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Charlie Parker session details

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June 17, 1952 (12 items; TT = 61:20)
Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood CA
Commercial for Mercury

Charlie Parker (as); Charlie Shavers (tpt); Johnny Hodges (as); Benny Carter (as); Flip Phillips [Joseph Filipelli] (ts); Ben Webster (ts); Oscar Peterson (p); Barney Kessel (g); Ray Brown (b); J.C. Heard (d)
1 Jam Blues (Unknown) 14:40
2 What is This Thing Called Love? (C. Porter) 15:49
3 All the Things You Are [Bird of Paradise] (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) 2:03

Barney Kessel
4 Dearly Beloved (J. Mercer-J. Kern) 1:39

Charlie Parker
5 The Nearness of You (N. Washington-H. Carmichael) 2:03

Ben Webster
6 I'll Get By (R. Turk-F. Ahlert) 1:32

Johnny Hodges
7 Everything Happens to Me (M. Dennis-T. Adair) 1:58

Oscar Peterson
8 The Man I Love (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 1:51

Ray Brown
9 What's New? (J. Burke-B. Haggart) 1:56

Flip Phillips
10 Someone to Watch over Me (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 2:06

Charlie Shavers
11 Isn't it Romantic? (R. Rodgers-L. Hart) 2:17

Benny Carter
12 Funky Blues (J. Hodges) 13:26

1 Jam Blues
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1341

2 What is This Thing Called Love?
45 rpm: Clef EPC 282
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8050, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1341

3 All the Things You Are
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

4 Dearly Beloved
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1341

5 The Nearness of You
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

6 I'll Get By
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

7 Everything Happens to Me
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

8 The Man I Love
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

9 What's New?
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

10 Someone to Watch over Me
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

11 Isn't it Romantic?
45 rpm: Clef EPC 281
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8049, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8)

12 Funky Blues
45 rpm: Clef EPC 282
12" LP: Verve MGV 8002, MGV 8050, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 8), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1341

The "Ballad Medley" on Verve is a lengthy medley ("All the Things You Are" through "Isn't it Romantic?"); each soloist is featured on a separate ballad. Parker plays a Kansas City-inflected solo on "Funky Blues" and has a nice solo on "What is This Thing Called Love?"
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