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1948 |
Charlie Parker Chronology |
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Created
by Leif Bo Petersen |
Last
update: December 31, 2022. |
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Date |
Event |
References/Further
Details |
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First
half of the year |
JATP Including Charlie Parker. Release of Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic
vol. 2 and vol. 3. Disc 501 and 503 2 12" 78 rpm. record album. Reissue of Disc
501 and 503 by a new record company. Charlie Parker does not appear on Disc 503. Recorded January 28, 1946. Jazz at the Philharmonic 501 Disc Asch 2001 A Blues for
Norman I Disc Asch 2001 B Blues for
Norman II Disc Asch 2002 A I Can’t Get
Started I Disc Asch 2002 B I Can’t Get
Started II 502 Disc Asch 2003 A Crazy Rhythm
I Disc Asch 2003 B Crazy Rhythm
II Disc Asch 2004 A Sweet
Georgia Brown I Disc Asch 2004 B Sweet Georgia
Brown II |
"Granz Gets Writ Against Erlinger," Billboard,
August 20, 1949, 21: The Disc and Asch labels had been taken over by George
Erlinger, who in 1948 reissued the JATP material. In August 1949, Granz sued
Erlinger to get the masters back, claiming that these reissues were in
violation of his rights. |
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First
half of the year? |
Release
of Dial 1003. 10”
78 rpm. record. Recorded
February 28, 1946. Charlie
Parker Septet Dial
1003-A Yardbird
Suite Dial
1003-B Moose the
Mooche |
“Diggin’ the Discs with Tom: Jazz,” Down Beat,
June 2, 1948, 14: Moose the Mooche: 2 notes (tepid); Yardbird Suite:
3 notes (tasty). |
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January |
Metronome’s All Stars Alto 1.
Charlie Parker 2.
Johnny Hodges 3.
Willie Smith |
Metronome’s
All Stars, Metronome, January 1948, 25, 37–38. |
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December
31 /January
1 |
Jam session Charlie
Parker, Lionel Hampton Orchestra. Regal
Theater, Chicago, IL. New Year’s Eve 1948. |
“New Year’s Eve Celebration Was Greatest Since the War,” Chicago
Defender, January 3, 1947, 8: Parker was on the stage at the Regal in
Chicago on New Year’s night jamming with Lionel Hampton. This conflicts with the ad in Detroit Free Press,
December 31, 1947, 7, showing Parker and Steele at the El Sino. |
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January? |
Charlie
Parker Release
of Dial 1013. 10”
78 rpm. records. Recorded
February 26, 1947. Charlie
Parker All Stars Dial
1013-A Cheers Dial
1013-B Carving the
Bird |
Idessa Malone distributors ad in Billboard, April 3, 1948, 48: mentions
1013 as a “late release.” Bird’s Nest:
3 notes (tasty); Dark Shadows: 3 notes (tasty). “Record
Reviews,” Metronome, June 1948, 27: Cheers: B-: (fairly good); Carving
the Bird: B-: (fairly good). |
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January? |
Charlie
Parker Release
of Dial 1014. 10”
78 rpm. records. Recorded
February 19, 1947. Charlie
Parker Quartet Dial
1014-A Bird’s Nest Dial
1014-B Dark
Shadows |
Radio Doctors ad in Milwaukee Journal,
January 4, 1948, Screen Radio, 5: lists Dial 1014. “Sing it
Together,” Pittsburgh Courier,
January 17, 1948: The photo caption here mentions the record of Dark
Shadows. “Diggin’
the Discs with Mix: Hot Jazz,” Down Beat, January 14, 1948, 14: Bird’s
Nest: 3 notes (tasty); Dark Shadows: 3 notes (tasty). “Record
Reviews,” Metronome, February 1948, 47: Bird’s Nest: B+: (very
good); Dark Shadows: B-: (fairly good). “Diggin’
the Discs with Tom: Jazz,” Down Beat, May 19, 1948, 14: Bird’s Nest:
3 notes (tasty); Dark Shadows: 3 notes (tasty). |
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January? |
Charlie
Parker Release
of Dial 1015. 10”
78 rpm. records. Recorded
February 19, 1947. Charlie
Parker Quartet Dial
1015-A Cool Blues Dial
1015-B This Is
Always |
The release date has not been identified. Probably
January 1948, judging from the series number. Ad for Portem Distributing, Billboard,
February 14, 1948, 37: lists Dial 1017. |
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January
early? |
Dizzy
Gillespie and His Orchestra Release
of Musicraft 518. 10”
78 rpm. record. Reissue
of Guild 1003 by a new record company and with a new B-side. Charlie
Parker only appears on the A-side. Dizzy
Gillespie and His Orchestra Recorded
February 28, 1945 Musicraft
518 A Salt
Peanuts Recorded
November 12, 1946. Musicraft
518 B I Waited
for You |
“New Recordings,” Times-Picayune, January 18, 1948, sec. 2, 17. |
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January
3 |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Pershing
Ballroom, Chicago, MI. January
3-6. |
K.
Vail, Bird’s Diary, 1996, 35: Has
this engagement. No source is given. I have found no press documentation for this. |
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January
3 |
Charlie
Parker and His Orchestra Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Claude
McLin and His Combo New
Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, MI. Dance.
