Tag: portland civic auditorium

Charlie Parker – Portland, OR (02/25/54)

CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE
with STAN KENTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
Civic Auditorium
Portland, OR (USA)
February 25, 1954 Sound cleaned and Pitch Fixed



uploaded to Dime 2012 February 5 by u014945

a Flambay – u014945 production

The Sound was good
There were just 2 clicks in the first 2 tracks and one in the following 3 tracks (7 clicks in total)

Nothing else was done

Dime > Audacity (noises cutting ) > TLH ( SBE – Flac 8) > dime

Charlie Parker (as on tracks 1 – 3)
Dizzy Gillespie (tp,announcements on tracks 4 – 6)

with Stan Kenton & his Orchestra:
Sam Noto, Vic Minichiello, Buddy Childers, Don Smith, Stu Williamson (tp),
Milt Gold, Joe Ciavardone, George Roberts, Frank Rosolino tb),
Charlie Mariano, Dave Schildkraut (as), Mike Cichetti, Bill Perkins (ts),
Tony Ferina (bs), Stan Kenton (p), Bob Lesher (g),
Don Bagley (b), Stan Levey (dr), Candido (cga on track 5)

  1. NIGHT AND DAY (2:42) 2:47
  2. MY FUNNY VALENTINE (3:17) 3:23
  3. CHEROKEE (3:03) 3:09
  4. ON THE ALAMO (2:50) 2:56
  5. MANTECA (5:56) 6:11
  6. A SHORT ONE (0:22) 0:24

Total time: 18:13 18:55

On the right timing after pitch Correction

Sound: B

Lineage: 7″ blank disc @ 33 1/3 r.p.m > CDRec > CD > Nero (flac 8) > HDD

Note: As to the best of my knowledge these recordings are/were only available on various bootlegs (EPs, LPs, CDs); no official release is known.
Discographical information:
Piet Koster: Bird Lore, a revised Charlie Parker Discography (Names and Numbers, Almere 2005)
Chris Sheridan: Dizzy Gillespie Discography (not yet published but in progress)