Charlie Parker - The Complete Carnegie Hall Performances [4 CD set]

Personnel:

Charlie Parker, alto sax on all tracks

Disc 1
Tracks 1-5
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Charlie Parker (as), John Lewis (p), Al McKibbon (b), Joe Harris (d)
September 29, 1947

Track 6
Charlie Parker Quartet (The Jazz Scene)
Charlie Parker (as), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Shelly Manne (d)
December, 1947

Track 7
Neal Heefti’s Orchestra
Al Porcino, Doug Mettome, Ray Wetzel (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Bart Varsalona (b-tb), Vincent Jacobs (French horn), John LaPorta (cl), Charlie Parker, Murry Williams, Sonny Salad (as), Pete Mondello, Flip Phillips (ts), Manny Albam (bar), Gene Orloff (vn, concert master), Sammy Caplan, Manny Filder, Sid Harris, Harry Katzman, Ziggy Smirnoff (vn), Nat Nathanson, Fred Ruzilla (viola), Joe Benaventi (cello), Tony Aless (p), Curly Russell (sb), Shelly Manne (dm), Diego Iborra (perc), Neal Hefti (arranger, conductor).
December, 1947

Tracks 8-11
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Fats Navarro (tp), Tommy Turk (tb), Sonny Criss, Charlie Parker (as), Flip Phillips (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Shelly Mann (d)
February 11, 1949


Disc 2
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Roy Eldridge (tp), Tommy Turk (tb), Charlie Parker (as), Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vocals on 6-8)
September 17-18, 1949


Disc 3
Tracks 1-5
Charlie Parker Quintet
Red Rodney (tp), Charlie Parker (as), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (d), Symphony Sid Torin (mc)
Decemeber 24, 1949

Tracks 6-10
Charlie Parker With Strings
Tommy Mace (oboe), Charlie Parker (as), Teddy Blume, Sam Kaplan, Stan Karpenia (violins), Dave Uchitel (viola), Bill Bundy (cello), Wallace McManus (harp), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (d)
September 16-17, 1950

Tracks 11-16
Charlie Parker With Strings
Charlie Parker (as), Walter Bishop (p), Walt Yost (sb), Roy Haynes (d), Candido (congas), unknown (oboe), unknown string section, Teddy Blume (violin)), Bob Garrity (mc).
November 14 & 15, 1952 (WNBC Rádio Broadcast)



Disc 4
Tracks 1-3
Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Charlie Parker (as), Walter Bishop (p), Walt Yost (b), Roy Haynes (d), Candido (conga).

Tracks 4-6
Charlie Parker Quartet
Charlie Parker (as), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Bob Garrity (mc).
September 25, 1954

Tracks 7-9
Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra
Mario Bauza, Frank "Paquito" Davilla, Bob Woodlen (tp), Gene Johnson, Fred Skerritt, Charlie Parker (as), Jose Madera, Sr. (ts), Leslie Johnakins (bar), Rene Hernandez (p), Bobby Rodriquez (b), Frank "Machito" Grillo (maracas), Jose Manguel (bongos), Luis Miranda (congas), Ubaldo Nieto (timbales)
February 11, 1949

Tracks 10-11
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Roy Eldridge (tp), Charlie Parker (as), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Hank Jones (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Buddy Rich (d)
Broadcast, Summer (probably June 19), 1949

Tracks 12-13 (Bonus Tracks)
Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker
Howard McGhee, Mario Bauza, Frank "Paquito" Davilla, Bob Woodlen (tp), Gene Johnson, Fred Skerritt, Charlie Parker (as), Jose Madera, Frank Socolow (ts), Leslie Johnakins (bar), Rene Hernandez (p), Roberto Rodriquez (b), Frank "Machito" Grillo (maracas), Jose Manguel (bongos), Luis Miranda (congas), Ubaldo Nieto (timbales)
Renaissance Ballroom, New York City, May 19, 1950

Track 14 (Bonus Track)
Charlie Parker Quartet
Charlie Parker (as), Bernie Leighton (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d)
Unknown club, New York City, July, 1950





Track Listing:

Disc 1
01 A Night In Tunisia
02 Dizzy Atmosphere
03 Groovin' High
04 Confirmation
05 Ko-Ko
06 The Bird
07 Repitition
08 Introduction by Norman Granz
09 Leap Here
10 Indiana (Back Home Again In)
11 Lover Come Back To Me


Disc 2
01 The Opener
02 Lester Leaps In
03 Embraceable You
04 The Closer
05 Ow! / voice-over introducing of Ella Fitzgerald
06 Flyin' Home
07 How High The Moon
08 Perdido


Disc 3
01 Ornithology
02 Cheryl
03 Ko-Ko
04 Bird Of Paradise
05 Now's The Time
06 What Is This Thing Called Love
07 April In Paris
08 Repitition
09 Easy To Love
10 Rocker
11 Just Friends
12 Easy To Love
13 Repitition into strings theme
14 Just Friends
15 Easy To Love
16 Announcement by Charlie Parker / Repitition into strings theme


Disc 4
01 Announcement
02 Night In Tunisia
03 Fifty-Second Street Theme
04 The Song Is You
05 My Funny Valentine
06 Cool Blues
07 No Noise
08 Mango Mangue
09 Tanga
10 Bean And The Boys
11 Stuffy
12 Mambo
13 Lament For The Conga
14 I Can't Get Started