8:30–3 a.m. Private
tape recordings exist. |
Ad
in Chicago Defender, January 3,
1948, 27. |
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January/ February? |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tp); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy
Potter (b); Max Roach (d). Waukegan,
IL. Private
lacquer (acetate) recordings exist. |
http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=471200a The
conventional dating is December 1947, but I think these recordings more
likely come from January or February 1948. |
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January
9 |
Charlie Parker Quintet Miles Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b);
Max Roach (d). Larry Steele Revue El Sino, Detroit, MI. January 9-14? |
Ad in Detroit Free Press,
January 9, 1948, 19: Parker and Steele at El Sino. Ad in Detroit Free Press,
January 15, 1948, 17: Todd Rhodes Orchestra at El Sino. “After Dark,” Detroit Free Press,
January 16, 1948, 25: Thursday evening Todd Rhodes took over at El Sino. |
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January
25 |
Concert Sarah
Vaughan (voc)
acc. by Jimmy Jones (p). Charlie
Parker and His All Stars Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Hot Lips
Page Symphony
Hall, Boston, MA. 8:30
p.m. Baron
Grace (prod). |
Ad in Boston Herald, January 25, 1948, 2 C. |
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January
29? |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Three
Deuces, NYC. January
29-? |
“Goings
on About Town: Three Deuces,” New
Yorker, January 31, 1948, 6: Charlie Parker band. Same February 7 and 14. “Where
the Bands Are Playing,” Down Beat, February 11, 1947, 17. This was
only partly if at all realized. |
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February
early |
Various Artists Release
of Bebop Jazz Volume 2. Dial
D2 3
10” 78 rpm. records albums. The records were probably also sold as singles. Charlie
Parker appears on 1021 and 1022. Recorded
September 21, 1946 Sonny
Berman Big Eight Dial
1020-A Moon Burns
(= Nocturne) Recorded
July 29, 1946 Howard
McGhee Quartet Dial
1020-B Thermodynamics Recorded
November 4, 1947. Charlie
Parker Quintet Dial
1021-A Scrapple
from the Apple Dial
1021-B Don’t Blame
Me Recorded
February 26, 1947. Charlie
Parker All Stars Dial
1022-A Stupendous Dexter
Gordon Quartet Dial
1022-B Blues
Bikini |
“New
Popular Records,” St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, February 18, 1948, 4D: Very favorable album review. “Diggin’
the Discs with Tom: Jazz,” Down Beat, May 19, 1948, 13: Album
rating: 3 notes (tasty). “Diggin’
the Discs with Tom: Jazz,” Down Beat, August 11, 1948, 13: Dial 1022
reviewed as single. Stupendous: 3 notes (tasty). |
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February
7 |
Concert Fats Navarro (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Flip Philips (ts); Milt Jackson
(vib); Jimmy Jones (p); Jimmy Glover (b); Art Mardigan (d); Sarah Vaughan
(voc). Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, MI. February 7, 11:45 p.m. Norman Granz (prod). |
Ad in Detroit Free Press, February 1, 1948, sec. D, 19. “Concert Star,” Detroit Free Press, February 3, 1948, 15. “Hot-Jazz
Fans Gather for Midnight Frenzy,” Detroit Free Press, February 9,
1948, 15: Review.
“Roy Stephens, Sarah Vaughan,
Bird, and Fats Spark Bash,” Michigan
Chronicle, February 14, 1948. Here quoted from L. Bjorn and J. Gallart, Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 (2001), 93.
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February
mid |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Touring
in the Midwest. |
R.
Russell, Bird Lives (1994), 257:
Russell has the band at the Argyle, Chicago, in this period, including the
urinating episode. This is clearly a mistake. |
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February
13 |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Paul
Gayten’s Trio Annie
Laurie (voc). Café
Tia Juana, Cleveland, OH. February
13-19? |
“Cross and Dunn Songs have Impudent Savoyard
Flavor,” Plain Dealer (Cleveland), February 8, 1948, 15 B: Parker will
open Friday. “Yesterday’s Song Hits Give Supper Club a
Fresh Trend,” Plain Dealer
(Cleveland), February 15, 1948, 15 B: Parker opened Friday. |
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February/ March |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Indianapolis,
IN. Miles
Davis tells about episode in Indianapolis with himself, Max Roach, and Parker
quarreling over money. |
Davis
and Q. Troupe, Miles (1990),
108–09. |
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February
29 |
Charlie
Parker and His Orchestra Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Gene Ammons
and His Orchestra New
Savoy Ballroom, Chicago. 8:30–3
am. Band
Battle. |
Ad
in Chicago Defender, February 28,
1948, 27. New
Savoy Poster. |
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March
14 |
Charlie
Parker and His Orchestra Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Touring
in the Northeast, March
14-29. |
“Bands
Now Available,” Pittsburgh Courier,
March 27, 1948, 6: Parker touring in “your territory” March 14-29. |
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March
27 |
Charlie
Parker and His Orchestra Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). New
Bedford, MA. |
“Bands
Now Available,” Pittsburgh Courier,
March 27, 1948, 6. |
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March
29 |
Charlie
Parker and His Orchestra Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Revere
Beach, MA. |
“Bands
Now Available,” Pittsburgh Courier,
March 27, 1948, 6. |
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March
30? |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Margie
Hyams Trio Including
Margie Hyams (vib); Tal Farlow (g). Three
Deuces, New York, NY. March
30?–April 14. March
31: Private tape recordings by Dean Benedetti exist. |
“Goings
on About Town: Three Deuces,” New
Yorker, April 3, 1948, 4: Charlie Parker Band. “Street
Stirs: Disc Ousted,“ Down Beat,
April 7, 1948, ?: Hyams [at the Onyx] swapped places with Lawrence 88 Keys on
March 25 moving into Three Deuces to alternate with Charlie Parker. “Goings
on about Town: Three Deuces,” New
Yorker, April 10, 1947, 7: on April 15 Errol Garner returns with a new
band. K.
Vail, Bird’s Diary, 1996, 36: Has
opening date March 30 and closing date April 11. http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480331 |
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April
early |
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker and Doris Sydnor move from the Dewey
Square Hotel to Marden Hotel, 142, W.
44th Street. |
R. Russell, Bird Lives. (1988), 263. |
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April
2 |
Jam
session concert Coleman
Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Bill Harris, Chubby Jackson, Lennie Tristano, and
others. Hotel
Diplomat, New York, NY. 8:30. Bob Feldman
(prod); Leonard Feather (mc). Bob
Feldman's Jazz Club. Benefit for Sydenham Hospital. |
“Yardbird
Parker in Sydenham Set,” New York
Amsterdam News, March 27, 1948, 25. “Parker
to Head Sydenham Benefit,” Baltimore
Afro-American, March 27, 1948, 18. Ticket
and ad from unidentified newspaper in Leonard Feather’s 1947–49 diary.
