Charlie Parker Session Details

December 17, 1945 (9 items; TT = 14:21)
Billy Berg's Club, Hollywood CA
Unknown radio broadcast
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra

Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Milt Jackson (vb); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (d); Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (g, voc); Unknown (d); Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (p, voc); Billy Berg (ann)

1 Cement Mixer (S. Gaillard) 2:56

Slim Gaillard
2 Announcement (Slim Gaillard) 0:37

Gaillard announces the Gillespie band, mentions "Shaw 'Nuff," but this is apparently missing
3 Unknown Title (incomplete) 0:26
4 Introduction (Slim Gaillard and Harry the Hipster) 0:48

Slim Gaillard raps with Harry the Hipster.
5 Harry the Hipster Theme (incomplete) (H. Gibson) 3:25

Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
6 Announcement (Slim Gaillard) 0:08

"Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra, yours truly the Slim Gaillard Trio..."
7 I Waited for You (W.G. Fuller) 0:35

Incomplete (0:11) on Philology.
8 How High the Moon (incomplete) (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) 3:32
9 52nd Street Theme (incomplete) (T. Monk) 1:54

Billy Berg closes with "Folks, don't forget: if you can't come in, just tune in..."


Cement Mixer
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)

Announcement (Slim Gaillard)
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)

Unknown Title (incomplete)
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)

Introduction (Slim Gaillard and Harry the Hipster)
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)

Harry the Hipster Theme (incomplete)
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)

Announcement (Slim Gaillard)
CD: Philology Volume 62 (W 893), Volume 73 (W 904)

I Waited for You
CD: Philology Volume 62 (W 893), Volume 73 (W 904)

How High the Moon (incomplete)
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)

52nd Street Theme (incomplete)
CD: Philology Volume 73 (W 904)


Quality is very poor throughout, but there's a full Parker and Jackson solo on "How High the Moon" (faded out during Gillespie solo). Parker's solo on "52nd Street Theme" is intact, but not much else.


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