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Charlie Parker session details

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July 2, 1942 (4 items; TT = 12:00)
Unknown venue, New York NY
Commercial for Decca

Charlie Parker (as); Bernard "Buddy" Anderson (tpt); Orville "Piggy" Minor (tpt); Bob Merrill (tpt); Lawrence "Frog" Anderson (tb); Joe Taswell Baird (tb); John Jackson (as); Fred Culliver (ts); Bob Mabane (ts); James Coe (bs); Jay McShann (p); Leonard "Lucky" Enois (g); Gene Ramey (b); Harold "Doc" West (d); Walter Brown (voc); Al Hibbler (voc)

1 Lonely Boy Blues (J. McShann-W. Brown) 2:54

Walter Brown (voc)
2 Get Me on Your Mind (J. McShann) 3:01

Al Hibbler (voc); Parker out
3 The Jumpin' Blues (C. Parker-J. McShann) 2:59

Walter Brown (voc)
4 Sepian Bounce [Sepian Stomp] (A. Hall-J. McShann) 3:06


1 Lonely Boy Blues
78 rpm: Decca 4387
12" LP: Affinity AFS-1006
CD: Decca GRD 614, Classics 740, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, Philology Volume 38 (W 869), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1331

2 Get Me on Your Mind
78 rpm: Decca 4418, Coral 60034
45 rpm: Decca ED-742
10" LP: Decca DL-5503
12" LP: Affinity AFS-1006
CD: Decca GRD 614, Classics 740, Philology Volume 38 (W 869)

3 The Jumpin' Blues
78 rpm: Decca 4418, Coral 60034
45 rpm: Decca ED-742
10" LP: Decca DL-5503
12" LP: Affinity AFS-1006
CD: Decca GRD 614, Classics 740, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, Philology Volume 38 (W 869), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1331

4 Sepian Bounce
78 rpm: Decca 4387
45 rpm: Decca ED-742
10" LP: Decca DL-5503
12" LP: Affinity AFS-1006
CD: Decca GRD 614, Classics 740, Masters of Jazz MJCD 79, Philology Volume 38 (W 869), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1331


This is Parker's second commercial session and his last sides with McShann. His playing brims with confidence and his mature style is pretty much in place. He left McShann for good soon after these sides were recorded and headed back to New York.

"Lonely Boy Blues" and "Sepian Bounce" both contain two alto saxophone choruses, the first by John Jackson, the second by Parker.

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