Savoy MG 12179 · 12-inch LP · 1962

MG 12179

The 'Bird' Returns

Charlie Parker

Released: 1962
Tracks: 7

Who's on it

Charlie Parker – alto sax
Miles Davis – trumpet
Symphony Sid – announcer
Tadd Dameron – piano
Curley Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
Al Haig – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Lucky Thompson – tenor sax
Milt Jackson – vibes
Dave Lambert – vocal
Buddy Stewart – vocal

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 5 sessions.

1Koko (aka Ko-Ko)September 4, 1948 ·
2Ornithology (as Thriving On From A Riff)December 11, 1948 ·
3BarbadosFebruary 12, 1949 ·
4Half NelsonFebruary 26, 1949 ·
5Scrapple From The AppleFebruary 26, 1949 ·
6CherylMarch 12, 1949 ·
7Chasin' The BirdMarch 12, 1949 ·

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The 5 sessions

September 4, 1948radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYCCharlie Parker Quintet
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Symphony Sid – announcer
- Tadd Dameron – piano
- Curley Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
1 track on this record · 6 takes that dayOpen the session →
December 11, 1948radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYCCharlie Parker Quintet
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Symphony Sid – announcer
- Al Haig – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Max Roach – drums
1 track on this record · 9 takes that dayOpen the session →
February 12, 1949radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYCCharlie Parker Quintet
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- Symphony Sid – announcer
- Al Haig – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Max Roach – drums
1 track on this record · 7 takes that dayOpen the session →
February 26, 1949radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYCCharlie Parker Septet
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- Lucky Thompson – tenor sax
- Milt Jackson – vibes
- Dave Lambert – vocal
- Buddy Stewart – vocal
- Symphony Sid – announcer
- Al Haig – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Max Roach – drums
2 tracks on this record · 11 takes that dayOpen the session →
March 12, 1949radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYCCharlie Parker Septet
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- Lucky Thompson – tenor sax
- Milt Jackson – vibes
- Symphony Sid – announcer
- Al Haig – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Max Roach – drums
2 tracks on this record · 7 takes that dayOpen the session →

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

6 of them 4 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGV-8000	The Charlie Parker Story #1	Machito And His Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham, Dave Lambert
MGV-8009	Jazz Perennial: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #7	Charlie Parker	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham, Dave Lambert
MG 12125	The Many Faces Of The Blues	Various Artists	1958	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
MG 12126	The Jazz Hour	Various Artists	1958	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson

5 of them 13 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9000	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Charlie Parker	1951	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 9001	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1951	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 9010	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3	Charlie Parker	1952	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MGN-1035	Alto Sax	Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith	1955	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham
MGV-8001	The Charlie Parker Story #2	Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter
V-8787	Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet · not on the site yet	Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	1950	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Dave Lambert
MG 12000	Charlie Parker Memorial	Charlie Parker All Stars	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 12001	The Immortal Charlie Parker	Tiny Grimes Quintette	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 12009	Charlie Parker Memorial Volume 2	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 12014	The Genius Of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 12020	Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	1955	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell, Al Haig, Kenny Dorham, Milt Jackson
V-8409	The Essential Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quartet With Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	1961	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Al Haig
PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Miles Davis, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson

4 of them 10 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7841	The Max Roach Quintet · not on the site yet	The Max Roach Quintet	1949	Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 113	Modern Jazz Trumpets	Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham	1951	Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham
MG 9011	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 4	Charlie Parker	1952	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 9034	Bird - Diz - Bud - Max	Various Artists	1954	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG-26001	The Young At Bop	Various Artists	1954	Curley Russell, Al Haig, Dave Lambert, Buddy Stewart
MGC-646	The Magnificent Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quintet	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Dave Lambert
PRLP 7013	Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1956	Miles Davis, Max Roach, Al Haig, Tommy Potter
MGV-8002	The Charlie Parker Story #3	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1956+	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12042	Roll Em Bags	Kenny Clarke's Sextet With Milt Jackson	1956	Curley Russell, Kenny Dorham, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
MG 12079	The Charlie Parker Story	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1956	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach

