“Charlie Parker Interview”
with Paul Desmond
WJZ broadcast from Birdland – Apr. 7, 1951
“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 – March 31, 1951
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Bud Powell – Piano
Tommy Potter – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums
”Ornithology”
Birdland 1951
Charlie Parker – Alto Sax
Fats Navarro – Trumpet
Bud Powell – Piano
Curly Russell – Bass
Roy Haynes – Drums
“Laura”
Charlie Parker with Strings
Live at Birdland – 1951
“Charlie Parker Interview”
Paul Desmond Interviews Charlie Parker
“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)
“Count Basie Orchestra”
Live at Birdland – June 27, 1961
Count Basie – Piano
Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Snooky Young – Trumpets
Quentin Jackson, Henry Coker, Benny Powell – Trombones
Marshal Royal — Alto Sax / Clarinet
Frank Wess – Alto Sax / Tenor Sax / Flute
Frank Foster, Budd Johnson – Tenor Sax
Charlie Fowlkes – Baritone Sax
Freddie Green – Guitar
Eddie Jones – Bass
Sonny Payne – Drums
Jon Hendricks – Vocal
0:00:02 L̲i̲t̲t̲l̲e̲ ̲P̲o̲n̲y̲
0:04:49 ̲B̲a̲s̲i̲e̲
0:05:27 ̲B̲l̲u̲e̲s̲ ̲B̲a̲c̲k̲s̲t̲a̲g̲e̲
0:10:46 ̲B̲l̲e̲e̲ ̲B̲l̲o̲p̲ ̲B̲l̲u̲e̲s̲
0:13:03 ̲W̲h̲i̲r̲l̲y̲-̲B̲i̲r̲d̲ ̲(̲V̲o̲c̲a̲l̲ ̲V̲e̲r̲s̲i̲o̲n̲)̲
0:16:52 ̲O̲n̲e̲ ̲O̲’̲C̲l̲o̲c̲k̲ ̲J̲u̲m̲p̲ ̲(̲T̲h̲e̲m̲e̲)̲
0:17:42 ̲G̲o̲o̲d̲ ̲T̲i̲m̲e̲ ̲B̲l̲u̲e̲s̲
0:24:17 ̲S̲e̲g̲u̲e̲ ̲I̲n̲ ̲C̲
0:33:56 ̲O̲n̲e̲ ̲O̲’̲C̲l̲o̲c̲k̲ ̲J̲u̲m̲p̲
0:38:40 ̲E̲a̲s̲i̲n̲’̲ ̲I̲t̲
0:44:16 ̲A̲ ̲L̲i̲t̲t̲l̲e̲ ̲T̲e̲m̲p̲o̲,̲ ̲P̲l̲e̲a̲s̲e̲
0:47:23 ̲C̲o̲r̲n̲e̲r̲ ̲P̲o̲c̲k̲e̲t̲
0:52:31 ̲I̲ ̲N̲e̲e̲d̲ ̲T̲o̲ ̲B̲e̲ ̲B̲e̲e̲’̲d̲ ̲W̲i̲t̲h̲
0:56:05 ̲D̲i̲s̲c̲o̲m̲m̲o̲t̲i̲o̲n̲
1:07:54 ̲S̲e̲g̲u̲e̲ ̲I̲n̲ ̲C̲ ̲(̲A̲l̲t̲e̲r̲n̲a̲t̲e̲ ̲T̲a̲k̲e̲)̲
1:08:29 ̲W̲h̲i̲r̲l̲y̲-̲B̲i̲r̲d̲
1:09:20 ̲O̲n̲e̲ ̲O̲’̲C̲l̲o̲c̲k̲ ̲J̲u̲m̲p̲ ̲(̲T̲h̲e̲m̲e̲)̲
“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
“It Could Happen To You”
(Don Elliot(vibes), Connie Kay(Drums)
“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 & Date 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
”The Blue Room
(Same Personnel & Date As Above)
“Afro Blue”
Live at Birdland – Oct. 8, 1963
John Coltrane – Soprano Sax
McCoy Tyner – Piano
Jimmy Garrison – Bass
Elvin Jones – Drums