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CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE introduce BILLIE HOLIDAY

RB, 'Apollo Theatre', 253 West 125th Street, NYC, December 10, 1952.

Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Tony Scott (cl); Charlie Parker (as); Buster Harding (p); Billie Holiday (vcl); remainder of personnel unknown.

# Matrix Title Take Time SP Orig.LP Reis.LP CD
a
Mop Mop (theme)
0:15



"Ah, she's walking out. Man, you look so lovely! Yes indeed, ha-ha, it's Lady Day!"
b
Introduction
(Billie Holiday and unknown MC)
0:17



Unkn: "Very good to see you, and you sure look pretty. Ah, you wanna tell 'em what you're gonna do tonight?" BH: "Yeah, I'm gonna try and do a recording I just made for Norman Granz, Mercury -- 'Tenderly'..." Unkn: "'Tenderly'..."
c
Tenderly -vBH
2:16



d
Announcement
0:04



"And that was the great Billie Holiday and 'Tenderly'..."

Note:

Parker, Gillespie, and Holiday joined the Buster Harding Orchestra for an All-Star night at the Apollo.
Unfortunately, this short excerpt is all that has surfaced so far.

Parker is audible very briefly (in unison with trumpet) on "Mop Mop," but he does not play on "Tenderly."

All titlesESP 3002"THE LADY LIVES: B.HOLIDAY, Vol.1: 1949-52"
All titlesESP - DISK 3002"BROADCAST PERFORMANCES, BILLIE HOLIDAY VOL. 1"
All titlesPhilology (I) Vol.8 (W 80)"BIRD'S EYES, VOLUME 8"
All titlesRare Live Recordings RLR 88669"COMPLETE BIRD AT THE APOLLO"