490101B

JAM SESSION

RB, 'Station WMCA', 'The Royal Roost', Broadway at 47th Street, NYC, Saturday, January 1, 1949.

Conte Candoli (tp); Bennie Green (tb); Charlie Parker (as); Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura (ts); Al Haig (p);
Curly Russell, Tommy Potter (b); Joe Harris, Shelly Manne, Ed Shaughnessy (ds); 'Symphony Sid' Torin (m.c.).

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Announcement Theme
1:03

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"Let's bring up Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura, the Bird, Curley Russell, Al Haig, Shelly Manne, Joe Harris, Mr. O'Shaughnessy, Conte Candoli, and Benny Green. Let's blow one. Come on, fellas, let's all get up here and really break it up, doing a lot of wonderful things to the wonderful tune that's got a lot of meat in it -- how about a little bit of 'How High the Moon' for the next, ah, eight or ten minutes? Come on, fellas, let's get the thing jumpin'... We got, ah, Flip Phillips coming up, Charlie Ventura, the Bird, Curley Russell, Al Haig, Shelly Manne, Joe Harris, and Shaughnessy. We got three, three horns, we got three ah, oh we'll go way over four o'clock this morning, who cares? The boss pays for it, what do we care? All right fellas, let's go, this is gonna be an All-Star, All-Star session, remember once again it's Flip on tenor, Ventura on tenor, Bird on alto, Curley Russell on bass, Al Haig on piano, Shelly Manne on drums, Joe Harris on drums, O'Shaughnessy on drums, Conte Candoli on trumpet, and Benny Green on trombone. Come on fellas, let's start off with 'How High the Moon' -- let's go..." Someone hollers, "Lead off!"
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How High The Moon
4:31

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Parker takes the first solo (0:41-1:18), encouraged by Sid: "And the first of our horns, ladies and gentlemen, the Bird, Charlie Parker. Go ahead boy, blow, Bird!" The other soloists (also announced by Sid) are Phillips (ts), Green (tb), and Ventura (ts). The closing theme is "Ornithology."
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Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (voiceover)
0:15

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And so, ladies and gentlemen, we've done the gratest, we've brought Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura, the Bird, Curley Russell, Al Haig, Shelly Manne, Joe Harris, Shaughnessy, Conte Candoli, Benny Green -- we've had everybody here on our broadcast. I hope you've had a lot of fun."

Note:

All titlesSavoy SJL-2259"BIRD AT THE ROOST / THE COMPLETE ROYAL ROOST PERFORMANCES Vol.1" (2LPs)
b, c Big Molly CVRR-82948"C.VENTURA / C.PARKER: ORIGINAL FIRST R.ROOST BROADCASTS"
bDefinitive DRCD 11153_4"THE COMPLETE SAVOY LIVE RECORDINGS" [4CDs]
All titlesFremeaux & Associes FA 1335"INTEGRALE CHARLIE PARKER VOL. 5 : PARKER'S MOOD 1947-1949" [3CDs]
All titlesSavoy (J) COCY-75791_8"THE COMPLETE CHARLIE PARKER ON SAVOY YEARS" [8 CDs] Disc 5 - 8
All titlesSavoy (J) COCB-50406"COMPLETE ROYAL ROOST LIVE RECORDINGS, VOL.2"
b, cSavoy (J) K30Y 6241-2"BIRD AT THE ROOST VOLUME ONE / THE SAVOY YEARS, THE COMPLETE ROYAL ROOST PERFORMANCES" [2CDs] [disc 2]
b, cSavoy (J) K25Y-9521-28"CHARLIE PARKER COMPLETE SAVOY YEARS"