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Charlie Parker session details

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April 22, 1946 (3 items; TT = 26:04)
Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles CA
Commercial for Mercury

Charlie Parker (as); Buck Clayton (tpt); Willie Smith (as); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Lester Young (ts); Ken Kersey (p); Irving Ashby (g); Billy Hadnott (b); Buddy Rich (d); Norman Granz (ann)

1 I Got Rhythm (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 12:53
2 Introduction (Norman Granz) 2:16
3 JATP Blues (N. Shrdlu) 10:55


1 I Got Rhythm
78 rpm: Mercury 11084/85/86
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 1), Philology Volume 68 (W 899), Definitive Records DRCD 11146, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1333

2 Introduction (Norman Granz)
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 1), Philology Volume 68 (W 899), Definitive Records DRCD 11146, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1333

3 JATP Blues
78 rpm: Clef 101, 102; Mercury 11003/04/05
12" LP: Verve (J) 00MJ 3268/77
CD: Verve 837141 (Disc 1), Philology Volume 68 (W 899), Definitive Records DRCD 11146, Frémeaux & Associés FA 1333


Parker takes the short first solo on "JATP Blues."

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