Bird at St. Nick's

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Bird at St. Nick's
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Live album by
Released1957 [1]
Recorded1950
Venue St. Nicholas Arena
Genre Jazz
Length41:40
Label Jazz Workshop
JWS–500
Charlie Parker chronology
Bird on 52nd St.
(1957)
Bird at St. Nick's
(1957)
Swedish Schnapps
(1958)
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Bird at St. Nick's was a live tape recording by Charlie Parker taken from a February 1950 performance at St. Nicholas Arena. [2] [5] The recording was made on non-professional equipment by Jimmy Knepper, a fan of Parker. As with his recording released as Bird on 52nd St. , Knepper focused mainly on recording Parker's solos to conserve audiotape. The album was the first release on Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop label. [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 2:35
  2. Ornithology 3:27
  3. Embraceable You 2:18
  4. Visa 2:57
  5. I Cover the Waterfront 1:44
  6. Scrapple from the Apple 4:34
  7. Star Eyes/52nd Street Theme 3:02
  8. Confirmation 3:18
  9. Out of Nowhere 2:17
  10. Hot House 3:45
  11. What's New 2:43
  12. Now's The Time 4:14
  13. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/52nd Street Theme 4:46

Personnel

References

  1. Umphred, Neal (1994). Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectable Jazz Albums, 1949–1969. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause. p. 386.
  2. 1 2 "Charlie Parker: Bird at St. Nick's". AllMusic. RhythmOne . Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  3. Hall, Tony (April 26, 1958). "Braff-Larkins volume two is even better". Disc . No. 12. p. 19.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1118. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. "Charlie Parker -- Bird at St. Nick's". Discogs. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  6. "Bird at St. Nick's". Concord Label Group. Retrieved December 23, 2023.