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| January 3, 1949 (5 items; TT = 17:02) |
| RCA Studios, New York NY |
| Commercial for RCA Victor |
| J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Theodore "Fats" Navarro (tpt); Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Kai Winding (tb); Charlie Parker (as); Charlie Ventura (ts); Ernie Caceres (bs); Buddy De Franco (cl); Billy Bauer (g); Lennie Tristano (p); Eddie Safranski (b); Shelly Manne (d) |
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Overtime (short take) (P. Rugolo) |
3:05 |
| 2 |
Overtime (long take) (P. Rugolo) |
4:30 |
| 3 |
Victory Ball (short take) (L. Tristano) |
2:39 |
| 4 |
Victory Ball (short take (alt)) (L. Tristano) |
2:38 |
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| 5 |
Victory Ball (long take) (L. Tristano) |
4:10 |
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| 1 Overtime (short take)
78 rpm: RCA/Victor 20-3361
10" LP: RCA/Victor LPT-3046
12" LP: RCA/Camden CAL-426
CD: RCA/Bluebird 66528, RCA/Bluebird 76362, Philology Volume 40 (W 871), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1335
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2 Overtime (long take)
12" LP: RCA/Camden CAL-426
CD: RCA/Bluebird 66528, RCA/Bluebird 76362, Definitive Records DRCD 11159, Philology Volume 40 (W 871), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1335
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3 Victory Ball (short take)
78 rpm: RCA/Victor 20-3361
10" LP: RCA/Victor LPT-3046
12" LP: RCA/Camden CAL-426, RCA/Camden CAL-339
CD: RCA/Bluebird 66528, RCA/Bluebird 76362, Philology Volume 40 (W 871), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1335
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4 Victory Ball (short take (alt))
CD: Philology Volume 14 (W 844), Volume 40 (W 871), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1335
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5 Victory Ball (long take)
12" LP: RCA/Camden CAL-426
CD: RCA/Bluebird 66528, RCA/Bluebird 76362, Definitive Records DRCD 11159, Philology Volume 40 (W 871), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1335
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This is a famous all-star session. "Overtime," based on "Love Me or Leave Me," was
arranged by Pete Rugolo. "Victory Ball," based on "'S Wonderful," was arranged
by Lennie Tristano, Billy Bauer, and Parker.
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Overtime
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Short take
Breaks: Parker, Gillespie, Ventura, Winding, DeFranco, and Safranski
Solos: Parker (16); Winding (16); DeFranco (16); Tristano (16); Safranski/ensemble
(8); Manne/ensemble (8); Ventura (16); Bauer (16); Gillespie (16)
Long take
Breaks: Parker, Gillespie, Ventura, Winding, DeFranco, and Safranski
Solos: Parker (32); Winding (16); Johnson (16); DeFranco (16); Tristano/Bauer (16);
Safranski/ensemble (8); Manne/ensemble (8); Tristano/Bauer (16); Ventura (32)
Trumpet chases (16 four-bar passages): Davis, Navarro, Gillespie alternating. Davis
tries some Gillespie-like flourishes, but Gillespie and Navarro are the ones who
shine.
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Victory Ball
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Short take
Solos: Parker (16); DeFranco (16); Winding (16); Ventura (16); Tristano (16); Gillespie
(16)
Short take (alternate version)
Solos: Parker (16); DeFranco (16); Winding (16); Ventura (16); Tristano (16); Gillespie
(16)
Long take
Solos: Parker (32); Davis (16); DeFranco (16); Winding (16); Ventura (16); Johnson (16);
Navarro (16); Tristano (32); Caceres (16); Gillespie (16)
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Tommaso Urbano has done a patient and careful analysis of these tunes; see his website,
The Music of Miles
. Leif Bo Petersen has done a lot to clarify this session,
and I am grateful to him for his help.
After leaving the Parker Quintet in mid-December, Davis joined Oscar Pettiford's
All-Stars at the Clique Club on Broadway. The band included (in addition to Davis)
Fats Navarro, Kai Winding, Lucky Thompson, Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson, Bud Powell,
Pettiford, and Kenny Clarke. A contemporary review in the New York Times
complained that "the all-star group, so billed, under Pettiford, goes to extremes
in presenting the new fetish of jazzophiles."
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