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“Embraceable You”
Live at Birdland – June 30, 1950
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Fats Navarro – Trumpet
Walter Bishop – Piano
Tommy Potter – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums
Jimmy Scott – Vocal

 

“How High The Moon”
Live at Birdland – Nov. 1, 1952
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Milt Jackson – Vibes
John Lewis – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Kenny Clarke – Drums

 

” ‘Round Midnight”
Live at Birdland – May 1950
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Bud Powell – Piano
Curly Russell – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums

 

”Ornithology”
Live at Birdland – March 31,1951
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Dizzy Gillespie – Trumpet
Bud Powell – Piano
Tommy Potter – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums

 

“Laura”
Charlie Parker with Strings
Live at Birdland – April 7, 1951

 

“Now’s The Time
A Night At Birdland – Art Blakey Quintet
Feb. 21, 1954
Art Blakey – Drums
Lou Donaldson – Alto saxophone
Clifford Brown – Trumpet
Horace Silver – Piano
Curly Russell – Bass

 

“Split Kick”
(Same Personnel As Above)

 

“You Said It – Maynard Ferguson Birdland Dream Band”
Live at Birdland (1956)

 

“Straight Up – Maynard Ferguson Birdland Dream Band”
Live at Birdland (1956)

 

”Basie at Birdland”
Recorded live on June 27 & 28, 1961 at Birdland

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Marshal Royal
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Frank Wess
Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes
Bass – Eddie Jones
Drums – Sonny Payne
Guitar – Freddie Green
Piano – Count Basie
Producer – Teddy Reig
Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson, Frank Foster
Trombone – Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson
Trumpet – Lennie Johnson, Snooky Young, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones

 

“Count Basie Orchestra live at Birdland”
July 22, 1956 (with host Steve Allen)

 

“How High The Moon”
Live at Birdland – May 19, 1951
Lester Young – Tenor Sax
Jesse Drakes – Trumpet
John Lewis – Piano
Gene Ramey – Bass
Jo Jones – Drums

 

“Polka Dots and Moonbeams”
Live at Birdland – Aug. 7, 1956
Lester Young – Tenor Sax
Bill Triglia – Piano
Gene Ramey – Bass
Gus Johnson – Drums

 

”Move”
Live at Birdland 1951
Miles Davis – Trumpet
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Sax
J.J. Johnson – Trombone
Kenny Drew – Piano
Tommy Potter – Bass
Art Blakey – Drums

 

”Half Nelson”
Live at Birdland 1951
(same personnel as above>

 

“Don’t Blame Me”
Live at Birdland – 1949
Lennie Tristano – Piano

 

“Rifftide (Lady Be Good)”
Live at Birdland – Sept. 6, 1952
Coleman Hawkins – Tenor Sax
Howard McGee – Trumpet
Horace Silver – Piano
Curly Russell – Bass
Connie Kay – Drums

 

“I Can’t Get Started”
(same personnel as above)

 

“Stuffy”
Live at Birdland – Sept. 13, 1952
Coleman Hawkins – Tenor Sax
Roy Eldridge – Trumpet
Horace Silver – Piano
Curly Russell – Bass
Art Blakey – Drums

 

“Afro Blue”
Live at Birdland – Oct. 8, 1963
John Coltrane – Soprano Sax
McCoy Tyner – Piano
Jimmy Garrison – Bass
Elvin Jones – Drums

 

“Alabama”
Live at Birdland – Oct. 8, 1963
(Same personnel as above>