Charlie Parker - Bird In LA 4xLP

Charlie Parker - Bird In LA Previously unreleased historic recordings from Charlie Parker's legendary and highly eventful visits to Los Angeles. LP 1 Side A December 17, 1945 1. Intro over I Waited for You into How High the Moon (incomplete)...................................... 4:11 2. Intro dialogue with Gibson into Handsome Harry the Hipster (incomplete) (no Parker).... 4:15 3. Cement Mixer (fragment) into Intro into Blues (fragment).................................................. 1:20 4. Dizzy Atmosphere (fragment) (no Parker improvisation)..................................................... 1:04 5. Fifty-Second Street Theme into closing announcement....................................................... 1:53 Possibly December 10, 17, or 29, 1945 AFRS “Jubilee,” NBC Studios, Hollywood, California Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker 6. Groovin’ High into announcement........................................................................................ 5:47 Side B 1. Intro dialogue with Gillespie into Shaw ‘Nuff into announcement...................................... 4:51 2. Intro dialogue with Gillespie into Dizzy Atmosphere into announcement........................... 4:36 3. Intro dialogue with Gillespie into A Night in Tunisia into announcement............................ 4:59 4. Intro dialogue between Vallee and Gibson into Salt Peanuts............................................... 3:40 LP 2 Side A 1. Billie’s Bounce........................................................................................................................ 3:45 2. Ornithology ........................................................................................................................... 5:04 3. All the Things You Are............................................................................................................ 5:13 4. Blue ‘n’ Boogie....................................................................................................................... 5:15 Side B 1. Anthropology into announcement........................................................................................ 2:51 Probably March or April 1946 AFRS “Jubilee,” NBC Studios, Hollywood, California 2. Intro discussion into Cherokee into announcement............................................................. 4:22 November 22, 1948 Jazz At the Philharmonic, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California 3. Ornithology............................................................................................................................ 4:11 4. Dizzy Atmosphere.................................................................................................................. 5:39 5. Out of Nowhere..................................................................................................................... 3:35 LP 3 Side A July 14, 1952 Party at Jirayr Zorthian’s Ranch, top of Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, California 1. Scrapple from the Apple (incomplete)................................................................................. 5:44 2. Au Privave/Dance of the Infidels......................................................................................... 13:11 Side B 1. Night in Tunisia...................................................................................................................... 7:33 2. How High the Moon/Ornithology......................................................................................... 7:31 3. Party Chatter into Embraceable You .................................................................................... 3:45 LP 4 Side A 1. Hot House ............................................................................................................................. 7:07 2. Cool Blues............................................................................................................................ 12:15 Side B 1. March Noodling/Dixie........................................................................................................... 4:12 Probably July 28, 1952 at Zorthian’s Ranch 2. Scrapple from the Apple...................................................................................................... 13:14 Probably July 1952, Unknown Location, Los Angeles, California 3. Au Privave (incomplete)........................................................................................................ 4:28