Album · 1988
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Sweet Georgia Brown
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9:32
2
Blues for Norman
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8:37
3
I Can’t Get Started
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9:15
4
Oh, Lady Be Good
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11:05
5
After You’ve Gone
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7:33
6
I Got Rhythm
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12:54
7
Introductions by Norman Granz
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2:16
8
J.A.T.P. Blues
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10:56
Disc 2
1
The Bird
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4:47
2
Repetition
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3:00
3
No Noise, Parts 1 & 2
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5:55
4
No Noise, Part 2 (complete take)
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2:58
5
Mango Mangue
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2:55
6
Okiedoke
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3:04
7
Cardboard
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3:10
8
Visa
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3:00
9
Segment - Tune X
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3:22
10
Diverse - Tune X (alternate take)
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3:18
11
Passport - Tune Y (rare)
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2:57
12
Passport - Tune Z (common)
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2:59
Disc 3
1
Opener
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12:47
2
Lester Leaps In
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12:14
3
Embraceable You
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10:33
4
The Closer
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10:57
5
Ow / Introduction of Ella Fitzgerald
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0:48
6
Flyin’ Home
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5:31
7
How High the Moon
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6:24
8
Perdido
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8:34
Disc 4
1
Just Friends
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3:33
2
Everything Happens to Me
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3:17
3
April in Paris
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3:08
4
Summertime
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2:49
5
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
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3:14
6
If I Should Lose You
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2:48
7
Star Eyes
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3:30
8
Blues (fast)
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2:47
9
I’m in the Mood for Love
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2:53
10
Bloomdido
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3:27
11
An Oscar for Treadwell (take 3)
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3:23
12
An Oscar for Treadwell (take 4)
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3:25
13
Mohawk (take 3)
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3:50
14
Mohawk (take 4)
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3:37
15
My Melancholy Baby (take 1)
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3:18
16
My Melancholy Baby (Coda rehearsal)
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0:04
17
My Melancholy Baby (take 2)
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3:25
18
Leap Frog (take 1)
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0:27
19
Leap Frog (take 2)
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0:18
20
Leap Frog (take 3)
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0:40
21
Leap Frog (take 4)
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0:18
22
Leap Frog (take 5)
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2:35
23
Leap Frog (take 6)
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0:23
24
Leap Frog (take 7)
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0:14
25
Leap Frog (take 8)
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2:03
26
Leap Frog (take 9)
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2:07
27
Leap Frog (take 10)
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0:45
28
Leap Frog (take 11)
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2:32
29
Relaxing With Lee (take 1)
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0:35
30
Relaxing With Lee (take 2)
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1:08
31
Relaxing With Lee (take 3)
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0:11
32
Relaxing With Lee (take 4)
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3:57
33
Relaxing With Lee (take 5)
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0:27
34
Relaxing With Lee (take 6)
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2:46
Disc 5
1
Dancing in the Dark
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3:19
2
Out of Nowhere
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3:06
3
Laura (take 1)
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2:57
4
Laura (take 2)
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2:56
5
East of the Sun
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3:38
6
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
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3:17
7
Easy to Love
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3:29
8
I’m in the Mood for Love (take 2)
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3:33
9
I’m in the Mood for Love (take 3)
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3:27
10
I’ll Remember April (take 1)
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3:09
11
I’ll Remember April (take 2) (false start)
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0:10
12
I’ll Remember April (take 3)
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3:02
13
What Is This Thing Called Love
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2:54
14
April in Paris
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3:12
15
Repetition
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2:49
16
Easy to Love
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2:25
17
Rocker
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3:10
18
Celebrity
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1:34
19
Ballade
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2:55
20
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
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17:11
Disc 6
1
Au Privave (take 2)
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2:38
2
Au Privave (take 3)
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2:43
3
She Rote (take 3)
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3:09
4
She Rote (take 5)
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3:06
5
K.C. Blues
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3:24
6
Star Eyes
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3:34
7
My Little Suede Shoes
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3:03
8
Un poquito de tu amor
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2:40
9
Tico-Tico
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2:44
