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Probably May-November 1940 (2 items; TT = 3:39) |
Unknown venue, Kansas City KS |
Private recording (Acetate) (C) |
1 |
Honeysuckle Rose (incomplete) (A. Razaf-F. Waller) |
2:24 |
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Body and Soul (incomplete) (J.W. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) |
1:15 |
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| 1 Honeysuckle Rose (incomplete)
12" LP: Philology Volume 1 (W 005)
CD: Philology Volume 1/4 (W 5/18-2), Stash STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 78, Philology Volume 26 (W 857), ESP-Disk 4050, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1331
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2 Body and Soul (incomplete)
12" LP: Philology Volume 1 (W 005)
CD: Philology Volume 1/4 (W 5/18-2), Stash STCD 535, Masters of Jazz MJCD 78, Philology Volume 26 (W 857), ESP-Disk 4050, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1331
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This is probably the earliest known recording of Parker, and the only example of
extended unaccompanied playing. The recordings were made by Clarence Davis, probably
in May 1940. The canonical version of this fragment is on Masters of Jazz -- it
is speed-corrected, and earlier issues end at the bridge of "Body and Soul," but
this version continues to the end of the chorus. The long version (5:24) on Philology
26, in addition to being fast, is a montage. There is a splice at 2:53, so what
it really contains is two off-speed fragments roughly as follows:
Philology 0:00-2:53 = Masters of Jazz 0:00-3:03
Philology 2:53-5:24 = Masters of Jazz 1:10-3:39
Some early sources gave 1937 as the recording date, but this seems unlikely given
the quality of Parker's playing. Also, he quotes a snippet of a Roy Eldridge solo
from a 1938 Chu Berry recording of "Body and Soul."
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