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 Barcode: none Matrix / Runout: 39087/2