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tracks 3, 5, 7 to 9, 11, 12 alto saxophone [uncredited] Charlie Parker
tracks 1 alto saxophone [uncredited], vocals [uncredited] Charlie Parker
tracks 12 bass [uncredited] Curly Russell
tracks 1 bass [uncredited] Ray Brown
tracks 3, 5 bass [uncredited] Teddy Kotick
tracks 7 to 9, 11 bass [uncredited] Tommy Potter
tracks 3 cello [uncredited] Daniel Stern
tracks 12 drums [uncredited] Art Blakey
tracks 7 to 9 drums [uncredited] Max Roach
tracks 3, 5, 11 drums [uncredited] Roy Haynes
tracks 1 drums [uncredited] Stan Levey
tracks 3 harp [uncredited] Unknown Artist
tracks 2, 4, 6, 10 interviewee [uncredited] Charlie Parker
tracks 2, 4, 6, 10 interviewer [uncredited] James T. Maher
tracks 2, 4, 6, 10 interviewer [uncredited] Marshall W. Stearns
liner notes Richard Clay
mastered by Robin Reed
tracks 3 oboe [uncredited] Martin Sperber
tracks 1, 7 to 9 piano [uncredited] Al Haig
tracks 12 piano [uncredited] Bud Powell
tracks 3, 5, 11 piano [uncredited] Walter Bishop, Jr.
tracks 3 strings [uncredited] Unknown Artist
tracks 1 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Lucky Thompson
tracks 11, 12 trumpet [uncredited] Fats Navarro
tracks 7 to 9 trumpet [uncredited] Miles Davis
tracks 1 trumpet [uncredited], vocals [uncredited] Dizzy Gillespie
tracks 1 vibraphone [uncredited] Milt Jackson
tracks 11 vocals [uncredited] Jimmy Scott
Mastered At McIntyre Music, Manhattan
Recorded At NBC Studios, Hollywood
Recorded At Royal Roost (2)
Recorded At Birdland
Rare Interviews and Live Recordings of Charlie Parker

CD claims First Time Ever Released but that isn't true for any of it.

WEAF-AM radio broadcast, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA on January 24, 1946 (track 1).
WMCA radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC on December 18, 1948 (tracks 7 to 9).
Interview with Charlie Parker by Marshall Stearns and James T. Maher on May 1, 1950 (tracks 2, 4, 6, 10)
Private recording, Birdland, NYC on May 17, 1950 (tracks 11, 12).
WJZ-AM radio broadcast, Birdland, NYC on April 7, 1951 (tracks 3, 5).

Track 5 is Jumpin' With Symphony Sid. CD lists it as just Symphony Sid.

Recording locations, dates and personnel (none found on CD) taken from JazzTimes magazine article by Ira Gitler from 2000, online discography at plosin.org and The Charlie Parker Discography by Bregman, Bukowski and Saks.

Swan Records, P.O. Box 4144, New York, NY 10185-4144
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Matrix / Runout: 39087/2