Charlie Parker at Café Society Downtown and Birdland (Ember EMBCD 509)

Title: Charlie Parker at Café Society Downtown and Birdland
Label: Ember EMBCD 509
Number of tracks: 32
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Details: June 8, 1950 (a); March 22, 1950; November 1, 1952; May 23, 1953; June 1953 (a); May 9, 1953; August 27, 1954

Note: Only tracks on which Parker is present (138:23) are displayed below.

Disc 1
1	52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [with introduction] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	0:40
2	Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	3:09
3	April in Paris (V. Duke-E.Y. Harburg) [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	3:31
4	A Night in Tunisia - 52nd Street Theme [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	5:21
5	52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [with introduction] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	0:39
6	Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	3:10
7	April in Paris (V. Duke-E.Y. Harburg) [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	3:18
8	Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered - Summertime [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	4:16
9	I Cover the Waterfront - Gone with the Wind [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	4:30
10	Easy to Love - 52nd Street Theme [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	4:41
11	Moose the Mooche - 52nd Street Theme [Jun 8, 1950 (a)]	10:37
12	Lover Come Back to Me - 52nd Street Theme [Mar 22, 1950]	19:49

Disc 2
1	Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) [Nov 1, 1952]	5:52
2	52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Nov 1, 1952]	4:56
3	How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) [Nov 1, 1952]	5:45
4	Embraceable You - 52nd Street Theme [Nov 1, 1952]	3:48
5	52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [incomplete] [Nov 1, 1952]	0:20
6	Cool Blues (C. Parker) [May 9, 1953]	4:24
7	Star Eyes (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston) [May 9, 1953]	5:18
8	Moose the Mooche (C. Parker) [May 9, 1953]	5:13
9	Lullaby of Birdland (G. Shearing-G. Weiss) [May 9, 1953]	0:40
10	Broadway Rhythm (A. Freed-N.H. Brown) [May 9, 1953]	2:53
11	Lullaby of Birdland (G. Shearing-G. Weiss) [closing announcement] [May 9, 1953]	0:20
12	Moose the Mooche (C. Parker) [with introduction] [May 30, 1953]	5:54
13	Cheryl (C. Parker) [May 30, 1953]	7:14
14	Lullaby of Birdland (G. Shearing-G. Weiss) [closing announcement] [May 30, 1953]	0:54
15	The Bluest Blues (G. McFarland-C. Thompson) [May 23, 1953]	6:23
16	On the Sunny Side of the Street (D. Fields-J. McHugh) [May 23, 1953]	2:47
17	Strings Theme - What is This Thing Called Love? [Aug 27, 1954]	2:45
18	Repetition (N. Hefti) [Aug 27, 1954]	2:50
19	Easy to Love (C. Porter) [Aug 27, 1954]	2:44
20	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) - Strings Theme [Aug 27, 1954]	3:42

March 22, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Kenny Dorham (tpt); Tony Scott (cl); Unknown (ts); Mundell Lowe (g); Dick Hyman (p); Irv Lang (b); Irv Kluger (d)

June 8, 1950 (a)
Charlie Parker (as); Kenny Dorham (tpt); Tony Scott (cl); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d)

November 1, 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Milt Jackson (vb); John Lewis (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Bob Garrity (ann)

May 9, 1953
Charlie Parker (as); John Lewis (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Candido Camero (bgo); Bob Garrity (ann)

May 23, 1953
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Miles Davis (tpt); Sahib Shihab [Edmund Gregory] (bs); Wade Legge (p); Louis Hackney (b); Al Jones (d); Joe Carroll (voc)

May 30, 1953
Charlie Parker (as); Earl "Bud" Powell (p); Charles Mingus (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Candido Camero (cga); Bob Garrity (ann)

August 27, 1954
Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Roy Haynes (d); Teddy Blume (vln); Unknown (oboe, strings); Fred Collins (ann)