Session details: Birdland (May 30, 1953)

Charlie Parker session details

May 30, 1953 (5 items; TT = 14:01)

Birdland, New York NY

WJZ-AM radio broadcast (B+)

Show chatter

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

1	Introduction (Bob Garrity, Parker)	0:40
	BG: "Bird, how are you?" CP: "Fine, Robert, and you?" BG: "No plastic axe tonight here, huh?" CP: "No, I have my other one here." BG: "You've got the other one. Wow, you have one for every day of the week." CP: "No, not exactly, I use the plastic one on certain occasions and I use this one for certain things." BG: "All right, this is an occasion, 'cause we got lots of fine music happening, and in addition, let's bring on Candido and his conga drum. Candido, ladies and gentlemen... Charlie Parker, the Bud Powell Trio, and a thing titled, after we get Candy up here and set... You all right? You need a chair, Candy? All right, well you hold on, I'll get one for you, and after we get it we'll hear 'Moose the Mooche'... Bird, Bud, and Candido..."
2	Moose the Mooche (C. Parker)	5:07
	Parker and Candido exchanges following Candido's solo (4:02-4:28)
3	Introduction (Bob Garrity, Parker)	0:19
	BG: "And that was 'Moose the Mooche' done by Charlie Parker, Candido, and the Bud Powell Trio with Charlie Mingus and Art Taylor. Bird, this is one that I can remember from the Savoy label days that you did, and um, all five of getting together now to do a thing called 'Cheryl'." CP: "That's right, Robert." BG: "OK, Bird..."
4	Cheryl (C. Parker)	7:01
	Powell "sings" along with his solo, and Mingus has a nice solo on this number. Parker and Candido exchanges following Candido's solo (5:59-6:33)
5	Lullaby of Birdland (with closing announcement) (G. Shearing-G. Weiss)	0:54
	Voiceover from 0:20: "And for the past about twenty, twenty-five minutes, ladies and gentlemen, from the stage at Birdland we've been listening to the Bud Powell Trio featuring Charlie Mingus and Art Taylor, with Charlie Parker, the Bird, on alto, and Candido at the conga drums. Very fine sounds, from Birdland, Broadway at 52nd Street. (Theme ends.) Ha-ha. Thank you, Charlie, Bud, the trio, and Candido, as we move on to more of our show here in Birdland, on Broadway at 52nd, the jazz corner of the world..."


1 Introduction (Bob Garrity, Parker) 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 20 CD: New Sound Planet JUTB 3016, Sound Hills SSCD 8032, Ember CD 509, Philology Volume 34 (W 865)
2 Moose the Mooche 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 20, ESP Bud-3 CD: Stash STCD 10, STCD 582, New Sound Planet JUTB 3016, Sound Hills SSCD 8032, Ember CD 509, Philology Volume 34 (W 865), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1342
3 Introduction (Bob Garrity, Parker) 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 20 CD: Stash STCD 10, STCD 582, New Sound Planet JUTB 3016, Sound Hills SSCD 8032, Ember CD 509, Philology Volume 34 (W 865)
4 Cheryl 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 20, ESP Bud-3 CD: Stash STCD 10, STCD 582, New Sound Planet JUTB 3016, Sound Hills SSCD 8032, Ember CD 509, Philology Volume 34 (W 865), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1342
5 Lullaby of Birdland (with closing announcement) 12" LP: Bird Box 01-22 LP 20, ESP Bud-3 CD: Stash STCD 10, STCD 582, New Sound Planet JUTB 3016, Sound Hills SSCD 8032, Ember CD 509, Philology Volume 34 (W 865), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1342

This is a poor-quality recording from a broadcast made toward the end of Parker's two-week engagement at Birdland (May 21-June 3). Another tune in circulation, Powell's "Dance of the Infidels," was recorded around this time. (See May-June 1953.)