Leonard Feather Collection at University of Idaho. https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/c948
chronology ollection/lfc/ “Harris,
Parker Get Beat Plaques,” Down Beat, April 21, 1948, 18. |
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April
6 |
Symphony
Sid’s Bop Concert Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Lucky Thompson, Dexter Gordon,
Allen Eager, Tadd Dameron, George Wallington, Chubby Jackson, Denzil Best,
and others. Royal Roost, New York, NY. This
was the first of the bebop concerts at Royal Roost. |
“Music—As Written, Billboard,
April 10, 1948, 38: Gives date April 6. “Cozy-Roost Date Mulled,” Down
Beat, April 21, 1948, 1: Initial session featured Chubby Jackson, Dexter
Gordon, Denzil Best, George Wallington, Lucky Thompson, Allen Eager, Fats
Navarro and Tadd Dameron. Monte Kay in I. Gitler, Jazz
Masters of the 40s (1984), 269: Has Parker and Davis participating. The presence
of Fats Navarro is wrong. A 1948 calendar note of Milt Buckner (Otto
Flückiger’s Archive) shows that the Hampton Orchestra was in Canada on this
date. Navarro may have been planned for the concert but may have left the
project because of disagreements with Dameron and then have joined Hampton. For
details see also L. B. Petersen and T. Rehak, Infatuation - The Music and
Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro (2009), 187–89. |
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April
mid |
Charlie Parker – Leo Parker Release of The Parkers Savoy S 509 3 10” 78 rpm. records album. Charlie Parker only appears on Savoy 951-B and Savoy
952. Recorded December 19, 1947 Leo Parker’s All Stars Savoy 950-A Wee Dot Savoy 950-B Leaping Leo Recorded January 29, 1947 Fats Navarro - Leo Parker Savoy 951-A Goin’ to
Minton’s Recorded August 14, 1947 Miles Davis - Charlie Parker Savoy 951-B Half Nelson Recorded December 21, 1947 Charlie Parker All Stars Savoy 952-A Bird Gets
the Worm Recorded May 8, 1947 Savoy 952-B Cheryl |
"New Popular Records," St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, April 14, 1948, 6C: Favorable review. "Advance Record Releases," Billboard,
April 17, 1948, 122. "Diggin’ Discs with Tom: Jazz" Down
Beat, 21 April 1948: 19: Album rating: 3 notes (tasty). Positive towards Parker. “Record Reviews,” Metronome, July 1948. 29: Half
Nelson: B (good); Bird Gets the Worm: B+ (very good); Cheryl:
C+ (fair). |
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April
18 |
JATP (6th National tour) Tour Group Red Rodney (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Dexter Gordon, Flip Philips (ts);
Duke Jordan (p); Barney Kessel (g); Tommy Potter (b); Stan Levey (d). Sarah Vaughan (voc) acc. by Jimmy Jones (p). April 18—May 16. April 18: Taft Theater, Cincinnati, OH. April 19: Massey Hall, Toronto Canada April 20: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY April 22: Pittsburgh, PA. April 23: Music Hall, Cleveland, OH. April 24: Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI. April 25: Indianapolis, IN. April 27: Music Hall, Kansas City, MO. April 28: Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO. April 30: St. Louis, MO. May 1: Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL. May 2: Minneapolis, MN. May 4: Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI. May 14: Philadelphia, PA. May 15: Newark, NJ. May 15: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. May 16: Boston, MA. |
“Trade Tattle,” Down Beat, May 19, 1948, 7: Red Rodney and Stan
Levy replace Miles Davis and Max Roach for a tour. Ad in Cincinnati Enquirer, April 17, 148, 12B. "Jazz at the Philharmonic," Cincinnati Enquirer, April
18, 148, sec. 3, 10: The article uses the expression 5th National Tour. L. Feather, Facts about Max,” Metronome, November 1948, 27: “In
the summer of ’47, when Charlie Parker returned to town, [Max Roach] flew
with The Bird for several months. After numerous typical ornithological
vicissitudes, another opportunity presented itself in the shape of Symphony
Sid’s bop group.” P. Pullman (ed), booklet to The Complete Jazz at The Philharmonic on
Verve. (1998), 183. K. Vail, Bird’s Diary, 1996, 38—39. Charlie Parker’s last appearance at this tour seems
to have been May 4. |
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April
18 |
JATP Concert Taft Theater, Cincinnati, OH. 8:30 p. m. |
Ad in Cincinnati Enquirer, April 17, 148, 12B. "Jazz at the Philharmonic," Cincinnati Enquirer, April
18, 148, sec. 3, 10. |
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April
19 |
JATP
Concert Massey
Hall, Toronto, Canada. |
P.
Pullman (ed), booklet to The Complete
Jazz at The Philharmonic on Verve. (1998), 183: Ad in Toronto Star, April 18, 1948 |
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April
20 |
JATP
Concert Kleinhans
Music Hall, Buffalo, NY. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Buffalo Courier-Express, April
18, 1948, 14. |
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April
22 |
JATP
Concert Syria
Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April
21, 1948, 12. |
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April
23 |
JATP
Concert Music
Hall, Cleveland, OH. 8:30–11·30
p.m. |
Ad
in Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH.),
April 23, 1948, 21. “’Be-Bop’
Disciples Get Bang out of Granz’s jam Unit,” Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH.), April 24, 1948, 4: review. |
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April
24 |
JATP
Concert Masonic
Auditorium, Detroit, MI. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in Detroit Free Press, April 19, 1948, 20. |
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April
25 |
JATP
Concert Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad in Indianapolis Star, April 4, 1948, 42. |
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April
27 |
Charlie
Parker Parker
and some of his musicians were staying at Addie Parker’s home during their
stay in Kansas City, MO. |
J.
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 116: letter from Rodney to Ross Russell in the
Russell Collection Tommy
Potter in R. Reisner, Bird – The Legend of Charlie Parker (1962) 183: Dates this to 1951, which does not
fit with the facts. |
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April
27 |
JATP Tour
Group Brown’s
Music C. Kansas City, MO. 3:30 p.m. Record
autographing. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star, April 25,
1948, 40. |
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April
27 |
JATP
Concert Music
Hall, Kansas City, MO. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad
in Kansas City Star, April 27,
1948, 13. |
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April
28 |
JATP
Concert Municipal
Auditorium, Music Hall, Kansas City, MO. Concert
for racially mixed audience. |
C.
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 116: The concert was reviewed: “Granz’s
Philharmonic Artists Wow K.C, Fans,” Kansas
City Call, May 7, 1948. K.
Vail, Bird’s Diary, 1996, 38: Has
Des Moines, IA, on this date. |
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April
28 |
Jam session Charlie
Parker with local musicians, including Charles White (ts). Playhouse,
Blue Ridge, MO. |
C
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 116. |
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April
29? |
Charlie
Parker The
anecdote of Charlie Parker and Rodney flying in Charlie White’s private plane
to the next engagement comes from this occasion. |
C.
Haddix, Bird –The Life and Music of
Charlie Parker (2013), 116: letter from Rodney to Ross Russell in the
Russell Collection |
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April
30 |
JATP Concert Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 30,
1948, 4F. |
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May
1 |
JATP
Concert Civic
Opera House, Chicago, IL. |
Ad
in Chicago Daily Tribune, April 23
and 30, 1947, A8. "Jazz at the Philharmonic Attracts Audience of
2000," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 1, 1948, 5A: Positive review,
except for the role of Red Rodney and Dexter Gordon. |
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May
2 |
JATP
Concert Minneapolis,
MN. Concert Bowl, MPLS. Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in Star Tribune, April 18, 1948, Upper
