The Complete Birth of the Bebop

~ Release by Charlie Parker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

This contains many of the very first Parker recordings, and a welth of previously unreleased material.
Quite indispensable for real Parker's fans.
This has been repressed/ripped as The Charlie Parker Story (disc 2).
The famous track 1 has been published also on Philology's Bird's Eyes, Volume 1-4, and recently by Media 7 in Volume 1 & 2: Young Bird, 1940-1944 (disc 1), in an unedited form. This is the very first recorded bit we have from Parker.
Possibly some of these material (re?)-issued by Soundhills.
Recording Date:
#1: possibly 1940/05/11 (or 1940/11)
#2-5: 1942/09 (possibly 1941)
#6: 1943/02/15
#7-10: 1943/02/28
#11: 1943
#12-13: 1943/02
#14-15: 1943/02 (15th?)
#16: 1945/05/30
#17: 1946/02/03
#18-20: 1945/12/29
Recording Location:
#1: probably Kansas City, KS, USA
#2-5: Vic Damon Studio, Kansas City, KS, USA
#6-15: Room 305 of Savoy Hotel, Chicago, IL, USA
#16: "Lincoln Square", NY, USA
#17: Southern California, USA
#18-20: AFRS Jubilee, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA
Recording Type:
#1: Personal acetate, recorded by Clarence Davis.
#2-5: Personal acetates
#6-10: Acetate by Bob Redcross
#11-13: Personal acetates
#14-17: Acetate by Bob Redcross
#18-20: Recording for American Forces Radio Services (AFRS) programme, Jubilee 162, 163, & 165.
TODO:
#2-5: Kansas City Band
Efferge Ware (g) Little Phil Phillips (d)
#6: Billy Eckstine's Jam Session
Oscar Pettiford (b) Shadow Wilson (d)
#7-10: Billy Eckstine's Jam Session
Billy Eckstine (tp -1/3) unknown (sax -1,2) Hurley Ramey (g) Bob Redcross (brush -1/3)
Possibly Shorty McConnell (tp 2)
aka Shoe Woogie
#11: Charlie Parker - Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott (p)
#12-13: Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet
Benny Goodman (cl, comp, ldr) a.o. Teddy Wilson piano, Lionel Hampton vibraphone omit China Boy, Gene Krupa drums. trumpet, Oscar Pettiford bass.
#14-15:Charlie Parker
pettiford?? (b)
#16:Charlie Parker Sextet
Don Byas (ts) Al Haig (p) Curly Russell (b) Stan Levey (d)
#17: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
unknown (p) Red Callender (b) Doc West (d)
#18-20: Dizzy Gillespie and his Bebop Six
Milt Jackson (vib) Al Haig (p) Ray Brown (b) Stan Levey (d) Ernie 'Bubbles' Whitman (ann)
An extra track exists from this session, A Night in Tunisia

Annotation last modified on 2016-10-25 20:22 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
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1Variations on "Honeysuckle Rose" & "Body and Soul" (No. 1)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1940)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (in 1940)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (in 1940)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
3:03
2Cherokee
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1942-09)
recording of:
Cherokee (in 1942-09)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:09
3My Heart Tells Me
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1942-09)
instrumental recording of:
My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart) (in 1942-09)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
3:17
4I've Found a New Baby
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1942-09)
instrumental recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby (in 1942-09)
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:39
5Body and Soul (No. 2)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1942-09)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (in 1942-09)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:40
6Sweet Georgia Brown (No. 1)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1943-02-15)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1943-02-15)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1943-02-15)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
7:40
7Three Guesses (Variations on "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin, No. 1)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1943-02-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1943-02-28)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
4:12
8Boogie Woogie
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1943-02-28)
3:36
9Yardin' With Yard (a.k.a. Shoe Shine Swing) (Incomplete)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1943-02-28)
recording of:
Yardbird Suite (lyrics by Bob Dorough: "I sing this song hoping you'll all find out...") (on 1943-02-28)
lyricist:
Bob Dorough (in 1955)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
is based on:
Yardbird Suite (instrumental version)
4:11
10Body and Soul (No. 3)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1943-02-28)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1943-02-28)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
1:52
11Embraceable You
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1943)
instrumental recording of:
Embraceable You (in 1943)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
2:39
12China Boy
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1943-02)
instrumental recording of:
China Boy (in 1943-02)
composer:
Phil Boutelje (in 1922) and Richard A. Winfree (in 1922)
2:31
13Avalon
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1943-02)
instrumental recording of:
Avalon (in 1943-02)
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
2:40
14(Back Home Again in) Indiana (Incomplete)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1943)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1943)
partial instrumental recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (in 1943)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
1:31
15Unidentified Fragment (Possibly Chord Sequence to "Oh! Lady Be Good")
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1943-02)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1943-02)
instrumental recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good! (in 1943-02)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
1:17
16Sweet Georgia Brown (No. 2)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1943-02)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1943-02)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (in 1943-02)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
3:58
17Lover, Come Back to Me (Incomplete)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1946-02-03)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1946-02-03)
instrumental recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon) (on 1946-02-03)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
3:31
18Shaw 'Nuff / [Applause] / [Announcement]
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-12-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-12-29)
recording of:
Shaw 'Nuff (on 1945-12-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
4:52
19Groovin' High / [Applause] / [Announcement by Whitman and Gillespie]
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-12-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-12-29)
recording of:
Groovin' High (on 1945-12-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
5:57
20Dizzy Atmosphere / [Applause]
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-12-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-12-29)
recording of:
Dizzy Atmosphere (on 1945-12-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
4:42