Personnel:
Chet Baker (tp), Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss (as), Russ Freeman, Al Haig (p), Harry Babasin (b), Lawrence Marable (d), Jimmy Rowles (p), Carson Smith (b), Shelly Manne (d)
Reference: DRCD 11231
Bar code: 8436006492310
Great Chet and Bird encounter in California with the Harry Babassin All Stars, plus extremely rare tracks from a Parker concert at the University of Oregon.
Tracklisting:
01. Indiana (McDonald-Hanley) 11:19
02. Liza (Gershwin-Kahn) 10:06
03. They Didn't Believe Me (Reynolds-Kern) 6:16
04. The Squirrel (Tadd Dameron) 14:47
05. Ornithology (Harris-Parker) 2:52
06. Barbados (Charlie Parker) 3:49
07. Cool Blues (Charlie Parker) 5:36
Recording dates:
Tracks #1-4, Jam Session with the Harry Babasin All Stars
Recorded live at the Trade Winds Club, Inglewood, California, on June 16, 1952
Tracks #5-7, Recorded live at the University of Oregon, on November 5, 1953
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