Midwest sec. 19. |
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May
3 |
JATP Rooming at the Sherman Hotel. Chicago, IL. |
F. R. Hayde, Stan Levey - Jazz Heavyweight (2016), Kindle ed. loc.
1110–1121: Stan Levey tells that he was on probation and was forced to leave
the tour a day before planned in order to go to court. He had arranged that
Shelly Manne could replace him. Granz was reluctant to let him go and give him his
money, and Levey tells that he consequently knocked out Granz and took the
money he was owed. Afterwards he borrowed $70 from Charlie Parker giving his
drum set as collateral. |
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May
4 |
JATP Concert Red Rodney (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Dexter Gordon, Flip Philips (ts);
Duke Jordan (p); Barney Kessel (g); Tommy Potter (b); Shelly Manne? (d);
Sarah Vaughan (voc) acc. by Jimmy Jones. Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 30, 1948. |
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May
8 |
Concert Dizzy
Gillespie and His Orchestra Probably including Dizzy Gillespie (tp, voc), Dave Burns, Elmon
Wright, Willie Cook (tp); Bill Shepard, Ted Kelly, Candy Ross (tb); Henry
Reece (frh); John Brown, Ernie Henry (as); Ray Abrams, Joe Gayles (ts); Cecil
Payne (bars); Tadd Dameron (p); Grachan Moncur (b); Teddy Stewart (dr); Chano
Pozo Gonsalves (cng); unidentified female (voc). Symphony
Sid's Bop Band Charlie
Parker (and other surprises) Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. 11:30 p.m. Leonard Feather (prod). |
Ad in New York Amsterdam
News, May 1, 1948, 24: Has Gillespie Orchestra and Symphony Sid and His
Bop Concert Stars. Ad in PM, May 9, 1948,
25: Has Gillespie Orchestra, Symphony Sid and His Bop Concert Stars, and
Charlie Parker. “Diz Trims for Carnegie Date,” Down Beat, May 5, 1948, 5: Gillespie rehearses and changes
personnel. New: Hampton Reese (frh), Ernie Henry replacing Howard Johnson
(as), Ray Abrams replacing George Nicholas (ts), Willie Cooper replacing
Lamar Wright (tp), Candy Ross extra tb (now 3). Teddy Stewart (dr), Tadd
Dameron (p), Grachan Moncur (b), and Kenny Hagood replaced by girl singer. Concert planned to be repeated at Academy of Music, Philadelphia
May 11 “Encores and Echoes,” Baltimore
Afro-American, May 1, 1948, 20: Gillespie is revamping his band for its
Carnegie Hall concert. Hagood is replaced with girl singer. Dizzy Gillespie
will debut his Swedish Suite at Carnegie Hall. |
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May
14 |
Vivien
Gary Trio (Except Tuesdays). Symphony
Sid’s Bop Concert Probably: Miles Davis (tp); Kai Winding (tb); Charlie Parker
(as); Allen Eager (ts); Milt Jackson (vib): Tadd Dameron (p); Curly Russell
(b); Max Roach (dr). (Nightly). Thelonious
Monk Probably solo piano. (Tuesdays only). Royal Roost, New York, NY. May 14-27. |
“Nightly Bop Bashes,” Down
Beat, May19, 1948, 2. “Goings on About Town: Royal Roost,” New Yorker, May 8, 1948, 6: Three
Flames. Every night at midnight Symphony Sid’s bop concert. Tuesdays
Thelonious Monk piano “Music—As Written,” Billboard,
May 22, 1948, 45: Vivien Gary returned to the Roost Wednesday, May 12. “Gossip of the Nation: Danton Walker,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 12, 1948, 37: Charlie Parker joins the
modern jam sessions at Royal Roost this Friday. |
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May
mid/June mid |
Charlie
Parker Interviewed by Leonard Feather. Late May /early June. 1 Sheridan Square, Greenwich, Village, New York, NY. Tape recording of part of the interview exists. The recorded material was used for a Metronome-article. |
L. Feather, “ A Bird's-Ear View of Music.” Metronome, August 1948, reprinted in C. Woideck, The Charlie Parker Companion (1998),
65-69: In the introduction Feather states that this Blindfold Test was made
at 1 a.m. in Feather’s apartment, between Parker sets at the Royal Roost.
This means that it was conducted in the period May 14–June 15. Parker did not
return to the Roost again before early September. On the original tape, you hear noises from a meal and besides
Parker's and Feather's voices also a woman, probably Doris Sydnor. You also hear that Feather intends to make a broadcast with
Parker on "Tuesday." Feather's WHN nightly broadcast Jazz at Its Best, started on May 5 (Radio Today," Brooklyn Eagle, May 5, 1948, 25: WHN:
10:00 p.m.: Jazz at Its Best). http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480600 |
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May
mid |
Be
Bop vs. Boogie Woogie Charlie
Parker Quintet Freddie
Slack Theatre tour. Planned in mid-May. Cancelled. |
"Bop Versus Boogie Show," Down Beat May 19, 1948: 3: Bebop versus Boogie Woogie is being
sent out by the Gale Agency. Tour is moving westward. R. Fritts: "Charlie Parker at the Washington, D.C. Music
Hall." Booklet to Uptown UPCD 27.55, Charlie Parker. Washington D.C.,
1948 2008, 9–11: Jimmy Knepper was playing in Slack’s recording and touring unit
1947–48. In 1996, he told Fritts that such a tour was never realized. |
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May
23 |
Concert Buddy Rich Charlie
Parker Wild Bill
Davison Joe
Sullivan Sir Charles
Thompson George
Wettling Tony
Parenti, Earl Swope, Benny Morton, Charlie Walp, Sid Weiss, Ben Lary, Mert
Oliver, Sam Krupit, Joe Theimer, Arthur Phipps Music
Hall, Washington, D.C. 2:30
p.m. Willis Conover (prod). Willis Conover, Jackson Lowe (mc). Dixieland
vs. Bebop. Private
lacquer (acetate) recordings exist. |
Ad
in Washington Daily News, May 23,
1948, shown in R. Fritts: “Charlie Parker at the Washington, D.C. Music
Hall,” in booklet to Charlie Parker.
Washington D.C., 1948 (2008), 36. Discography
in booklet to Charlie Parker.
Washington D.C., 1948. Uptown UPCD 2755 (2008), 52. http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480523 |
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May
28 |
Charlie
Parker Band Miles
Davis (tp); Kai Winding (tb); Charlie Parker (as); Allen Eager (ts); Tadd
Dameron (p); Curly Russell (b); Max Roach (d). Thelonious
Monk Quartet Milt
Jackson (vib); Thelonious Monk (p); Leonard Gaskin replaced by John Simmons
(b); Denzil Best (d). Kenny
Hagood
(voc). Royal
Roost, New York, NY. May
28–June 15. |
“Bop
Comes Home to Roost; Monk, Dizzy–Ooh, Vop!” Billboard, May 29, 1948: 20: Regular bop policy from May 28.
