Session details: Onyx Club (July 6, 1948)

Miles Ahead session details

July 6, 1948 (23 items; TT = 55:15)

Onyx Club, New York NY

Audience recording (C)

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Miles Davis (tpt); Charlie Parker (as); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d)

1	52nd Street Theme (7/26) (T. Monk)	1:31
2	52nd Street Theme (6/1) (T. Monk)	1:09
3	Out of Nowhere (6/2) (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	5:41
4	My Old Flame (6/3) (A. Johnston-S. Coslow)	2:21
5	Chasin' the Bird (6/4) (C. Parker)	1:39
6	The Way You Look Tonight (6/5) (J. Kern-D. Fields)	6:18
7	This Time the Dream's on Me (6/6) (H. Arlen-J. Mercer)	4:35
	"Country Gardens" tag
8	Shaw 'Nuff (6/7) (D. Gillespie-C. Parker)	3:47
9	52nd Street Theme (6/8) (T. Monk)	0:02
10	Announcement (6/8)	0:19
	Parker: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the next thirty minutes you'll be entertained by the inimitable Adrian Jordan, piano. Bring him out with a round of applause, a hand for Adrian... A hand for Adrian Jordan..."
11	52nd Street Theme (7/32) (T. Monk)	1:15
	At the end someone (Benedetti?) says "We got 'em!"
12	Cheryl (6/9) (C. Parker)	0:23
	Sounds like a breakdown or rehearsal
13	Ornithology (6/10) (C. Parker-B. Harris)	1:56
14	These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (6/11) (H. Marvell-J. Strachey-H. Link)	1:29
15	Groovin' High (6/12) (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli)	2:14
16	Little Willie Leaps (6/13) (M. Davis)	2:05
17	Night and Day (7/24) (C. Porter)	2:59
18	This Time the Dream's on Me (6/15) (H. Arlen-J. Mercer)	4:42
19	52nd Street Theme (6/14) (T. Monk)	2:23
20	The Way You Look Tonight (6/16) (J. Kern-D. Fields)	4:10
	Parker quotes "Woody Woodpecker."
21	Out of Nowhere (6/17) (E. Heyman-J.W. Green)	2:26
22	My Old Flame (6/18) (A. Johnston-S. Coslow)	0:31
23	Big Foot (6/19) (C. Parker)	1:20
	Parker voiceover with closing theme


1 52nd Street Theme (7/26) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
2 52nd Street Theme (6/1) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
3 Out of Nowhere (6/2) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
4 My Old Flame (6/3) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
5 Chasin' the Bird (6/4) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
6 The Way You Look Tonight (6/5) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
7 This Time the Dream's on Me (6/6) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
8 Shaw 'Nuff (6/7) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
9 52nd Street Theme (6/8) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
10 Announcement (6/8) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
11 52nd Street Theme (7/32) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
12 Cheryl (6/9) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
13 Ornithology (6/10) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129, Philology Volume 58 (W 889)
14 These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (6/11) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
15 Groovin' High (6/12) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
16 Little Willie Leaps (6/13) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
17 Night and Day (7/24) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
18 This Time the Dream's on Me (6/15) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
19 52nd Street Theme (6/14) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
20 The Way You Look Tonight (6/16) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
21 Out of Nowhere (6/17) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
22 My Old Flame (6/18) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129
23 Big Foot (6/19) 12" LP: Mosaic MR10-129 CD: Mosaic MD7-129

The items were recorded by Dean Benedetti.

The Parker Quintet was booked at the Onyx Club for six nights, July 6-11 (Tuesday-Sunday). The Benedetti material issued by Mosaic includes parts of at least four of these nights (July 6, 7, 10, and 11), plus a bit of an afternoon rehearsal (July 10).

While they're certainly important, these recordings are disappointing, especially compared to those made earlier at the Three Deuces. The fidelity is quite poor throughout, and the items are all edited one way or another.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the place of the item in the Mosaic box. "(4/1)" means that this item is on disc 4, track 1.