:43, several measures missing


1 Scrapple from the Apple 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 18, VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001 CD: Royal Jazz RJD 505, Blue Note 22626, New Sound Planet JUTB 3014, Sound Hills SSCD 8030, Philology Volume 32 (W 863)
2 Out of Nowhere 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 18, VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001 CD: Royal Jazz RJD 505, Blue Note 22626, New Sound Planet JUTB 3014, Sound Hills SSCD 8030, Philology Volume 32 (W 863)
3 Now's the Time 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 18, VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001 CD: Royal Jazz RJD 505, Blue Note 22626, New Sound Planet JUTB 3014, Sound Hills SSCD 8030, Philology Volume 32 (W 863)
4 52nd Street Theme (incomplete) 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 18, VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001 CD: Royal Jazz RJD 505, Blue Note 22626, New Sound Planet JUTB 3014, Sound Hills SSCD 8030, Philology Volume 32 (W 863)
5 Cool Blues (incomplete) CD: Royal Jazz RJD 505, Philology Volume 26 (W 857), Volume 32 (W 863), Volume 32 (Revised) (W 863)

This was a midnight All-Star jam session (the Howard staged such events regularly at this time). Another version of "Cool Blues" (with just a Parker-led quartet) is sometimes included with this session, but it belongs on February 21-22, 1953. The last three titles (all without Parker) have not been released commercially as far as I know.

According to Ron Fritts there is a short Parker solo excerpt on the original tapes from this date. Thanks to him, Carlos de Rosselló, and Leif Bo Petersen for help with these Howard Theatre dates.