Thelonious Monk Quintet and Charlie Parker Sextet. Tuesday night concerts
under direction of Symphony Sid and Monte Kay. Ad
in PM Daily, June 6, 1948, 25 and
June 13, 1948, 28: Has John Simmons. Handbill or ad in G C. Ward and K. Burns, Jazz–A History of America’s Music (2000) 349: Has Leonard Gaskin. “Goings
on About Town: Royal Roost,“ New Yorker,
June 12, 1948, 6: Parker Band and Monk Quartet. Dizzy Gillespie opens June 16. |
|
June |
New Sounds in Modern Music Release of New
Sounds in Modern Music vol. 2 Savoy S-508 Reissue of Savoy S-508 with a new cover. Charlie Parker appears on 977. Recorded June 26, 1946 Jay Johnson and His Modern Jazz Quintette Savoy 975-A Jay Bird Recorded January 22, 1947 Teddy Reig’s All Stars Savoy 975-B Mr. Dues Recorded January 29, 1947 Fats Navarro Quintette Savoy 976-A Ice Freezes
Red Recorded September 25, 1946 Ray Brown’s All Stars Savoy 976-B For Hecklers
Only] Recorded May 8, 1947 Charlie Parker’s All Stars Savoy 977-A Chasing the
Bird Recorded August 14, 1947 Miles Davis’ All Stars: Savoy 977-B Little
Willie Leaps Recorded March 5, 1947 Serge Chaloff’s All Stars Savoy 978-A Gabardine
and Serge Recorded September 4, 1946 Sonny Stitt’s All Stars Savoy 978-B Blues in
Be-Bop |
“Disc Data” Pittsburgh
Courier, July 3, 1948, 10: positive mention. |
|
June
9 |
Concert Nat King Cole Trio, Jimmy Lunceford Band, Mildred Bailey, Jan
Murray, Jackie Miles, Grace Barrie, Jerry Lewis, Zero Mostel, Eric Victor,
Susan & Jerry Reid, Nicholas Bros, Three Flames, Garland Wilson, Jimmy
Daniels, Ann Lewis. Billie Holiday, Dean Martin, Harry Richman, Rose Murphy, Archie
Savage, Timmie Rogers, Thelma Carpenter, Miss Barnes, Joey Adams, Irwin
Corey, Noro Morales, Duke of Iron, King Houdini, Josephine Premice, Billy
Banks, Dickie Wells, Symphony Sid's & Ray Carroll's Be-Bop concert from the Royal
Roost: Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Allen Eager,
Kai Winding, Max Roach, Curly Russell, Milt Jackson, Leonard Gaskin, Denzil
Best, and Kenny Hagood. Central High School for Needle Trades, NYC. 7:30 p.m. Leonard Feather, Fred Robbins, Joe Bostic (mc). Benefit concert for Sydenham. |
Ad in New York Amsterdam
News, June 5, 1948, 24: Leonard Feather not mentioned here. Ad in PM, June 9, 1948, ?: Miles Davis not mentioned here. |
|
June
mid/late |
Charlie
Parker Charlie
Parker is reported sitting in with Gillespie at the Royal Roost in the last
part of June. |
Claus Dahlgren: Mitt I Be-bopnästet,” Orkester Journalen, August 1948, 11. |
|
July
early |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Onyx
Club, New York, NY. Early
to mid-July. Private
tape recordings by Dean Benedetti exist from July 6, 7, 10, and 11. |
“Goings
on About Town: Onyx,” New Yorker, July 10, 1948, 5: Charlie Parker. K.
Vail, Bird’s Diary, 1996, 35: Dates
July 6-11 (no source is given). http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480706 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480707 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480710 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480711 |
|
July
23 |
Buddy
Johnson and His Band Including
Ella Johnson and Arthur Prysock (voc). Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). 3 Brown
Buddies Spider
Bruce Apollo
Theater, New York, NY. July
23-29. |
Ad
in New York Age, July 27, 1948, 5. August
Blume in R. Reisner, Bird – The Legend
of Charlie Parker (1962) 55–56: Gives the personnel of the Parker
quintet. Dates wrongly 1947, but there is no doubt that it is this engagement
that he is telling about, as he also mentions that Buddy Johnson was on the
bill, too. |
|
July
late |
Charlie Parker Release of Dial 1019. 10" 78 rpm. record. Recorded October 28, 1947. Charlie Parker Quintet Dial 1019-A Dewey Square Recorded February 19, 1947. Earl Coleman Dial 1019-B This Is Always |
“Record Reviews,” Metronome, August 1948, 30: This
Is Always: C+ (fair); Dewey Square: B- (fairly good). “Diggin’ the Discs with Tom: Combo Jazz,” Down
Beat, August 11, 1948, 13: Rating: This Is Always; 2 notes
(tepid); Dewey Square: 3 notes (tasty). |
|
August? |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Washington, DC. Possibly August? 1948. |
Sadik Hakim [Argonne Thornton]: "Reflections of an Era - My
Experiences with Bird and Prez" Jazz
Journal, August 1996: "I remember a couple of things about Bird that
happened while I was with Prez. Prez and I were in DC at a club called
Caverns, and Bird was also in town with Duke Jordan on piano. Bird asked me
to join the band (not I'm sure, because he didn't like Duke's playing, but
for personal reasons that my reply explains). I told Bird, I love you, but I
can't put up with your not paying people and leaving them stranded in
different places. I f you did that to me I'd have to hurt you or try to, and
I'd hate to have that to happen because I love you. I'd rather be your friend
and listen" |
|
August/ September |
Charlie
Parker Chicago,
IL. |
Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia (2007), 44: Shows September 17 receipt
of $240 and $250 for Chicago dates. |
|
August/ September |
Charlie Parker Boston,
MA. |
Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia (2007), 44: Shows September 17 receipt
of $64 (Milt Shaw) and $134 for Boston dates. |
|
September
3 |
Charlie
Parker (as)
acc. by Miles Davis (tp); Tadd Dameron (p); Curly Russell (b); Max Roach (d). Tadd
Dameron and His Orchestra Fats
Navarro (tp); Allen Eager (ts): Milt Jackson (vib); Tadd Dameron (p); Curley
Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d). Miles Davis
Nonet Miles
Davis (tp); Michael Zwerin (tb); Junior Collins (frh); Bill Barber (tu); Lee
Konitz (as); Gerry Mulligan (bar & arr), John Lewis (p & arr); Al
McKibbon (b); Max Roach (d); Gil Evans (arr). Kenny
Hagood (voc). Royal
Roost, New York, NY. September
3-5. Parker
weekend engagement as special guest star. September
4: WMCA
broadcast 3–4 a.m. Symphony Sid (mc). Tadd
Dameron Orchestra, Charlie Parker All-Stars, and Davis Nonet. Recordings
exist. |
This bill is known from the surviving broadcast
recordings and Symphony Sid’s announcements here. Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia
(2007), 44: Shows September 17 New York date receipt of $200, possibly
for this engagement. http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480904 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=480904 |
|
September
18 |
Charlie
Parker All-Stars Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); John Lewis (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Harry
Smith Studios, New York, NY. Commercial
recordings for Savoy. |
Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia
(2007), 44: Shows September 17 record date receipts of $600 and $585,
probably for this and the following session. http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480918a |
|
September
24 |
Charlie
Parker All-Stars Miles
Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); John Lewis (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach
(d). Harry
Smith Studios, New York, NY. Commercial
recordings for Savoy. |
http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480924 |
|
September
26 |
Charlie
Parker Miles Davis Dizzy
Gillespie Orchestra Pershing
Ballroom, Chicago, IL. Private
lacquer (acetate) recordings exist |
“Chicago
Band Briefs,” Down Beat, October 20, 4: Gillespie, Parker, and Mercer
Ellington at Pershing Ballroom on September 26. J. Segal, “Bird in Chicago,” Down Beat, March 11, 1965,
19: Memories and photo by Segal. He does not mention Miles Davis. http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480926a http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=480926b Davis’
presence in Chicago at this time has been doubted because it has been
believed that Davis was engaged at the Roost until the end of September 1948.
