Boxset / Compilation · 1991
Tracklist
1 Honeysuckle Rose - Body and Soul [Unkn 1940] 3:05
2 Cherokee (R. Noble) [Sep 1943] 3:12
3 My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) (M. Gordon-H. Warren) [Sep 1943] 3:20
4 I Found a New Baby (J. Palmer-S. Williams) [Sep 1943] 3:34
5 Body and Soul (J.W. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) [Sep 1943] 3:45
6 Sweet Georgia Brown (B. Bernie-M. Pinkard-K. Casey) [Feb 15, 1943 (a)] 7:35
7 Three Guesses (J. Mercer-P. Charig) [Feb 15, 1943 (b)] 4:16
8 Boogie Woogie (Unknown) [Feb 15, 1943 (b)] 3:39
9 Shoe Shine Boy (S. Cahn-S. Chaplin) [Feb 15, 1943 (b)] 4:16
10 Body and Soul (J.W. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) [Feb 15, 1943 (b)] 1:55
11 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Jun 1943] 2:42
12 China Boy (P. Boutelje-D. Winfree) [Jun 1943] 2:32
13 Avalon (B.G. DeSylva-A. Jolson-V. Rose) [Jun 1943] 2:43
14 Indiana (J.F. Hanley-B. McDonald) [Feb 15, 1943 (b)] 1:33
15 Lady Be Good (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [Feb 15, 1943 (b)] 0:53
16 Sweet Georgia Brown (B. Bernie-M. Pinkard-K. Casey) [May 30, 1945] 3:22
17 Lover Come Back to Me (S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein) [Feb 4, 1946] 3:30
18 Shaw 'Nuff (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [Dec 10, 1945] 4:53
19 Groovin' High (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [Dec 10, 1945] 6:00
20 Dizzy Atmosphere (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) [Dec 10, 1945] 4:43
Line-up/Musicians
Unknown 1940
Charlie Parker (as)
February 15, 1943 (a)
Charlie Parker (ts); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Oscar Pettiford (b)
February 15, 1943 (b)
Charlie Parker (ts); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Billy Eckstine (tpt); Shorty McConnell (tpt); Benny Harris (tpt); Goon Gardner (ts); Hurley Ramey (g); Oscar Pettiford (b); Unknown (d); Bob Redcross (brushes)
June 1943
Charlie Parker (as, ts)
September 1943
Charlie Parker (as); Efferge Ware (g); "Little" Phil Phillips (d)
May 30, 1945
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Don Byas (ts); Al Haig (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Stan Levey (d)
December 10, 1945
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Milt Jackson (vb); Al Haig (p); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (d); Mannie Klein (tpt); Red Mack (tpt); Raven Mandell (tpt); Teddy Buckner (tpt); George Washington (tb); Carl Loeffler (tb); Janu Tizol (tb); Willie Smith (as); Les Robinson (as); Corky Corcoran (ts); Jack McVea (ts); Floyd Turnham (bs); Milt Laskin (p); Allan Reuss (g); Van Clark (b); Ray Hagan (d); Jimmy Mundy (cond, arr); Kay Starr (voc); Frankie "Sugar Chile" Robinson (p, voc); Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (p, voc); Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman (ann); Vernon Smith (ann)
February 4, 1946
Charlie Parker (as); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt); Unknown (p); George "Red" Callender (b); Harold "Doc" West (d)
About this release
Stash Records – ST-CD-535 (US)
Tracks 6 to 8, 11, 14, 16 and 17 previously included in "Birth Of The Bebop" Stash ST-260
Thanks to snobb for the updates
