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CHARLIE PARKER QUINTET

RB, 'Station WJZ', 'Birdland', 1678 Broadway, NYC, December 23, 1950.

Red Rodney (tp); Charlie Parker (as,vcl-e); Kenny Drew (p); Curly Russell (b); Art Blakey (ds); 'Symphony Sid' Torin (m.c.);
Bob Garrity (station ann, -a).

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Announcement (Bob Garrity) into
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"...Charlie Parker and Billy Taylor. Let's go jumping with Symphony Sid..."
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Jumpin' With Symphny Sid  (announcement) into
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Voiceover from 0:15: "That's it, ladies and gentlemen, we're here at Birdland at the jazz corner of the world, where we've taken our WJZ microphones right to the bandstand to bring you the first live broadcast, as we will every Friday. And don't forget, come on by, and I think you'll have a lot of fun. Every Friday, three o'clock, three o'clock to four o'clock, we take our WJZ microphones right here into the room. And I think we ought to give him a great big hand, ladies and gentlemen, Charlie Parker and the All-Stars, a big hand for Charlie Parker... And that means Charlie Parker on alto, Red Rodney on trumpet, Curley Russell, Kenny Drew, and Art Blakey... Let's hear 'Anthropology'..."
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Anthropology into
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announcement
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Embraceable You into
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Cheryl into
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announcement into
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"...The very famous 'Salt Peanuts'..."
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Salt Peanuts -vCP into
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Jumpin' With Symphny Sid (theme)
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Voiceover 0:15-0:30: "Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Charlie Parker. Hope you've had a lot of fun listening to all the wonderful things. Don't forget, the Bird, Charlie Parker, Red Rodney, Art Blakey, will be here at the usual (undecipherable) until the first of the year..."

Note:

These are complete performances, but poor fidelity which gets worse as set progresses.
The version on Philology is almost a whole step sharp.
Although this material is usually listed as from December 8, that date is almost certainly incorrect. Parker was hospitalized on
December 4 for a peptic ulcer, and besides the Mercury recording session with Machito and His Orchestra on December 21, he was
out of commission for most of the month. He was booked at the Rendezvous in Philadelphia for a week beginning on Christmas night
("Rhythm and Blues Notes," Billboard, December 16, 1950, p. 31 states that Parker left the hospital "last week" and will start to
work Christmas night. Personnel for the Philadelphia gig was listed as Parker, Red Rodney, Kenny Drew, Curley Russell, and Phil Brown.)

All titlesEmber (UK) FBB-901 (Fat Boy Jazz)"CHARLIE PARKER AT BIRDLAND, 1950-1951"[4CDs]
All titlesEmber Records 504"CHARLIE PARKER AT BIRDLAND, VOL. 2" [2CDs]
All titlesFremeaux & Associes FA 1339"INTEGRALE C.PARKER VOL. 9 : MY LITTLE SUEDE SHOES - 1950-1951" [3CDs]
All titles, omit -aPhilology (I) Vol.9 (W 120)"BIRD'S EYES, VOLUME 9"
All titles, omit -aRare Live Recordings RLR 88641-2"COMPLETE LIVE AT THE ROCKLAND PALACE" [2CDs]
All titles, omit -aRoyal Jazz (Da) RJD- 506"MORE UNISSUED, VOL. 2"