Charlie Parker session details

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May 22, 1953 (4 items; TT = 9:41)

Birdland, New York NY

WABC-AM radio broadcast (B-)

Show chatter

Charlie Parker (as); Earl "Bud" Powell (p); Charles Mingus (b); Arthur Taylor (d)

1	Introduction (Bob Garrity, Parker)	0:10
	CP: "...we thank you, Bob." BG: "Uh, there's a little 'Cool Blues' to put in here -- how does that sound to you? Is that OK? Charlie Parker, the Bud Powell Trio, and 'Cool Blues'..."
2	Cool Blues (C. Parker)	4:11
3	All the Things You Are [Bird of Paradise] (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein)	4:35
4	Lullaby of Birdland (G. Shearing-G. Weiss)	0:45
	"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and Charlie Parker, for 'Bird of Paradise', that last one, concluding the, uh, well, the middle portion of our show here on WABC, 770 New York. For the past thirty minutes we've been listening to the Bud Powell Trio, and we've been listening to Charlie Parker, the Bird, on alto, and some very fine sounds. Barry Schulte will have Dizzy Gillespie for you, but, uh, before we do that we have something else in the way of music, so hold on. And again..."

These items are on a tape in the Chan Parker collection, but they are not in general circulation.