Complete Onyx Recordings

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Annotation

Charlie Parker Quintet, The Onyx Club, New York City, July 6-11, 1948

Charlie Parker : alto sax
Miles Davis : trumpet
Irving "Duke" Jordan (piano)
Thelonious Monk : piano (on track 25)
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
Earl Coleman : vocals
Carmen McRae : vocals

Tracks 01 - 26 : July 6-11, 1948
Tracks 27 - 29 :probably July 7, 1948

Charlie Parker Quintet, The Onyx Club, New York City, July 6-11, 1948

Charlie Parker : alto sax
Miles Davis : trumpet
Irving "Duke" Jordan (piano)
Thelonious Monk : piano (on track 25)
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
Earl Coleman : vocals
Carmen McRae : vocals

Tracks 01 - 15 : July 10, 1948 (rehearsal)
Tracks 16 - 30 : July 11, 1948

Annotation last modified on 2009-02-07 19:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Chasin' the Bird
live recording of:
Chasing the Bird (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
4:45
2Don't Blame Me
live recording of:
Don’t Blame Me (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
0:42
3Tico Tico
live recording of:
Tico‐Tico (catch‐all for arrangements) (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Zequinha de Abreu (in 1917)
arrangement of:
Tico-tico no fubá (original Portuguese version)
2:07
4Out of Nowhere
live recording of:
Out of Nowhere (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:16
5(Back Home Again in) Indiana / Donna Lee
live medley including a recording of:
Donna Lee (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Charles Christopher Parker, Jr (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) and Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
live medley including a recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
2:41
6Fifty-Second Street Theme
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
0:27
7How High the Moon
live recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:09
8I'm in the Mood for Love
live recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
1:30
9This Time the Dream's on Me
live recording of:
This Time the Dream’s on Me (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
3:26
10Yesterdays
live recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
0:22
11Fifty-Second Street Theme
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
0:11
12Fifty-Second Street Theme/How High the Moon
live medley including a recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
live medley including a recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1948-07-10)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
6:18
13Groovin' High
live recording of:
Groovin’ High (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:15
14Fifty-Second Street Theme
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
0:55
15Cheryl
live recording of:
Cheryl (on 1948-07-10)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp/BMI (BMI)
2:28
16All the Things You Are
live recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1948-07-11)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
2:50
17Country Gardens
0:10
18Big Foot
live recording of:
Big Foot (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
4:00
19I Can't Get Started
live recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1948-07-11)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
1:15
20Dizzy Atmosphere
live recording of:
Dizzy Atmosphere (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
4:28
21Spotlite
2:43
22Fifty-Second Street Theme
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
0:10
23How High the Moon
live recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1948-07-11)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:02
24September Song
live instrumental recording of:
September Song (catch-all for versions outside the theatrical context) (on 1948-07-11)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
arrangement of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
1:44
25Hot House
live recording of:
Hot House (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Tadd Dameron
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn Inc./ASCAP
3:53
26Fifty-Second Street Theme
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
1:01
27A Night in Tunisia
live recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
3:33
28My Old Flame
live recording of:
My Old Flame (on 1948-07-11)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
1:54
29Night and Day
live recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1948-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
3:01
30The Hymn
live recording of:
The Hymn (on 1948-07-11)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
1:24