10
Fiesta
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2:49
11
Why Do I Love You (take 2)
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2:58
12
Why Do I Love You (take 6)
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2:58
13
Why Do I Love You (take 7)
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3:05
14
Blues for Alice
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2:46
15
Si Si
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2:38
16
Swedish Schnapps (take 3)
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3:13
17
Swedish Schnapps (take 4)
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3:10
18
Back Home Blues (take 1)
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2:35
19
Back Home Blues (take 2)
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2:46
20
Lover Man
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3:21
Disc 7
1
Temptation
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3:31
2
Lover
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3:06
3
Autumn in New York
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3:29
4
Stella by Starlight
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2:56
5
Mama Inez
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2:50
6
La cucaracha (take 1)
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3:24
7
La cucaracha (take 2)
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0:49
8
La cucaracha (take 3)
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0:10
9
La cucaracha (take 4)
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2:43
10
Estrellita (take 2)
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1:57
11
Estrellita (take 4)
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2:46
12
Estrellita (take 5)
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0:04
13
Estrellita (take 6)
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2:44
14
Begin the Beguine
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3:12
15
La paloma
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2:39
16
Night and Day
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2:50
17
Almost Like Being in Love
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2:33
18
I Can’t Get Started
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3:08
19
What Is This Thing Called Love
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2:36
Disc 8
1
J.A.T.P. Blues
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14:42
2
What Is This Thing Called Love
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15:51
3
Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You
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17:23
4
Funky Blues
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13:27
Disc 9
1
Song Is You
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2:56
2
Laird Baird
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2:44
3
Kim (take 2)
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2:58
4
Kim (take 4)
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2:58
5
Cosmic Rays (take 2)
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3:05
6
Cosmic Rays (take 5)
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3:16
7
In the Still of the Night (take 1)
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0:32
8
In the Still of the Night (take 2)
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0:53
9
In the Still of the Night (take 3)
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3:46
10
In the Still of the Night (take 4)
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3:21
11
In the Still of the Night (take 5)
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0:45
12
In the Still of the Night (take 6)
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3:26
13
In the Still of the Night (take 7)
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3:22
14
Old Folks (take 1)
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0:26
15
Old Folks (take 2)
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0:09
16
Old Folks (take 3)
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4:04
17
Old Folks (take 4)
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0:21
18
Old Folks (take 6)
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3:28
19
Old Folks (take 7)
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0:26
20
Old Folks (take 8)
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3:39
21
Old Folks (take 9)
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3:34
22
If I Love Again
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2:31
Disc 10
1
Chi Chi (take 1)
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3:09
2
Chi Chi (take 2)
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0:27
3
Chi Chi (take 3)
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2:42
4
Chi Chi (take 4)
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2:37
5
Chi Chi (take 5)
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0:17
6
Chi Chi (take 6)
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3:02
7
I Remember You
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3:03
8
Now’s the Time
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3:01
9
Confirmation (take 1)
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0:14
10
Confirmation (take 2)
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0:09
11
Confirmation (take 3)
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2:58
12
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 1)
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4:55
13
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 2)
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0:32
14
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 3)
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0:16
15
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 4)
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1:05
16
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 5)
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0:17
17
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 6)
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1:08
18
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 7)
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3:34
19
Just One of Those Things
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2:46
20
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (take 1)
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0:36
21
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (take 2)
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3:18
22
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
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3:38
23
Love for Sale (take 1)
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0:17
24
Love for Sale (take 2)
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5:47
25
Love for Sale (take 3)
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1:03
26
Love for Sale (take 4)
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5:32
27
Love for Sale (take 5)
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5:35
28
I Love Paris (take 2)
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5:07
29
I Love Paris (take 3)
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5:07
In print
First pressed 1988, still pressed 2013 — 7 pressings across 4 countries.
