Session details: Three Deuces (March 31, 1948)

Charlie Parker session details

March 31, 1948 (8 items; TT = 24:49)

Three Deuces, New York NY

Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) (B)

Show chatter

Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d); Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (voc)

1	52nd Street Theme (5/7) (T. Monk)	3:43
	Splice at 3:22
2	Big Foot (5/8) [Drifting on a Reed] (C. Parker)	4:24
	Splice at 3:01
3	Dizzy Atmosphere (5/9) (D. Gillespie-C. Parker)	2:55
	Splices at 1:56 (before exchanges) and 2:47 (closing chorus)
4	My Old Flame (5/10) (A. Johnston-S. Coslow)	0:25
5	52nd Street Theme (5/11) (T. Monk)	2:36
	Splice at 2:12 (before announcement). Parker voiceover (2:13-2:22): "Ladies and gentlemen, the management of the Three Deuces for your listening and entertainment pleasure Margie Hyams and her very fine trio. Let's bring her on with a rousing round of applause. A hand for Margie Hyams…"
6	Half Nelson (5/12) (M. Davis)	4:36
	Splice at 2:58 (before p solo). Parker quotes "Cool Blues" at 2:20-2:25
7	All the Things You Are (5/13) [Bird of Paradise] (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein)	4:50
8	52nd Street Theme (5/14) (T. Monk)	1:20
	Parker voiceover (1:00-1:10): "And now, ladies and gentlemen, the management has gone to tremendous expense to bring for your listening and entertainment pleasure Margie Hyams and her very fine trio. Let's bring her on with a rousing round of applause. A big hand for Margie Hyams…"


1 52nd Street Theme (5/7) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Philology Volume 1/4 (W 5/18-2)
2 Big Foot (5/8) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Philology Volume 1/4 (W 5/18-2), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1335
3 Dizzy Atmosphere (5/9) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
4 My Old Flame (5/10) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
5 52nd Street Theme (5/11) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
6 Half Nelson (5/12) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129, Stash STB 2500
7 All the Things You Are (5/13) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129
8 52nd Street Theme (5/14) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10 129, Spotlite SPJ 141 CD: Mosaic MD7 129

These items were recorded on a Brush Sound Mirror paper-based tape recorder. This session circulated on tape and was later released on Spotlite before the Benedetti cache was issued by Mosaic. The Mosaic set is sonically better.

The Parker Quintet played three weeks at the Three Deuces (March 30-April 11). After this, Davis played a week at the Apollo Theatre with "Symphony Sid's Bop Concert," an all-star band including Kay Winding [sic], Allen Eager, Milt Jackson, Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Max Roach, and Earl Coleman. In late March or early April, Monte Kay began booking bop concerts on Tuesday nights at the Royal Roost, and the Symphony Sid group was booked at the Roost beginning April 23. The bop shows were so successful that the Roost quickly moved to bebop seven nights a week. A Parker-led group was booked at the Roost throughout May and early June.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the place of the item in the Mosaic box. "(4/1)" means that this item is on disc 4, track 1.