However, recent research points in another direction: “Night
Life,” Brooklyn Eagle, September
21, 1948, 5: Anita O’Day into the Roost on Thursday September 23, Basie
remains. A.
O’Day and G. Eells, High Times Hard
Times (1982), 150–5: O’Day tells that she opened at the Roost opposite
Basie and Dameron. In
the September 18 WMCA broadcast from the Roost Symphony Sid announces O’Day,
and Dameron for the next week, even if the surviving broadcasts from
September 25 do not have Tadd Dameron, but instead the Miles Davis Quintet
and Kenny Hagood. Davis may have stopped already on September 25 (in the
morning) and gone to Chicago in company with Parker for the September 26
engagement. Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia
(2007), 44: Shows November 15 receipt of $300 (Al Benson) for Chicago
date. Jesse
Tarrant in D. Gillespie and A. Fraser,
To Be, or Not… to Bop (1979), 344–45: Tarrant tells of two Chicago gigs:
one with Parker and the Gillespie Orchestra and another with Parker/Miles
Davis and the Gillespie orchestra. He states that he joined Gillespie after
the European tour in 1948 and names Teddy Stewart, Ernie Henry, and James
Moody at the first occasion. This gives a date between March late and
November 1948, because Moody left Gillespie in November, and Davis left
Parker in December. Ad in Chicago Defender,
May 16, 1948, 26: The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra at the New
Savoy, Chicago, on May 16. Gillespie may have been in Chicago on other dates
in May. I have not found other Gillespie appearances in Chicago in 1948. All
this may point to a Parker/Gillespie appearance in Chicago in May, and a Parker/Davis/Gillespie
appearance in Chicago in late September.
If so the pianist in the Parker quintet cannot be Duke Jordan. He was
out of the band by then. |
|
September
late? |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Ciro’s,
Philadelphia; PA. |
K.
Vail, Bird’s Diary, 1996, 41: (no
source is given). Ads
for Ciro’s in Philadelphia Inquirer do not show Parker in September or
October. |
|
October
9 |
JATP All
Stars Including Tommy Turk (tb); Charlie Parker (as);
Flip Philips (ts); Dave Tough (d). Show Boat, Milwaukee, WI. October 9-? |
“Jazz
at the Phil,” Chicago World, October 2, 1948. |
|
October
early |
Charlie
Parker Release of Savoy 934. 10” 78 rpm. recording. Recorded August 14, 1947. Miles Davis All Stars Savoy 934-A Milestones Savoy 934-B Sippin’ at
Bell’s |
“The New Records,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
October 13, 1948, 4F: positive mention. “Diggin’ the Discs with Tom: Combo Jazz,” Down
Beat, December 29, 1948, 12: Both sides: three notes (tasty). |
|
October
mid |
JATP Release of Jazz at the
Philharmonic vol. 6 Mercury MG 6. 3 10” 78 rpm. records album. Reissue of Clef 100 by a new record company. Charlie Parker only appears on JATP Blues. Recorded April 22. 1946. Jazz at the Philharmonic Mercury 11003 A JATP Blues
Part 1 Mercury 11003 B Slow Drag
Part 2 Mercury 11004 A JATP Blues
Part 2 Mercury 11004 B Slow Drag
Part 1 Mercury 11005 A JATP Blues
Part 3 Mercury 11005 B JATP Blues
Part 4 |
Mercury ad
in Billboard, October 16, 1948, 42: The 3 records album is listed here. “Album Reviews,” Billboard, November 27,
1948, 41: Review of the 3 records
album: Rating 70. |
|
October
19 |
Jam session Three
Deuces, NYC. Parker is featured guest at Leonard Feather’s
Tuesday jam session at the Three Deuces. |
“Music–As
Written,” Billboard, October 23,
1948, 41. Ads
from newspapers in Leonard Feather’s 1947–49 diary. Leonard Feather
Collection at University of Idaho. https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/collection/lfc/ |
|
October
late |
Charlie Parker Release of Savoy 936. 10” 78 rpm. record. Recorded September 18, 1948. Charlie Parker All Stars Savoy 936-A Barbados Savoy 936-B Parker’s
Mood |
“New Popular Records,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
October 27, 1948, 4D: positive mention. “Most Played
Juke Box Race Records,” Billboard, December 18, 1948, 34: Barbados no.