3 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7824	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra	1946	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Milt Jackson
BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Milt Jackson
BLP 5012	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet	Howard McGhee's All Stars	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Milt Jackson
MG 9016	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3	Dexter Gordon	1952	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Max Roach
PR 7822	Miles Davis Sextet · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet	1953	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach
MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 9024	The Birth Of Bop Volume 3	Various Artists	1953	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MGC-157	Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quartet	1954	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Al Haig
BLP 1511	Genius of Modern Music Volume 2	Thelonious Monk	1956	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham, Lucky Thompson
MG 12081	The George Wallington Trio	The George Wallington Trio And Septet	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Buddy Stewart
BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Milt Jackson
MGV-8230	The Anatomy Of Improvisation	Various Artists	1957	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12130	Dexter Rides Again	Dexter Gordon	1958	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Max Roach
JLP 50	Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet	The Tadd Dameron Band	1961	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Milt Jackson
JLP 68	The Tadd Dameron Band	The Tadd Dameron Band	1962	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell, Milt Jackson
MGV-8005	Now's The Time: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #3	The Quartet Of Charlie Parker	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Al Haig
MGV-8010	Swedish Schnapps: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #8	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach
LM-82017	3/27/65 - Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall	Various Artists	1965	Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham, Dave Lambert

