alto saxophone Charlie Parker
tracks 2-2 alto saxophone Murray Williams
tracks 2-2 alto saxophone Sonny Salad
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 alto saxophone Willie Smith
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 bass Billy Hadnott
tracks 2-1, 2-2 bass Ray Brown
tracks 2-2 bass trombone Bart Varsalona
tracks 2-2 clarinet John Laporta
tracks 1-6, 1-8 drums Buddy Rich
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 drums Lee Young
tracks 2-1, 2-2 drums Shelly Manne
tracks 2-2 french horn Vincent Jacobs
tracks 1-6, 1-8 guitar Irving Ashby
tracks 1-7 mc [announcements as mc] Norman Granz
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 piano Arnold Ross
tracks 2-1, 2-2 piano Hank Jones
tracks 1-6, 1-8 piano Kenny Kersey
tracks 1-1 piano Mel Powell
tracks 1-6, 1-8 tenor saxophone Coleman Hawkins
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks 2-2 tenor saxophone Pete Mondello
tracks 2-2 trombone Bill Harris
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 trumpet Al Killian
tracks 2-2 trumpet Al Porcino
tracks 1-6, 1-8 trumpet Buck Clayton
tracks 1-1 trumpet Dizzy Gillespie
tracks 2-2 trumpet Doug Mettome
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 trumpet Howard McGhee
tracks 2-2 trumpet Ray Wetzel
Record Company PolyGram Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured By PolyGram Classics
Marketed By PolyGram Classics
Recorded At Philharmonic Auditorium
Recorded At Embassy Auditorium
Recorded At Carnegie Hall
Made By PDO, USA
TAKE NUMBERS listed here are true take numbers determined by actual sequence. If an item became known by an incorrect take number, that number will appear in brackets after the true number.
MASTERS were the takes selected during Charlie Parker's lifetime for the original issue.
ALTERNATE are complete performances of the same tunes issued later. Irregular procedures and sloppy bookeeping resulted in a large number of alternate takes being labelled as master during the LP era. These alternates will be noted in the listings as LP takes.
INCOMPLETE take which contains some improvisation by Bird.
MASTER and ALTERNATE denotes previously released material.
FALSE START, INCOMPLETE and COMPLETE denotes previously unreleased or recently discovered material.
Tracks 1-7, 2-4, 4-18 to 4-33, 7-6 to 7-12, 9-8 to 9-20, 10-2, 10-5, 10-13 to 10-18, 10-20, and 10-23 to 10-25 are previously unreleased.
Tracks 3-5 to 3-8 and 4-15 to 4-16 were recently discovered at the time of this release.
Thelonius Monk's credit is incorrectly written as Bass instead of Piano on the release.


# 1-1 to 1-5: Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, Monday January 28, 1946.
# 1-6 to 1-8: Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles, Monday April 22, 1946.
# 2-1, 2-2: Carnegie Hall, New York City, December 1947, as The Jazz Scene.

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Barcode: 042283714120 (Scanned)
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