Description

Rare live performances recorded in 1950 at Café Society in New York and in 1951 at Lindsay’s Sky Bar in Cleveland. Includes previously unreleased recordings, detailed liner notes, and audio mastered from the original tapes. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

Bird at Birdland! Bebop trailblazer Charlie Parker is showcased here with three different star-studded groups at the NYC club whose name he inspired. The first side of this single LP reissue includes a 1951 encounter where Parker was joined by Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes. The flip includes tracks from two separate 1953 engagements: one track with the Milt Buckner Trio and then 4 tracks with John Lewis, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke and Candido Camero. Includes takes on classics such as “Anthropology,” “’Round Midnight” and “Night In Tunisia.”

Tracklist
SIDE A
1. Blue ‘N’ Boogie
2. Anthropology
3. ‘Round Midnight
4. Night In Tunisia
SIDE B
1. Groovin’ High
2. Cool Blues
3. Star Eyes
4. Moose The Mooche / Lullaby Of Birdland
5. Broadway / Lullaby Of Birdland