Verve session · in the studio
June 6, 1950
Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
In the room
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Charlie Parker – alto sax
Thelonious Monk – piano
Curley Russell – bass · as Curly Russell
Buddy Rich – drums
The takes
11 of these 21 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
Norman Granz's labels numbered the tunes they recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 410-4 | Bloomdido | MGC-639, MGV-8006, MGV-8194, MGV-8230, MGV-8341, V-8409, V-8787 |
| 411-3 | An Oscar For Treadwell | MGV-8006 |
| 411-4 | - | MGV-8006, MGV-8002 |
| 412-3 | Mohawk | MGV-8006 |
| 412-6 | - | MGV-8006, MGV-8002 |
| 413-0 | My Melancholy Baby (coda rehearsal) | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 413-1 | My Melancholy Baby | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 413-2 | - | MGV-8006, V-8787 |
| 414-1 | Leap Frog | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 414-2 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 414-3 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 414-4 | - | MGV-8006 |
| 414-5 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 414-6 | - | MGV-8006, MGV-8002, V-8787 |
| 414-7 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 414-9 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 414-10 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 415-1 | Relaxin' With Lee | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
| 415-2 | - | MGV-8006 |
| 415-3 | - | MGV-8006 |
| 415-5 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Verve (J) J00J 29001/10 |
21 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
MGC-639 · 1955Our BestVarious Artists
MGV-8006 · 1956+The Genius Of Charlie Parker #4Bird And Diz
MGV-8194 · 1956+Compendium Of Jazz #1Various Artists
MGV-8230 · 1957The Anatomy Of ImprovisationVarious Artists
MGV-8341 · 1959Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary RecordVarious Artists
V-8409 · 1961The Essential Charlie ParkerCharlie Parker Quartet With Jimmy Carroll Orchestra
MGV-8002 · 1956+The Charlie Parker Story #3Jazz At The PhilharmonicTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
