What Is This Thing Called Love

~ Recording by Charlie Parker

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4What Is This Thing Called Love?:??Charlie ParkerThe Charlie Parker Story #2Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)V 8001
1.5What Is This Thing Called Love2:48Charlie ParkerCharlie Parker at Carnegie Hall 1949-1950Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53111
1.15What Is This Thing Called Love2:51Charlie ParkerCharlie Parker with StringsCharlie ParkerAlbum
  • -1996
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53263
1.20What Is This Thing Called Love? (live)2:54Charlie ParkerCharlie Parker With Strings (deluxe edition)Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-05-12
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0022596-02
1.20What Is This Thing Called Love? (Live)2:54Charlie ParkerCharlie Parker With Strings (deluxe edition)Charlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)

Relationships

alto saxophone:Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-09-16)
cello:Bill Bundy (cello) (on 1950-09-16)
double bass:Tommy Potter (on 1950-09-16)
drums (drum set):Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1950-09-16)
harp:Wallace McManus (on 1950-09-16)
oboe:Tom Mace (on 1950-09-16)
piano:Al Haig (on 1950-09-16)
viola:Dave Uchitel (on 1950-09-16)
violin:Sam Caplan (on 1950-09-16)
Stan Karpenia (on 1950-09-16)
Ted Blume (on 1950-09-18)
recorded at:Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-16)
recording of:What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue) (on 1950-09-16: live, instrumental)

Related works

What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)

lyricist and composer:Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:Harms, Inc.
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
referred to in medleys:Medley: Another Openin’, Another Show / From This Moment On / Where Oh Where / What Is This Thing Called Love? / I Love You (order: 4)
Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Maria / Try Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See a Deer Walking (order: 12)
part of:Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue) (number)
is the basis for:100 Proof
arrangements:What Is This Thing Called Love? (arr. Baylock)