Complete Onyx Recordings

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Annotation

Charlie Parker Quintet, The Onyx Club, New York City, July 6-11, 1948

Charlie Parker : alto sax
Miles Davis : trumpet
Irving "Duke" Jordan (piano)
Thelonious Monk : piano (on track 25)
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
Earl Coleman : vocals
Carmen McRae : vocals

Tracks 01 - 26 : July 6-11, 1948
Tracks 27 - 29 :probably July 7, 1948

Charlie Parker Quintet, The Onyx Club, New York City, July 6-11, 1948

Charlie Parker : alto sax
Miles Davis : trumpet
Irving "Duke" Jordan (piano)
Thelonious Monk : piano (on track 25)
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
Earl Coleman : vocals
Carmen McRae : vocals

Tracks 01 - 15 : July 10, 1948 (rehearsal)
Tracks 16 - 30 : July 11, 1948

Annotation last modified on 2009-02-07 19:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Announcement
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
0:24
2Fifty-Second Street Theme
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (in 1948-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
1:13
3Out of Nowhere
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Out of Nowhere (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
5:43
4My Old Flame
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
My Old Flame (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:25
5Chasin' the Bird
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Chasing the Bird (in 1950-07)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
1:43
6The Way You Look Tonight
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (in 1950-07)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
6:22
7This Time the Dream's on Me
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
This Time the Dream’s on Me (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
4:38
8Shaw 'Nuff
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Shaw 'Nuff (in 1950-07)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
3:51
9Cheryl
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Cheryl (in 1950-07)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp/BMI (BMI)
0:24
10Ornithology
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Ornithology (in 1950-07)
composer:
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Marada Music Ltd.
1:59
11These Foolish Things
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
1:33
12Groovin' High
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Groovin’ High (in 1950-07)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:17
13Little Willie Leaps
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Little Willie Leaps (in 1950-07)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
2:09
14Fifty-Second Street Theme
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (in 1950-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
2:26
15This Time the Dream's on Me
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
This Time the Dream’s on Me (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
4:45
16The Way You Look Tonight
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (in 1950-07)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
4:13
17Out of Nowhere
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Out of Nowhere (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:29
18My Old Flame
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
My Old Flame (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
0:34
19Big Foot
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Big Foot (in 1950-07)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
1:23
20Fifty-Second Street Theme
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (in 1950-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
1:34
21Half Nelson
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Half Nelson (in 1950-07)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
1:15
22Little Willie Leaps
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Little Willie Leaps (in 1950-07)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
0:30
23What Price Love
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
2:39
24What Price Love
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
0:23
25Well, You Needn't
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
Well, You Needn’t (in 1950-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:37
26Fifty-Second Street Theme
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1950-07)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1950-07)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1950-07)
piano:
Duke Jordan (in 1950-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1950-07)
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (in 1950-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
1:20
27Out of Nowhere
live recording of:
Out of Nowhere (on 1948-07-07)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
0:49
28How High the Moon
live recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1948-07-07)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:47
29Fifty-Second Street Theme
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-07)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
0:09
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