Charlie Parker
July 26, 1953 (20 items; TT = 66:50)
Open Door, New York NY
Private recording (Tape)
Jam session

Charlie Parker (as); Benny Harris (tpt); Al Haig (p); Charles Mingus (b); Art Taylor (d)

First set
1 Out of Nowhere (E. Heyman-J.W. Green) (incomplete) 3:02
2 Star Eyes (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston) (incomplete) 3:53
3 Cool Blues (C. Parker) (incomplete) 4:41
4 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (B. Bowman) (incomplete) 3:24
5 The Song is You (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) (incomplete) 6:07
6 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) (incomplete) 2:33

Second set
7 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) (incomplete) 3:18
8 Scrapple from the Apple (C. Parker) 3:30
9 My Old Flame (A. Johnston-S. Coslow) 4:13
10 My Little Suede Shoes (C. Parker) (incomplete) 2:11

Third set
11 I Remember You (J. Mercer-V. Schertzinger) (incomplete) 3:01
12 All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) [Bird of Paradise] 4:12
13 Just You, Just Me (R. Klages-J. Greer) (incomplete) 2:00
14 I’ll Remember April (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston) (incomplete) 4:15
15 Hot House (T. Dameron) (incomplete) 3:16
16 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) (incomplete) 2:58

Fourth set
17 I Cover the Waterfront (E. Heyman-J.W. Green) (incomplete) 2:26
18 This Time the Dream’s on Me (H. Arlen-J. Mercer) 4:14
19 I’ll Remember April (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston) (incomplete) 2:37
20 52nd Street Theme (T. Monk) (incomplete) 0:34

The tape, made by Chan Parker, is edited to some themes and Parker solos only. There are no Bud Powell solos, although Parker can be heard announcing him.

October 23, 1950 (15 items; TT = 48:11)
Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago IL
Private recording (Tape)
Charlie Parker Quintet

Charlie Parker (as); Unknown (tb); Earl Lavon “Von” Freeman (ts); George Freeman (g); Chris Anderson (p); Leroy Jackson (b); Bruz Freeman (d); Unknown (voc)

First set
1 Indiana (J.F. Hanley-B. McDonald) 5:51
2 I Can’t Get Started (V. Duke-I. Gershwin) 2:47
3 Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) 5:18
4 Out of Nowhere (E. Heyman-J.W. Green) 2:46
5 Get Happy (H. Arlen-T. Koehler) 5:34

Second set
6 Hot House (T. Dameron) 5:00
7 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 2:00
8 Body and Soul (J.W. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) 2:15
9 Cool Blues (C. Parker) 3:14
10 Stardust (H. Carmichael-M. Parish) (incomplete) 0:56
11 All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) [Bird of Paradise] 3:07
12 Billie’s Bounce (C. Parker) 3:08
13 Pennies from Heaven (J. Burke-A. Johnston) (incomplete) 3:18
14 Pennies from Heaven (J. Burke-A. Johnston) (incomplete) 2:57

From a tape made by Donald Coy. Edited to Parker solos and exchanges. The tape was recorded off a dressing room speaker, and parts of some items (“Embraceable You” through “All the Things You Are”) are marred by conversation. It’s unlikely that the titles from this session and the next one are all from the same date, but they’re probably from the same gig.