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CHARLIE PARKER and his ALL-STARS

RB, 'Station WCOP', 'Hi Hat Club', Columbus Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MASS.,
Sunday afternoon, December 14, 1952.

Joe Gordon (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Dick Twardzik (p); Charles Mingus (b); Roy Haynes (ds); 'Symphony Sid' Torin (m.c.);
Ken Molden (closing ann.).

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'Symphony Sid' chats with Parker
0:57



SS: "Thank you very much Ken, and of course our feature attraction here at the Hi-Hat presents to you one of the great gentlemen of jazz, a gentleman that I know you enjoy, and guy that we've been talkin' about for a long, long time. So how 'bout give him a great big hand, ladies and gentlemen, Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker and his wonderful, wonderful organization... Bird, it's awfully nice having you here in Boston, and it's really a drag that you have to leave tonight. We'd love to have you here for a long, long time and hope that you come back real soon." CP: "I hope so, too, Sid, this week has been genuinely my pleasure." SS: "Ah, you're a livin' doll. Bird, ladies and gentlemen, one of the great gentlemen of jazz, we hope you enjoy. What do you think we ought to start off with?" CP: "I think 'Ornithology' would be a good opener." SS: "That's right, it's a little thing written by a very good friend of ours, who was, ah, (in unison) little Benny Harris." CP: "That's right." SS: "Benny Harris, another great gentleman of jazz whom I saw last year in Boston, here it is, ladies and gentlemen, 'Ornithology'..."
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Ornithology
4:14



c
Introduction of next number
0:05



"Everybody..." (fade out) "...Charlie Parker does one of his very famous records, one I know you'll enjoy, 'Cool Blues'..."
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Cool Blues
5:21



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Introduction of next number
1:13



"Here's one of the very famous things that, uh, when, uh, in 1945 we got Bird, and Dizzy, and Max and some of the other guys together, we did a thing called 'Groovin' High'..."
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Groovin' High
5:24



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Introduction of the All-Stars
0:57



"...Boston's own, and one of the great drummers of all time, how about a great big hand for Roy Haynes, ladies and gentlemen... From California, a great gentleman of the bass, Charlie Mingus, ladies and gentlemen... Another one of Boston's favorites is on the piano, Dick Twad..., Twardzik... All week long I remember, and now I forgot -- well, what can you do, it's the early morning. On trumpet, also from Boston, a wonderful gentleman, Joe Gordon, ladies and gentlemen... You can tell that this gentleman comes from Boston, a well-liked young gentleman. And of course, the great Charlie Parker, ladies and gentlemen... (To Parker) What do we do? Here's one of the beautiful relaxed things that everybody enjoys, 'Don't Blame Me'..."
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Don't Blame Me
8:56



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Introduction of next number
0:08



SS: "What do think we ought to do now?" CP: "'Scrapple from the Apple'..." SS: "Here's another one of the very famous Dial sides the Bird made, 'Scrapple from the Apple'..."
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Scrapple From The Apple
5:54



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Introduction of next number
0:12



SS: "We've got time for one more big fat one, then our theme." CP: "'Cheryl'..." SS: "Here's one that was made on Savoy, and this one is 'Cheryl'..."
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Cheryl
5:19



m
Jumpin With Symphony Sid (voiceover)
2:21



In the first chorus of his solo Parker quotes "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" (0:24-0:27). Voiceover closing announcements (1:48-2:21): "An honor and a pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, to have Charlie Parker play our theme, 'Jumpin' with Symphony Sid', and that just about winds it up for this afternoon. We hope you've had a ball. Don't forget, Bird will be here all of this afternoon and all of tonight; we hope that you can make it. Once again, ladies and gentlemen, how about a great big hand for a wonderful guy, a great group, Charlie Parker... Everybody!" (Unknown announcer continues) "There it is, ladies and gentlemen, another Sunday afternoon edition of the Symphony Sid show, brought to you every Sunday..."

Note:

The notes to the Uptown CD include a very helpful documentary history of Parker in Boston.
This is a terrific reissue, nicely mastered and packaged.

All titlesDreyfus Jazz FDM 36751_2"BALLADS"
All titlesPhilology (I) Vol.45 (W 876) [CD-R]"BIRD'S EYES, VOLUME 45"[CD-R]
dSaga Jazz 9827656"RETROSPECTIVE 1940-1953" [3CDs] [disc 3]
All titlesUptown Records 27.42"BOSTON 1952"