Charlie Parker - Bird: The Complete Charlie vinyl record cover

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Jazz at the Philharmonic - Monday January 28, 1946 - Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles

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Sweet Georgia Brown

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Piano - Mel Powelltrumpet - Dizzy Gillespie

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Blues for Norman

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Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee

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I Can't Get Started

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Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee

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Oh, Lady Be Good

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Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee 1

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After You've Gone 1

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Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee 1

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Jazz at the Philharmonic 1

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Monday April 22, 1946 - Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles 1

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I Got Rhythm 1

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Introductions By 1

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Jatp Blues 1

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Jazz Scene 1

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December 1947 - Recording Session at Carnegie Hall, New York City 1

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The Bird 2

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Repetition 2

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Monday December 20, 1948 - Recording Studio, New York City 2

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No Noise - Parts I ; II 2

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Soloist - Charlie Parkertenor Saxophone, Soloist [On Part I] - Flip Phillips 2

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No Noise - Part II (Complete Take) 2

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Mango Mangue 2

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January 1949 - Recording Studio, New York City 2

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Okiedoke 2

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Circa March 1949 - a Midtown Studio, New York City 2

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Cardboard 3

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Visa 3

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Thursday May 5, 1949 - Recording Studio, New York City 3

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Segment - Tune X 3

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Diverse - Tune X Alternate 3

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Passport - Tune y (Rare) 3

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Passport - Tune Z (Common) 3

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Jazz at the Philharmonic 3

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Late Saturday Night (Midnight Start) Sunday September 18, 1949 - Carnegie Hall, New York City 3

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The Opener 3

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Lester Leaps in 4

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Enbraceable You 4

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The Closer 4

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Ow 4

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Flyin' Home 4

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How High the Moon 4

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Perdido 4

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Wednesday November 30, 1949 - Mercury Studios, New York City 4

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Just Friends 4

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Everything Happens to Me 4

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April in Paris 5

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Summertime 5

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I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5

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If I Should Lose You 5

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Late March - Early April 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City 5

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Star Eyes 5

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Blues (Fast) 5

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I'm in the Mood for Love 5

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Tuesday June 6, 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City 5

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Bloomdido 5

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An Oscar for Treadwell (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 6

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An Oscar for Treadwell (Take 4 Master) 6

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Mohawk (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 6

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Mohawk (Take 6 [Take 4] Master) 6

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My Melancholy Baby (Take 1) 6

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My Melancholy Baby - Coda Rehearsal 6

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My Melancholy Baby (Take 2 Master) 6

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Leap Frog (Take 1 Incomplete) 6

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Leap Frog (Take 2 Incomplete) 6

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Leap Frog (Take 3 Incomplete) 6

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Leap Frog (Take 4 Incomplete) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 5 Complete) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 6 Incomplete) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 7 Incomplete) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 8 [Take 4] Alternate) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 9 Complete) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 10 Incomplete) 7

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Leap Frog (Take 11 [Take 6] Master) 7

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Relaxing with Lee (Take 1 Incomplete) 7

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Relaxing with Lee (Take 2 Incomplete) 7

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Relaxing with Lee (Take 3 False Start) 8

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Relaxing with Lee (Take 4 [Take 2] Alternate - LP) 8

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Relaxing with Lee (Take 5 Incomplete) 8

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Relaxing with Lee (Take 6 [Take 3] Master) 8

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Late Summer 1950 - Possibly at Two Different Studios, New York City 8

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Dancing in the Dark 8

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Out of Nowhere 8

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Laura (Take 1 Complete) 8

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Laura (Take 2 Master) 8

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East of the Sun 8

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They Can't Take That Away from Me 9

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Easy to Love 9

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I'm in the Mood for Love (Take 2 Master) 9

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I'm in the Mood for Love (Take 3 Alternate) 9

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I'll Remember April (Take 1 Complete) 9

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I'll Remember April (Take 2 False Start) 9

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I'll Remember April (Take 3 [Take 2] Master) 9

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Live at Carnegie Hall 9

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Late Saturday Night (Midnight Start) Sunday September 17, 1950 - 9

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What Is This Thing Called Love 9

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April in Paris 10

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Repetition 10

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Easy to Love 10

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Rocker 10

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Jazz at the Philharmonic 10

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Circa Fall 1950 - Film Short Soundtrack Recordings 10

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Celebrity 10

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Ballade 10

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Thursday December 21, 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City 10

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Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite 10

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Wednesday January 17, 1951 - Recording Studio, New York City 11

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Au Private (Take 2 Alternate - LP) 11

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Au Private (Take 3 Master) 11

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She Rote (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 11

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She Rote (Take 5 Master) 11

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K.C. Blues 11

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Star Eyes 11

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Monday March 12, 1951 - Recording Studio, New York City 11

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My Little Suede Shoes 11

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Un Poquito de Tu Amor 11

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Tico Tico 12

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Fiesta 12

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Why Do I Love You? (Take 2 Alternate - LP) 12

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Why Do I Love You? (Take 6 Alternate) 12

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Why Do I Love You? (Take 7 Master) 12

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Wednesday August 8, 1951 - Possibly RCA 24th Street Studios, New York City 12

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Blues for Alice 12

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Si Si 12

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Swedish Schnapps (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 12

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Swedish Schnapps (Take 4 Master) 12