Credits
Chico O’Farrill
Conductor
Jimmy Carroll
Conductor
Joe Lipman
Conductor
Addison Collins
Instrument · french horn
Al Haig
Instrument · piano
Al Killian
Instrument · trumpet
Al Porcino
Instrument · trumpet
Al Stewart
Instrument · trumpet
Arnold Ross
Instrument · piano
Art Ryerson
Instrument · guitar
Barney Kessel
Instrument · guitar
Bart Varsalona
Instrument · trombone
Benny Carter
Instrument · alto saxophone
Benny Harris
Instrument · trumpet
Ben Webster
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Bernie Leighton
Instrument · piano
Bernie Privin
Instrument · trumpet
Bill Harris
Instrument · trombone
Billy Hadnott
Instrument · bass
Bobby Rodriguez
Instrument · bass
Bobby Woodlen
Instrument · trumpet
Bob Haggart
Instrument · bass
Bronislaw Gimpel
Instrument · violin
Buck Clayton
Instrument · trumpet
Buddy Rich
Instrument · drums
Carl Poole
Instrument · trumpet
Charles Mingus
Instrument · bass
Charlie Parker
Instrument · alto saxophone
Charlie Shavers
Instrument · trumpet
Chino Pozo
Instrument · congas
Chris Griffin
Instrument · trumpet
Coleman Hawkins
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Curley Russell
Instrument · bass
Dave Uchitel
Instrument · viola
Don Lamond
Instrument · drums
Doug Mettome
Instrument · trumpet
Edwin C. Brown
Instrument · oboe
Flip Phillips
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Frank Brieff
Instrument · viola
Frank Miller
Instrument · cello
Freddie Green
Instrument · guitar
Fred Skerritt
Instrument · alto saxophone
Gene Johnson
Instrument · alto saxophone
Hal McKusick
Instrument · clarinet
Hank Jones
Instrument · piano
Hank Ross
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Harry Melnikoff
Instrument · violin
Harry “Sweets” Edison
Instrument · trumpet
Harry Terrill
Instrument · alto saxophone
Howard Kay
Instrument · violin
Howard McGhee
Instrument · trumpet
Irving Ashby
Instrument · guitar
Isadore Zir
Instrument · viola
Jack Zayde
Instrument · violin
J.C. Heard
Instrument · drums
Jerome Darr
Instrument · guitar
Jimmy Maxwell
Instrument · trumpet
John LaPorta
Instrument · clarinet
John Lewis
Instrument · piano
Johnny Hodges
Instrument · alto saxophone
José Madera
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Joseph Singer
Instrument · french horn
Ken Kersey
Instrument · piano
Kenny Clarke
Instrument · drums
Kenny Dorham
Instrument · trumpet
Lee Young
Instrument · drums
Lester Young
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Lou McGarity
Instrument · trombone
Lou Stein
Instrument · piano
Luis Miranda
Instrument · congas
Manny Thaler
Instrument · bassoon
Mario Bauzá
Instrument · trumpet
Maurice Brown
Instrument · cello
Max Hollander
Instrument · violin
Max Roach
Instrument · drums
Mel Powell
Instrument · piano
Miles Davis
Instrument · trumpet
Milton Lomask
Instrument · violin
Mitch Miller
Instrument · oboe, cor anglais
Murray Williams
Instrument · alto saxophone
Myor Rosen
Instrument · harp
Oscar Peterson
Instrument · piano
Paquito Davilla
Instrument · trumpet
Percy Heath
Instrument · bass
Pete Mondello
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Ray Brown
Instrument · bass
Ray Wetzel
Instrument · trumpet
Red Rodney
Instrument · trumpet
René Hernández
Instrument · piano
Roy Eldridge
Instrument · trumpet
Roy Haynes
Instrument · drums
Sam Caplan
Instrument · violin, concertmaster
Sam Rand
Instrument · violin
Shelly Manne
Instrument · drums
Sol Rabinowitz (2)
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Sonny Salad
Instrument · alto saxophone
Stan Freeman
Instrument · piano
Stan Karpenia
Instrument · violin
Sylvan Shulman
Instrument · violin
Ted Blume
Instrument · violin
Teddy Kotick
Instrument · bass
Thelonious Monk
Instrument · bass
Tom Mace
Instrument · oboe
Tommy Potter
Instrument · bass
Tommy Turk
Instrument · trombone
Tony Aless
Instrument · piano
Toots Mondello
Instrument · alto saxophone
Verlye Mills
Instrument · harp
Vincent Jacobs
Instrument · french horn
Wallace McManus
Instrument · harp
Walter Bishop, Jr.
Instrument · piano
Will Bradley
Instrument · trombone
Willie Smith
Instrument · alto saxophone
Zelly Smirnoff
Instrument · violin
Dizzy Gillespie
Liner Notes
Phil Schaap
Liner Notes