Bird in LA (RSD Black Friday 2021) - Charlie Parker [CD Limited Edition]

Charlie Parker spent more time in Los Angeles than anywhere outside of Kansas City and New York City. This historic release brings together previously unknown and unissued recordings along with rarities captured during three of the four California trips Bird made during his too-short life. Among the crown jewels on this set are 'How High the Moon' and 'Fifty-Second Street Theme' from his historic engagement with Dizzy Gillespie at Billy Berg's in 1945. Also included are three previously unknown performances from a 1948 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' concert at the Shrine Auditorium. Most intriguingly, the complete recordings of the infamous July 1952 'naked party' at the Altadena ranch of Jirayr Zorthian are included. Recording engineer Doug Benson has done a remarkable job of restoring these recordings to the highest possible audio fidelity. Included in this set is an extensive essay by producer John Burton describing the circumstances under which these recordings were made as well as rarely-seen photographs from Bird's trips to L.A.

Disc 1
1. Intro Over I Waited for You Into How High the Moon (Incomplete) - Charlie Parker
2. Intro Dialogue With Gibson Into Handsome Harry the Hipster (Incomplete) [no Parker] - Charlie Parker
3. Cement Mixer (Fragment) Into Intro Blues (Fragment) - Charlie Parker
4. Dizzy Atmosphere (Fragment) (No Parker Improvision) - Charlie Parker
5. Fifty-second Street Theme Into Closing Announcement - Charlie Parker
6. Groovin' High Into Announcement - Charlie Parker
7. Intro Dialogue With Gillespie Into Shaw Nuff Into Announcement - Charlie Parker
8. Intro Dialogue With Gillespie Into Dizzy Atmosphere Into Announcement - Charlie Parker
9. Intro Dialogue Between Valle & Gibson Into Salt Peanuts - Charlie Parker
10. Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker
11. Ornithology - Charlie Parker
12. All the Things You Are - Charlie Parker
13. Blue 'N' Boogie - Charlie Parker
14. Anthropology - Charlie Parker
15. Cherokee - Charlie Parker
16. Ornithology - Charlie Parker
17. Dizzy Atmosphere - Charlie Parker
18. Out of Nowhere - Charlie Parker
Disc 2
1. Scrapple from the Apple (Incomplete) - Charlie Parker
2. Au Privave - Dance of the Infidels - Charlie Parker
3. Night in Tunisia - Charlie Parker
4. How High the Moon - Ornithology - Charlie Parker
5. Embraceable You - Charlie Parker
6. Hot House - Charlie Parker
7. Cool Blues - Charlie Parker
8. March Noodling - Dixie - Charlie Parker
9. Scrapple from the Apple - Charlie Parker
10. Au Privave - Charlie Parker