Tag: 1947

Charlie Parker Quintet – Waukegan, IL (12/xx/47)

Charlie Parker Quintet (w/ Miles Davis)
12-xx-47
Unknown venue
Waukegan , Illinois

Project ID – LL90

Source: Audience Recording
Lineage: Audience recording > ?? > cd (Peter Losin’s Archive) >
cd duplicated (burner to burner) > eac > flac (lvl8)

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

disc 1

d1t01. Dexterity
d1t02. The Way You Look Tonight
d1t03. All the Things You Are
d1t04. 52nd Street Theme
d1t05. Diggin’ Diz/
d1t06. Embraceable You

Notes:

  • *** all tracks are fragmented
  • d1t01 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • d1t03 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • d1t04 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • d1t06 is a different version all together than what was released on LL44.
  • I was hoping to get some clarification upon receiving Peters masters of this
    date. I would most certainly believe that this is the correct version. It is
    very hard to tell what is what and where it belongs on this date. I would
    consider this the source to have based on Peter Losin’s take on what belongs here.
  • The sound is a little brighter on this version.
  • Thanks to Peter Losin for the source!!
  • “Very fragmentary; edited to Parker solos for the most part. These may be dubs of
    wire recordings — the fidelity is very poor throughout.” – Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com
  • Although these tunes are usually dated (as on Philology) in December 1947, this is
    doubtful. The Parker Quintet was booked for two weeks at Chicago’s Argyle Show Lounge
    (November 11-23, 1947), then for four nights at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom (January 3-6,
    1948). The group played a Saturday night dance at the New Savoy Ballroom on January 3,
    and two items from this date appear on Philology Volume 14.”- Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com
  • Three other tunes — “Barbados,” a longer version of “Embraceable You,”
    and “How High the Moon” — are usually listed with these tunes
    (as e.g. on Philology Volumes 1/4), but they are probably from
    the Pershing Hotel Ballroom, March 28-April 10, 1949, with Kenny Dorham on trumpet.
    Two of these items are issued on Philology Volume 14, although the speed is different
    and “Embraceable You” is incomplete. But the music is the same.- Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com
  • QC done by bgreen

Charlie Parker Quintet – Chicago, IL (11/xx/47)

Charlie Parker Quintet
11-XX-1947
Argyle Show Lounge
Chicago, Illinois

Project ID – 83

Source: Audience Recording
Lineage: AUdience Recording > ?? > Philology Volume 14/62 > ripped with soundforge >
wave > Unknown editing (possible re-indexing, noise reduction, EQ, normalization,
speed-correction by Peter Losin as needed) > cd (Peter Losin’s Archive) > cd duplicated
(burner to burner) > eac > wave > flac (lvl 8 )

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

disc 1

d1t01. I Got Rhythm/
d1t02. /Cool Blues/
d1t03. /Ornithology/
d1t04. Dizzy Atmosphere/
d1t05. /Wahoo/ >
d1t06. /Wahoo/
d1t07. Groovin’ High/
d1t08. /I Can’t Get Started/
d1t09. /I Can’t Get Started/

Notes:

  • d1t01 is cut at the end
  • d1t02 is a fragment missing both the start and end
  • d1t03 is cut at the beginning and the end.
  • d1t04 is cut at the end
  • d1t05 is a fragment missing the start and finish
  • d1t06 is an additional fragment for “Wahoo” missing the start and finish
  • d1t07 is cut at the end
  • d1t08 is a fragment missing both the start and finish
  • d1t09 is an additional fragment of “I can’t get started” missing the start and finish
  • This recording not for the casual listener. This is one of those that is definetely
    for completists only. There are more flaws to this than I can list, but it is a
    piece of history and is worth preserving none the less.
  • Thanks to Peter Losin for contributing this source source. http://www.plosin.com/
  • “Very fragmentary — edited to Parker solos for the most part. These may be dubs of
    wire recordings; fidelity is very poor throughout.”- Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com/
  • “Philology W 844 contains 22 titles purporting to be from this date, but I’m skeptical.
    First, the trumpet player sounds like Kenny Dorham, not Davis. Second, Frank Loesser’s
    tune “On a Slow Boat to China” was not copyrighted until 1948, and Parker’s “Barbados”
    was not recorded in the studio until the Savoy date on September 18, 1948. It’s very
    unusual for a Parker original to appear in the live repertoire before it has been
    recorded. Third, Parker’s quotations and his playing (especially during his solo on the
    second “Slow Boat to China”) sound like 1949, not 1947. The Parker Quintet (with Dorham,
    Haig, Potter, and Roach, and guest vocalist Arthur Daniels) were booked for two weeks
    at Chicago’s Pershing Hotel Ballroom (March 28-April 10, 1949), and my guess is that
    those 22 tunes were recorded during this gig. If so, Davis was half a country away in
    New York at the Royal Roost and Capitol Recording Studios.” – Credit to Peter Losin,
    http://www.plosin.com/
  • QC done by Bgreen