Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert explained

Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert
Type:	live
Artist:	Various artists
Cover:	Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert.jpeg
Recorded:	March 27, 1965 at Carnegie Hall
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Limelight Records

The Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert was recorded March 27, 1965, 10 years after the death of Charlie Parker, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Its A&R director was Bobby Scott and it was released on Limelight Records the same year. It has yet to be reissued on CD.^[1]

It also marks Dave Lambert's final recordings.

Bud Powell played "'Round Midnight" at the concert, but this track was released separately on the album Ups'n Downs.^[2]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Um-Hmm! (Ode to Yard)" (7:00)

• Dizzy Gillespie
• James Moody
• Kenny Barron
• Chris White
• Rudy Collins

2. "Groovin' High" (5:50)

Same personnel except Moody play alto sax3. "Now's the Time" (13:16)

• Roy Eldridge
• Coleman Hawkins
• C. C. Siegel (J. J. Johnson pseudonym)
• Billy Taylor
• Tommy Potter
• Roy Haynes

Side 2

4. "Blues for Bird" (4:05)

• Lee Konitz, unaccompanied alto sax solo

5. "Donna Lee" (2:42)

• Dave Lambert
• Billy Taylor
• Tommy Potter
• Roy Haynes

6. " Medley: Bird Watcher/Disorder at the Border" " (11:50)

Solo order on this track: Billy Taylor, Tommy Potter, Kenny Dorham, Lee Konitz, C. C. Siegel, Dizzy Gillespie

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/charlie-parker-10th-memorial-concert-3-27-65-r151065 Allmusic review
2. Web site: Bud Powell Catalog . 2024-01-06 . www.jazzdisco.org.