Charlie Parker: Live at Birdland 1950

Radio broadcast, Birdland, NYC, May 15 and 16, 1950

Charlie Parker, alto sax; Fats Navarro, trumpet;  Bud Powell, piano; Curly Russell, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

1. Wahoo
2. 'Round Midnight
3. This Time the Dream's On Me
4. Dizzy Atmosphere
5. Night In Tunisia
6. Move
7. The Street Beat
8. Out of Nowhere
9. Little Willie Leaps / 52nd Street Theme
10. Ornithology
11. I'll Remember April / 52nd Street Theme
12. Embraceable You
13. Cool Blues / 52nd Street Theme

Note on the remastering: The sound on this live recording from the 1950s, released many times before, the sound was not too great. I took advantage of Zynaptiq Unchirp's ability to restore "lost" high frequencies with very natural-sounding results. Izotope RX11, Ozone 11 and Acoustica were used, too. The volume of Max Roach's drums had to be reduced significantly. To my ears, the result has much better sound than all previous releases.