10. It was out the following week. “Diggin’ the Discs with Tom: Combo Jazz,” Down
Beat, December 29, 1948, 12: Barbados: 2 notes (tepid);
Parker's Mood: 3 notes (tasty). “Record Reviews,” Metronome, January 1949, 47:
Barbados B- (fairly good); Parker’s Mood: C+ (fair). |
|
November
6 |
JATP (7th
National Tour) Tour Group Howard
McGhee (tp); Tommy Turk (tb); Sonny Criss, Charlie Parker (as); Coleman
Hawkins, Flip Philips (ts); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); J. C. Heard (d);
Kenny Hagood (voc). November
6–December 4, 1948. November 6: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. November
7: Symphony Hall, Boston, MA. November 13: Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI. November 14: Kiel Auditorium Opera House, St. Louis,
MO. November 15: Auditorium, South High School, Salt Lake
City, UT. November 16: Moore Theater, Seattle, WA. November 17: Park Auditorium, Vancouver, Canada November 19: Portland Auditorium, Portland, OR. November 20: Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, CA. November 21: Ross Auditorium, San Diego, CA. November 22: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA. November 23: Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA. November 24: Opera House,
San Francisco, CA. November
25: Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO. November 26: Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL. November 27: Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh. PA. December 4: Mosque Theater, New Ark, NJ. |
Booklet
to Complete Jazz at The Philharmonic on
Verve. P. Pullman ed., (1998), 184–85. Ad in Newark Ledger, December 4, 1948,
13: The concert planned for December
11 took in fact place on December 4. See
also further documentation on the dates. Statement of Charlie Parker account from the Gale
Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia
(2007), 44: Shows November 15 receipts of $220 and $1477 for Granz dates. |
|
November
6 |
JATP
Concert Carnegie
Hall, New York, NY. 11:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Daily News, October 31, sec. 2,
5. |
|
November
7 |
JATP Concert Symphony Hall, Boston, MA. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in Boston Globe, November 7, 1948, 7A. “Norman Granz Gives Another 'Jazz at the
Philharmonic' Concert,” Boston Globe, November 8, 1948, 6: Review. |
|
November
13 |
JATP
Concert Masonic
Temple, Detroit, MI. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in Detroit Free Press, November 1, 1948,
17. |
|
November
14, |
JATP
Concert Kiel Auditorium Opera House, St. Louis, MO. 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in St. Louis Star and Times, November 11,
1948. “Jazz at Philharmonic Concert Best to Date,” St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, November 15, 1948, 31: very positive review. “Norman Granz’ Jazz Piece Well Received by Audience
of 3000,” St. Louis Post and Times, November 15, 4: Review. |
|
November
15 |
JATP
Concert Auditorium,
South High School, Salt Lake City, UT. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Salt Lake Tribune, November 15,
1948, 15. “Jazz
Concert ‘Sends’ Young Enthusiasts,” Salt
Lake Tribune, November 16, 1948, 12: Review of concert without naming
musicians. “Pseudo-Cats
Louse up JATP Concert,” Daily Utah Chronicle, November 19, 1948, 2:
Review unfavorable for Charlie Parker. “Salt Lake City Jockey Gives JATP
Assist,” Down Beat, December
15, 1948, 15: Parker is not mentioned in the review but is shown on photo
from the concert. |
|
November
16 |
JATP
Concert Moore
Theater, Seattle, WA. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Seattle Daily Times, November
14, 1948, 15. “Bop, Dixie Jazz, ‘Names’ Boosting Seattle Music
Biz,” Down Beat, December 15, 1948, 17: short positive review. |
|
November
17 |
JATP
Concert Park Auditorium, Vancouver, Canada. 8:30 p.m. Parker
did not appear here. |
Ad in Vancouver Sun,
November 17, 1948. “Fans Sore; Bird Fails to Show Up,” Down Beat, December 1, 1948, 6. “Hot Jazzers Warm Up Cold Parke Auditorium,” Province,
November 18, 1948, 14: Review. |
|
November
19 |
JATP
Concert Public
Auditorium, Portland, OR. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Oregonian (Portland, OR.),
November 14, 1948, sec. 3, 15. |
|
November
20 |
Charlie
Parker Charlie
Parker and Doris Sydnor, who accompanied Parker on the tour, drive to ‘Tia
Juana and get married. |
Doris
Parker in R. Reisner, Bird – The Legend
of Charlie Parker (1962) 170. |
|
November
20 |
JATP
Concert Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, CA. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in California Eagle, November 18,
1948, 15. |
|
November
21 |
JATP
Concert Ross
Auditorium, San Diego, CA. |
Ad
in San Diego Union, November 14,
1948, 2d. |
|
November
22 |
JATP Concert Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA. November 22, 1948. 8:30 p.m. Parts of the concert were
used on an AFRS Just Jazz transcription. |
Ad in California Eagle, November 18,
1948, 15. “Musically Speaking,” Pasadena Independent,
November 26, 19448, 17: Reviews, unfavorable towards Parker. "Bird a Floperoo;
Hawk Still Tops," Down Beat, December 15, 1948, 7: Parker was
late and unsatisfying. http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=481122 J. Haddix, Bird —The
Life and Music of Charlie Parker (2013), 119-20, 175 n. 31—32: Norman
Granz tells that Parker disappeared and that Teddy Edwards was sent out to
find him. Parker only managed to participate in three quartet numbers at the
end of the concert. |
|
November
23 |
JATP
Concert Oakland
Auditorium, Oakland, CA. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad in Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1948, 8C
A. “From Brahms to Be-Bop; Such is Life,” Oakland Tribune, November 24, 1948, 12 D: Review, positive for
Parker. “Bay Arena Turns Away 800 at JATP Concerts,” Down Beat, December
15, 1948, 15: Positive Review. |
|
November
24 |
JATP
Concert Opera
House, San Francisco, CA. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad in Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1948, 8C
A. “Bay Arena Turns Away 800 at JATP Concerts,” Down Beat, December
15, 1948, 15: Positive Review. |
|
November
25 |
Concert and
Dance JATP Flip
Philips, Coleman Hawkins, Al Haig, J. C. Heard, and others. Ivory Joe
Hunter Municipal
Auditorium, Kansas City, MO. 9–1
a.m. Francis
M. Spencer presents for Thanksgiving. |
Ad in Kansas City Star, November 25, 1948,
14: Charlie Parker is not mentioned in the ad. |
|
November
26 |
JATP
Concert Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL. 8:30
p.m. |
Ad
in Chicago Defender, November 20, 1948,
31. |
|
November
27 |
JATP Concert Howard McGhee (tp); Tommy Turk (tb); Charlie Parker,
Sonny Criss (as); Coleman Hawkins, Flip Philips (ts); Al Haig (p); Tommy
Potter (b); J. C. Heard (d);
Kenny Hagood (voc). Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA 8:30 p.m. |
Ad in Pittsburgh Courier, November 7, 1948,
62. “Ringing Applause Greets Stars of Jazz in Mosque,” Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, November 29, 1948, 17: Review. |
|
November
28 |
JATP
Concert Music
Hall, Cleveland, OH. |
Ad
in Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH.).
November 24, 1948, 10. |
|
November
late? |
Charlie
Parker Chicago,
IL. |
Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated 25, 1949. A scan is shown in K. Vail (ed.),
Charlie Parker & Jazz Club
Memorabilia (2007), 44: Shows November
15 receipt of $500 for Chicago date (Al Benson). |
|
December
|
Charlie Parker Quintet Release of Dial 1024. 10” 78 rpm. record. Recorded October 28, 1947. Charlie Parker Quintet Dial 1024-A Bongo Bop Dial 1024-B Embraceable
You |
“New Popular Records,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
December 8, 1948, 4D: mention with reservations. “Diggin’ the Discs with Tom: Combo Jazz,” Down Beat, January 28, 1949, 14: Bogo
Bop: 2 notes (Tepid); Embraceable You: 3 notes (tasty). “Record Reviews,” Metronome, February 1949.,
39: Bongo Bop: B- (fairly good); Embraceable You: C+ (very
good). |
|
December |
JATP Release of Norman
Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic vol.
