1 A Night in Tunisia
CD: Domino 891221

2 Ornithology (inc)
12" LP: VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001
CD: Blue Note 22626, Philology Volume 18 (W 848), Volume 32 (W 863), Volume 59 (W 890)

3 Out of Nowhere
12" LP: VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001
CD: Blue Note 22626, Philology Volume 18 (W 848), Volume 32 (W 863)

4 Cool Blues
12" LP: VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001
CD: Blue Note 22626, Philology Volume 26 (W 857), Volume 32 (W 863)

5 Anthropology
12" LP: VGM 0009, Deep Morgan 10001
CD: Blue Note 22626, Philology Volume 18 (W 848), Volume 32 (W 863)

Davis plays only on "A Night in Tunisia"; the other four titles feature Charlie Parker in a quartet setting.

The Parker titles are often dated March 8 (as on Blue Note CDP 22626), but advertisements for Willis Conover's "House of Sounds" concert on March 8 at the Howard Theatre do not mention Parker. Further, Parker was booked at Storyville in Boston from March 7-15 (Thursday-Sunday), and on March 10 WHDH even included 25 minutes of Parker's music as part of the "Music from Storyville" segment. So March 8 seems like the wrong date for these four titles.

On the other hand, advertisements for Willis Conover's "Jazz at Midnite No. 9 mention Miles Davis, Allen Eager, Max Roach, Terry Swope, Joe Theimer "and many, many others -- plus -- A BIG 'SURPRISE' GUEST." That guest -- "said to be one of the big names in jazz today," according to another contemporary account -- was almost certainly Parker, and it seems likely that the four quartet titles listed here were all recorded at the same midnight all-star session, not on March 8.

I'm grateful to Leif Bo Petersen for his help with this session.