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Back Home Blues (Take 1 Alternate - LP) 13

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Back Home Blues (Take 2 Master) 13

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Loverman 13

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January 22 or 23, 1952 - Recording Studio at First Avenue ; East 44th Street, New York City 13

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Temptation 13

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Lover 13

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Autumn in New York 13

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Stella By Starlight 13

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Wednesday January 23, 1952 - Recording Studio, New York City 13

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Mama Inez 13

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La Cucuracha (Take 1 Complete) 14

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La Cucuracha (Take 2 Incomplete) 14

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La Cucuracha (Take 3 False Start) 14

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La Cucuracha (Take 4 [Take 3] Master) 14

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Estrellita (Take 2 Incomplete) 14

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Estrellita (Take 4 Complete) 14

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Estrellita (Take 5 False Start) 14

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Estrellita (Take 6 [Take 5] Master) 14

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Begin the Beguine 14

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La Paloma 14

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Tuesday March 25, 1952 - Recording Studio at First Avenue and East 44th Street, New York City 15

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Night and Day 15

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Almost Like Being in Love 15

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I Can't Get Started 15

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What Is This Thing Called Love 15

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First Half of June, 1952 - Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California 15

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Norman Granz Jam Session 15

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Jam Blues 15

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What Is This Thing Called Love 15

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Ballad Medley 15

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All the Things You Are 16

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Dearly Beloved 16

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The Nearness of You 16

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I'll Get By 16

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Everything Happens to Me 16

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The Man I Love 16

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What's New 16

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Someone to Watch Over 16

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Isn't It Romantic 16

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- 16

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Funky Blues 17

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End of December, 1952 - Recording Studio, New York City 17

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The Song Is You 17

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Laird Baird 17

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Kim (Take 2 Alternate - LP) 17

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Kim (Take 4 Master) 17

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Cosmic Rays (Take 2 Master) 17

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Cosmic Rays (Take 5 Alternate) 17

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Monday May 25, 1953 - Fulton Recording, New York City 17

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In the Still of the Night (Take 1 False Start) 17

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In the Still of the Night (Take 2 Incomplete) 18

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In the Still of the Night (Take 3 Complete) 18

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In the Still of the Night (Take 4 Complete) 18

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In the Still of the Night (Take 5 False Start) 18

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In the Still of the Night (Take 6 Complete) 18

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In the Still of the Night (Take 7 Master) 18

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Old Folks (Take 1 Incomplete) 18

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Old Folks (Take 2 False Start) 18

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Old Folks (Take 3 Complete) 18

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Old Folks (Take 4 Incomplete - Bird Continues Playing Into Take 5 False Start) 18

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Old Folks (Take 6 Complete) 19

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Old Folks (Take 7 Incomplete) 19

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Old Folks (Take 8 Complete) 19

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Old Folks (Take 9 Master) 19

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If I Love Again 19

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Thursday July 30, 1953 - Fulton Recording, New York City 19

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Chi Chi (Take 1 Alternate - LP) 19

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Chi Chi (Take 2 False Start) 19

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Chi Chi (Take 3 Alternate) 19

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Chi Chi (Take 4 Complete) 19

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Chi Chi (Take 5 False Start) 20

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Chi Chi (Take 6 Master) 20

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I Remember You 20

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Now's the Time 20

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Confirmation (Take 1 False Start) 20

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Confirmation (Take 2 False Start) 20

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Confirmation (Take 3 Master) 20

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Wednesday March 31, 1954 - Fine Recording, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City 20

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 1 Alternate) 20

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 2 False Start and Rehearsal) 20

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 3 False Start and Rehearsal) 21

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 4 Incomplete) 21

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 5 False Start) 21

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 6 Incomplete) 21

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I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 7 Master) 21

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Just One of Those Things 21

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My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Take 1 False Start and Rehearsal) 21

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My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Take 2 Master) 21

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I've Got You Under My Skin 21

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Friday December 10, 1954 - Fine Recording, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City 21

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Love for Sale (Take 1 False Start) 22

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Love for Sale (Take 2 Complete) 22

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Love for Sale (Take 3 Incomplete) 22

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Love for Sale (Take 4 Alternate) 22

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Love for Sale (Ta


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Charlie Parker

Bird: The Complete Charlie


ABOUT THE ALBUM


TAKE NUMBERS listed here are true take numbers determined by actual sequence. If an item became known by an incorrect take number, that number will appear in brackets after the true number. MASTERS were the takes selected during Charlie Parker's lifetime for the original issue. ALTERNATE are complete performances of the same tunes issued later. Irregular procedures and sloppy bookeeping resulted in a large number of alternate takes being labelled as master during the LP era. These alternates will be noted in the listings as "LP" takes. INCOMPLETE take which contains some improvisation by Bird. MASTER and ALTERNATE denotes previously released material. FALSE START, INCOMPLETE and COMPLETE denotes previously unreleased or recently discovered material. Tracks 1-7, 2-4, 4-18 to 4-33, 7-6 to 7-12, 9-8 to 9-20, 10-2, 10-5, 10-13 to 10-18, 10-20, and 10-23 to 10-25 are previously unreleased. Tracks 3-5 to 3-8 and 4-15 to 4-16 were recently discovered at the time of this release. Thelonius Monk's credit is incorrectly written as Bass instead of Piano on the release. Bird: The Complete Charlie

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