Session details: Unknown recording studio (Spring 1950)

Charlie Parker session details

Spring 1950 (15 items; TT = 23:01)

Unknown recording studio, New York NY

Commercial for Mercury

Charlie Parker (as); Hank Jones (p); Ray Brown (b); Buddy Rich (d)

1	Star Eyes (take 1 (inc)) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	1:05
2	Star Eyes (take 2 (fs)) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	0:05
3	Star Eyes (take 3 (inc)) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	2:04
4	Star Eyes (take 4) (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston)	3:29
5	Blues (Fast) (take 1 (fs)) (C. Parker)	0:15
6	Blues (Fast) (take 2 (fs)) (C. Parker)	0:23
7	Blues (Fast) (take 3 (fs)) (C. Parker)	0:28
8	Blues (Fast) (take 4) (C. Parker)	2:50
9	Blues (Fast) (take 5 (fs)) (C. Parker)	0:20
10	Blues (Fast) (take 6) (C. Parker)	2:43
11	Blues (Fast) (take 7 (inc)) (C. Parker)	0:41
12	Blues (Fast) (take 8) (C. Parker)	2:49
13	Blues (Fast) (take 11 (chatter)) (C. Parker)	0:13
14	Blues (Fast) (take 12) (C. Parker)	2:46
15	I'm in the Mood for Love (D. Fields-J. McHugh)	2:50


1 Star Eyes (take 1 (inc)) CD: Verve B0024802
2 Star Eyes (take 2 (fs)) CD: Verve B0024802
3 Star Eyes (take 3 (inc)) CD: Verve B0024802
4 Star Eyes (take 4) 12" LP: Verve MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 4), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
5 Blues (Fast) (take 1 (fs)) CD: Verve B0024802
6 Blues (Fast) (take 2 (fs)) CD: Verve B0024802
7 Blues (Fast) (take 3 (fs)) CD: Verve B0024802
8 Blues (Fast) (take 4) CD: Verve B0024802
9 Blues (Fast) (take 5 (fs)) CD: Verve B0024802
10 Blues (Fast) (take 6) CD: Verve B0024802
11 Blues (Fast) (take 7 (inc)) CD: Verve B0024802
12 Blues (Fast) (take 8) CD: Verve B0024802
13 Blues (Fast) (take 11 (chatter)) CD: Verve B0024802
14 Blues (Fast) (take 12) 12" LP: Verve MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 4), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338
15 I'm in the Mood for Love 12" LP: Verve MGV 8009, Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77 CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 4), Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338

This was an abbreviated session, resulting in three 78 rpm-length titles rather than the standard four. Granz and Parker remade "Star Eyes" in January 1951 with Miles Davis on trumpet. Both "Star Eyes" and "I'm in the Mood for Love" are excellent examples of Parker's mature ballad style.

This session is sometimes dated in March, but it seems more likely to come from the same period as the recordings included in Norman Granz Presents Improvisation.