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Charlie Parker at Birdland and Café Society (Cool and Blue CD 108)

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Title: Charlie Parker at Birdland and Café Society
Label: Cool and Blue CD 108
Number of tracks: 16
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Details: June 8, 1950 (a); March 22, 1950; September 20, 1952; November 1, 1952

Note: Only tracks on which Parker is present (66:57) are displayed below.

1 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) [with introduction] [Sep 20, 1952] 5:46
2 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Sep 20, 1952] 4:49
3 How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) [with introduction] [Nov 1, 1952] 5:46
4 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Nov 1, 1952] 3:08
5 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Nov 1, 1952] 0:20
6 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 0:45
7 Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [with introduction] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 3:05
8 April in Paris (V. Duke-E.Y. Harburg) [with introduction] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 3:22
9 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 0:35
10 Just Friends (J. Klenner-S. Lewis) [with introduction] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 3:10
11 April in Paris (V. Duke-E.Y. Harburg) [with introduction] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 2:58
12 Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered - Summertime [incomplete] [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 4:51
13 I Cover the Waterfront - Gone with the Wind [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 4:27
14 Easy to Love - 52nd Street Theme [Jun 8, 1950 (a)] 4:55
15 Lover Come Back to Me (S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein) [Mar 22, 1950] 17:22
16 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) [Mar 22, 1950] 1:38


March 22, 1950
Charlie Parker (as); Kenny Dorham (tpt); Tony Scott (cl); Unknown (ts); Mundell Lowe (g); Dick Hyman (p); Irv Lang (b); Irv Kluger (d)

June 8, 1950 (a)
Charlie Parker (as); Kenny Dorham (tpt); Tony Scott (cl); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d)

September 20, 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Charles Mingus (b); Phil Brown (d); Bob Garrity (ann)

November 1, 1952
Charlie Parker (as); Milt Jackson (vb); John Lewis (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Bob Garrity (ann)

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