2 of them 92 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 109	Modern Jazz Trombones	Kai Winding And His All Stars, Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars	1951	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 115	Wardell Gray Tenor Sax Favorites	Wardell Gray Quartet	1951	Al Haig, Tommy Potter
PRLP 116	The New Sounds	Lee Konitz Featuring Miles Davis	1951	Miles Davis, Max Roach
LP-623	Max!	Max Roach	1958?	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1951	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PR 7744	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1951	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PR 7827	Lee Konitz Sextet · not on the site yet	Lee Konitz Sextet	1951	Miles Davis, Max Roach
MG 9003	New Sounds In Modern Music	Dexter Gordon	1951	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell
MG 9004	Stan Getz Beboppers	Stan Getz Quartet / The Be Bop Boys	1951	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PRLP 124	The New Sounds	Miles Davis	1952	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
BLP 5003	The Amazing Bud Powell	Bud Powell's Modernists	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 9015	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 2	Allen Eager	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 9019	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6	Fats Navarro	1952	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell
DLP-2	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 1	The Quintet	1953	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
PRLP 140	Blue Period	Miles Davis	1953	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PRLP 158	George Wallington Trio (Volume 2)	George Wallington Trio	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PR 7587	George Wallington Trio · not on the site yet	George Wallington Trio	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 9025	The Birth Of Bop Volume 4	Various Artists	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach
DLP-4	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 3	The Quintet	1954	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
PRLP 161	Miles Davis Quartet	Miles Davis Quartet	1954	Miles Davis, Max Roach
PRLP 175	Piano Moderns	Mary Lou Williams, Al Haig	1954	Al Haig, Tommy Potter
PRLP 182	Miles Davis All Star Sextet	Miles Davis All Star Sextet	1954	Miles Davis, Lucky Thompson
PR 7650	Miles Davis All Stars · not on the site yet	Miles Davis All Stars	1954	Miles Davis, Milt Jackson
MG 15036	The Al Cohn Quintet	Al Cohn Quintet	1954	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 15044	Tenor Sax Solos By Allen Eager	Allen Eager Quartet	1954	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PRLP 196	Miles Davis All Stars Vol. 1	Miles Davis All Stars	1955	Miles Davis, Milt Jackson
PRLP 200	Miles Davis All Stars Vol. 2	Miles Davis All Stars	1955	Miles Davis, Milt Jackson
MGC-639	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell
CL 641	Gene Krupa's Sidekicks	Gene Krupa	1955	Dave Lambert, Buddy Stewart
BLP 1503	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1	Bud Powell	1955	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PRLP 7002	Stan Getz Quartets	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1955	Al Haig, Tommy Potter
PRLP 7008	Wardell Gray Memorial Volume One	Wardell Gray Quartet	1955	Al Haig, Tommy Potter
MG 12011	Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney	Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
DEB-124	Jazz At Massey Hall	The Quintet	1956	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
MGN-1063	Jazz Giant	Bud Powell	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
LP 1242	Ballads & Blues	Milt Jackson	1956	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
BLP 1504	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2	Bud Powell	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
BLP 1533	Introducing Johnny Griffin	Johnny Griffin	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PRLP 7012	Dig	Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins	1956	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 7024	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PRLP 7034	Miles Davis And Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet	Miles Davis All Star Sextet/Quintet	1956	Miles Davis, Milt Jackson
PRLP 7037	Fontainebleau	Tadd Dameron	1956	Tadd Dameron, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 7044	Collectors' Items	Miles Davis	1956	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis
PRLP 7054	Blue Haze	Miles Davis	1956	Miles Davis, Max Roach
MG 12048	Al Cohn's Tones	Al Cohn Quartet	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12061	Meet Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson Septet	1956	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
MG 12070	The Jazz Skyline	Milt Jackson	1956	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
MG-36066	Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars	Jimmy Cleveland Octet	1956	Max Roach, Lucky Thompson
MG-36085	The Young Ones Of Jazz	Various Artists	1956	Max Roach, Lucky Thompson
MG-36098	Max Roach + 4	Max Roach Quintet	1956	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 12-239	Jazz Contrasts	Kenny Dorham	1957	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 12-244	Jazz For Lovers	Various Artists	1957	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
LP 1269	Plenty, Plenty Soul	Milt Jackson	1957	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
BLP 1531	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1	Fats Navarro	1957	Curley Russell, Milt Jackson
PRLP 7076	Walkin'	Miles Davis All Stars	1957	Miles Davis, Lucky Thompson
PRLP 7095	Rollins Plays For Bird	Sonny Rollins Quintet With Kenny Dorham And Max Roach	1957	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 7109	Bags Groove	Miles Davis	1957	Miles Davis, Milt Jackson
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell
PRLP 7253	Looking Back	J.J. Johnson	1963	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
PR 7516	Prezervation	Stan Getz With Al Haig	1967	Al Haig, Tommy Potter
MGV-8006	The Genius Of Charlie Parker #4	Bird And Diz	1956+	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell
MGV-8194	Compendium Of Jazz #1	Various Artists	1956+	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell
MG 12080	Jackson's-ville Featuring Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson Quintet	1957	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
MG 12114	Opus De Bop	Various Artists	1957	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12118	Pretty For The People	A.K. Salim	1957	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
MG-36108	Jazz In 3/4 Time	Max Roach	1957	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 12-251	Abbey Lincoln With The Riverside Jazz Stars	Abbey Lincoln With The Riverside Jazz Stars	1958	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 12-256	The Modern Touch	Benny Golson Sextet	1958	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 12-267	Riverside Drive	Various Artists	1958	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 12-284	Saxophone Revolt	Various Artists	1958	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 308	Abbey Is Blue	Abbey Lincoln	1959	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 7150	Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants	Miles Davis All Stars	1959	Miles Davis, Milt Jackson
MG-36127	The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker	Max Roach Quartet	1959	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
LP 1337	The Blues In Modern Jazz	Various Artists	1961	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson
PRLP 7207	Sonny Boy	Sonny Rollins	1961	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
CJM 8019	The Jazz Life!	Various Artists	1961	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
CJM 8022	Newport Rebels	Jazz Artists Guild	1961	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
JLP 72	Sonny's Time	Sonny Rollins	1962	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
JLP 82	Kenny Dorham And Friends With Cannonball Adderley & Sonny Rollins	Kenny Dorham Quintet/Sextet	1962	Max Roach, Kenny Dorham
RLP 429	Big Bags	Milt Jackson Orchestra	1962	Tadd Dameron, Milt Jackson
RLP 446	Invitation	Milt Jackson Sextet	1963	Kenny Dorham, Milt Jackson
PR 7352	Miles Davis Plays For Lovers	Miles Davis Quartet	1965	Miles Davis, Max Roach
MGV-8008	Fiesta: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #6	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
NJLP 8295	Ezz-thetic	Lee Konitz & Miles Davis, Teddy Charles & Jimmy Raney	1964	Miles Davis, Max Roach
LM-82002	I/We Had A Ball	Various Artists	1965	Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel)

In the 12000 series

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