6 Mercury MG vol. 6. 10" 33 rpm. LP. Charlie Parker only appears on 15007 A. Reissue of Clef 100 by a new record company and in a
new format. Recorded April 22, 1946. jazz at the Philharmonic Mercury 15007 A JATP Blues Mercury 15007 B Slow Drag |
“Disc Favorites,” Indianapolis Star, December
10, 1948, 39: lists this Mercury LP. |
|
December
4 |
JATP Concert Howard McGhee (tp); Tommy Turk (tb); Charlie Parker,
Sonny Criss (as); Coleman Hawkins, Flip Philips (ts); Al Haig (p); Tommy
Potter (b); J. C. Heard (d);
Kenny Hagood (voc). Mosque Theater, Newark, NJ. 11:30 pm. |
Ad in Daily News, December 2, 1948, 89: The bassist is not specified. Kenny Hagood
is not mentioned. |
|
December
9 |
Charlie
Parker Quintet Miles Davis, (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Al Haig (p); Tommy
Potter (b); Max Roach (d). Kenny Dorham replaced Miles Davis on December 24. Charlie
Ventura Band Norman Faye (tp), Bennie Green, (tb) Ben Ventura (as &
bars), Charlie Ventura (ts & bars), Roy Kral (p), Ken O'Brien (b), Ed
Shaughnessy (dr), Jackie Cain (voc). Billy
Eckstine
(voc). Royal
Roost, NYC. December
9–January 6. December
11: WMCA
broadcast. 3–4 a.m. Symphony Sid (mc). Charlie
Ventura Band, Charlie Parker Quintet. December
12: Broadcast
WNEW. 2:30–3·30 p.m. Art Ford (mc): Charlie
Ventura Band, Charlie Parker Quintet, and Billy Eckstine. Recordings
exist. December
18: WMCA
broadcast. 3–4 a.m. Symphony Sid (mc). Charlie
Ventura Band, Charlie Parker Quintet. Recordings
exist. December
25: WMCA
broadcast. 3–4 a.m. Symphony Sid (mc). Charlie
Ventura Band, Charlie Parker Quintet, and Billy Eckstine. Recordings
exist. |
“Goings on About Town: Royal Roost,” New Yorker, 4 December 1948: 8: Opening December 9: Billy
Eckstine, Charlie Parker, Charlie Ventura. K. Vail, Miles’ Diary
(1996), 19: Davis leaves the band on December 23. Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia (2007), 44: Shows December 15, 22, and
29 receipts of $200, $261, and $425 for Royal Roost engagement. Statement
of Charlie Parker account from the Gale Agency dated April 25, 1949. A scan
is shown in K. Vail (ed.), Charlie
Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia
(2007), 44: Shows December 30 receipt of $100 (Leonard Feather)
probably for the WNEW performance. Boris
Rose’s Birdland Book. http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=481211 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=481212 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=481218 http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=481225 |
|
December
mid |
Charlie Parker Release of Savoy 915, 916, 918, 925, and 928. 10” 78 rpm. records. Charlie Parker does not appear on 916-A. Recorded September 15, 1944. Charlie Parker Alto Sax Reissue of Savoy 541 with a new label and series
number Savoy 915 A Red Cross Savoy 915 B Tiny’s Tempo Recorded November 26, 1945 Don Byas Quintette Reissue of Savoy 597 with a new label and series
number Savoy 916 A How High the
Moon Charlie Parker’s Ri [sic]Bop Boys Savoy 916 B Ko Ko Recorded November 26, 1945. Charlie Parker Reissue of Savoy 573 with new label and series
number. Savoy 918 A Billie’s
Bounce Savoy 918 B Now's the
Time Recorded September 15, 1944. Tiny Grimes Quintette Savoy 925 A Reissue of Savoy 567 with a new label and series
number. Romance
Without Finance Savoy 925 B I’ll Always
Love You Just the Same Recorded May 7, 1947. Charley Parker Reissue of Savoy 652 with a new label and series
number. Savoy 928 A Buzzy Savoy 928 B Donna Lee |
"Advance Record Releases: Hot Jazz," Billboard,
December 18, 1948, 110. |
|
December
20 |
Charlie
Parker (as), Flip
Philips (ts), acc.
by Machito and
His Orchestra Mario Bauza, Frank Davilla, Bob Woodlen (tp); Gene
Johnson, Fred Skerritt (as); Jose Madera (ts); Leslie Johnakins (bars); Rene
Hernandez (p); Roberto Rodriguez (b); Jose Manguel (bgo); Luis Miranda (cng);
Umbaldo Nieto (timbales); Frank "Machito" Grillo (maracas). Unidentified
studio, New York, NY. Commercial
recording for Mercury. |
http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=481220 In his WMCA broadcast from the Roost on January 1, 1949, Symphony Sid and
Parker make comments on Mango Mangue. In his WMCA broadcast from the Roost on January 15,
1949, Symphony Sid is giving away copies of No Noise. |
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December
25 |
An
Evening of Bebop Dizzy
Gillespie and His Orchestra Including: Ernie Henry (as); Budd Johnson (ts); Cecil Payne
(bars); Joe Harris (dr); Sabu Martinez (bgo); Johnny Hartman (voc). Joe
Carroll Billy
Eckstine Illinois
Jacquet Ella
Fitzgerald Sarah
Vaughan Charlie
Ventura Band Charlie
Parker Quintet Presentation of other poll winners (including Kai Winding; Milt
Jackson; Tad Dameron; Billy Bauer; Max Roach; Serge Chaloff; Chubby Jackson). Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. 8:30 p.m. Symphony Sid Torin, Monte Kay, Leonard Feather (prod). |
“Jazz Poll Winner to Shine at Xmas Concert,” New York Age December 18, 1948, 14:
the concert present winners of the first disc jockey poll of modern jazz. "Goings on About Town: Music," New Yorker, December 18, 1948, 14. “Djs. Diz’ Humor (?), Plus Other Mess
Mar Concert,” Down
Beat, January 14, 1949, 3: Review: very positive mention of the
Parker quintet. D. Gillespie and A. Fraser, To
Be or Not... to Bop (1979), 313. J. Chambers, Milestones
vol. 1 (1983), 121. |
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December
29 |
Down
Beat 1948 Band Poll Combo-Instrumental 18. Charlie Parker Favorite
soloist 6. Charlie Parker Alto sax 1. Johnny Hodges 2. Charlie Parker 3. Willie Smith |
“Stan Cops 2nd, Hampton 3rd as
Vote Sets Record,” Down Beat,
December 29, 1948, 1, 12. |