Charlie Parker The Bird Blows The Blues ORIG. DIAL 1949

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Charlie Parker - "The Bird Blows The Blues"
(“Charlie Parker and His Bebop Groups.”)

DIAL LP 21 // Was issued without cover. Session personal for tracks listed below: MATRX: DLP - 21/22

Charlie Parker (as) Erroll Garner (p) Red Callender (b) Doc West (d) Earl Coleman (vo)
C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, CA, February 19, 1947
    
Howard McGhee (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Don Lamond (d)
C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, CA, February 26, 1947

Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)
WOR Studios, NYC, October 28, 1947

This landmark release is “The Bird Blows the Blues” (Dial DLP-1), a collection of six tracks Parker recorded during two session dates in Los Angeles.

Side I (DLP-21) has the “Master Set A - Original Issue” of “Relaxing at Camarillo”; “Carvin' the Bird”; “Dark Shadows”; “Blowtop Blues”; “Bongobop”; and “Cool Blues.”

Side II (DLP-22) contains “Master Set B - Alternate Masters,” different takes of those same six tracks.

Interestingly, Parker's inspiration for “Relaxing at Camarillo” came from his six month required stay at Camarillo State Mental Hospital, brought on by endless problems with addictions (alcohol, heroin, etc.). These demons contributed mightly to Charlie's death (March 12, 1955) at just 34 years of age.

Dial offered this LP exclusively via a mail-in order coupon in the June 3, 1949 issue of Downbeat magazine. Appropriately described, this “Limited Mail Order Edition,” sold for a whopping $5.00 plus shipping. This, believe it or not, is about double the price of most LPs at the time, a point no doubt a factor in Dial selling very few.

Jazz historians estimate less than 100 sold, some believing the total closer to 25.

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