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CHARLIE PARKER QUARTET

RB, 'Rockland Palace Ballroom', Harlem, NYC, Friday, September 26, 1952.

Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Mundell Lowe (g, not in f); Teddy Kotick (b); Max Roach (ds);
+ unknown oboe & string section on ��.

Note:

This was a benefit concert for Benjamin Davis, a member of the Communist Party and New York City Councilman who had recently
been sentenced to five years in prison under the terms of the Smith Act. It was his contact with Davis that led the FBI to take formal
action against Martin Luther King, Jr. in September 1958, although J. Edgar Hoover disliked King much earlier.

Parker apparently gave Chan a tape recorder for her birthday, and her recordings are the principal source of some of these items;
these were originally issued in 1961 on Doris Sydnor Parker's Charlie Parker Records label (LP 401).

On the whole, the Jazz Classics CD represents a big improvement. The notes refer to a second tape, much better in quality and
containing several items missing from Chan Parker's tape. In the case of several tunes there are significant speed discrepancies
between the Bird Box version and the Jazz Classics version, but the latter claims "ALL performances are here with CORRECTLY issued
for the first time, running at proper pitch & correct key."
The audio producer even went to the trouble of constructing a "stereo" version of "Lester Leaps In" from the two extant monaural masters.
There are also several splices where masters were combined. In most cases these edits are unobtrusive.

	j, m, o - q, u, v, x - z, aa - hh	Audio Fiderity AFE-3-7	"C.PARKER: bOP CITY" (3LPs)
	o, v, z, aa, ee	Bird Box (I) LP-16 /22	"C.PARKER LIVE AND PRIVATE RECORDINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER" (16/22LPs)
	j, m, p, q, t, u, x, y, bb, cc, dd, ff - hh	Bird Box (I) LP-17 /22	"C.PARKER LIVE AND PRIVATE RECORDINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER" (17/22LPs)
	j, m, o - q, t - v, x - hh	C.Parker Rec. CP(2)-502	"C.PARKER / LIVE AT ROCKLAND PALACE" (2 LPs)
	m, aa	C.Parker Rec. CP-508	"CHARLIE PARKER / FRAGMRNTS"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	C.Parker Rec. PLP-401	"CHARLIE PARKER / "BIRD" IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	C.Parker Rec. (I) PLP401/402	"A TREASURE OF IMMORTAL JAZZMENN BY ALESSANDRO PROTTI" (2 LPs)
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	C.Parker Rec. (J) ULS-1535-V	"CHARLIE PARKER / "BIRD" IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Crown (UK) CRS-2003	"CHARLIE PARKER / BIRD IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Egmont (UK) AJS-5	"CHARLIE PARKER / BIRD IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Everest FS-295	"CHARLIE PARKER Volume IV"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	MGM (G) 65.107	"BIRD IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Musidisc (F) 30CV-985	"CHARLIE PARKER / "BIRD" IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Rhapsody (UK) RHAP-7	"CHARLIE PARKER / "BIRD" IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Stateside (J) IGJ-50012	"CHARLIE PARKER / "BIRD" IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Stateside (J) ULS-1692	"CHARLIE PARKER / "BIRD" IS FREE"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Swing (F) CLDE 905	"LIVE AT BIRDLAND / CHARLIE PARKER"
	m, q, ff, gg	A Jazz Hour With JHR-73532	"BLUEBIRD, VOL.2"
	m, p, aa, dd, ee	A Jazz Hour With JHR-73591	"CARVIN' THE BIRD"
	j, m, o - q, t - v, x - z, aa - hh	Bird Box (Jazz Up Top Box CD-3013/15)	"LIVE AND PRIVATE RECORDINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER" BIRD BOX VOL.13-15 [Disc 13, 14]
	p, z, v, y, gg	Black Lavel (Ca) BLCD 8007	"PARKER PLUS STRINGS"
	j, m, o - q, t - v, x - hh	Charly Records LE JAZZ CD 3	"AUTUMN IN NEW YORK"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Collectables Records 5789	"BIRD" IS FREE: CHARLIE PARKER
	o	The Golden Age of Jazz JZCD311	"XII. C.PARKER / BIRD :RARITIES FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 1950-1953"
	m, o - q, x, aa, dd, ee, ff	Jazz Archives No. 4	"CHARLIE PARKER SESSION LIVE VOL.2 1948-1952"
	All titles	Jazz Classics 5014	"THE COMPLETE LEGENDARY ROCKLAND PALACE CONCERT 1952" [2CDs]
	d	Philology (I) Vol.59 (W 890) [CD-R]	"BIRD'S EYES, VOLUME 59"[CD-R]
	d, i, m, q, s, x, aa, dd, ee, ff	Philology (I) Vol.63 (W 894) [CD-R]	"BIRD'S EYES, VOLUME 63"[CD-R]
	a - c, e - h, j - l, o - p, t - v, y, z, bb, cc, gg, hh	Philology (I) Vol.64 (W 895) [CD-R]	"BIRD'S EYES, VOLUME 64"[CD-R]
	o	Recording Arts Reference Edition / (swi) CD 04/05	"RARE "BIRD" THE COLLECTOR'S CHARLIE PARKER, 25RARE CONCERT & TV PERFORMANCES" [2CDs]
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd - gg	Rhino R2-70198	"BEBOP & BIRD, VOL. 2"
	a, b, f, p	Rhino R2-72260	"YARDBIRD SUITE: THE ULTIMATE CHARLIE PARKER" [2CDs]
	All titles	Rare Live Recordings RLR 88641-2	"COMPLETE LIVE AT THE ROCKLAND PALACE" [2CDs]
	e, j, m, o, q, t, x, y, aa, dd - ff	SAGA 5CD BOX CPBOX 2	"CHARLIE PARKER 1945-1953 VOL.2" CPBOX 2/4 : ROCKLAND PALACE BROADCASTS [disc 4]
	q	Saga Jazz 9827656	"RETROSPECTIVE 1940-1953" [3CDs] [disc 3]
	j, m, o - q, u, v, x - hh	Black Label (Ca) BLCD-8020	"C.PARKER: BOP CITY, Vol.1"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee, ff, gg	EPM Musique (F) 15712	"C.PARKER: SESSIONS LIVE, Vol.2"
	m, p, q, x, aa, dd, ee - gg	Zeta (F) ZET-712	"C.PARKER: SESSIONS LIVE, Vol.2"