Carvin' The Bird - Best Of The Dial Masters Vol.2 Coloured edition

Charlie Parker, alto sax

on all tracks, plus:

A1: Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Lucky Thompson (ts), George Handy (p),

Arv Garrison (g), Ray Brown (b), Stan Levey (d). Glendale, California,

February 5, 1946.

A2-A4: Howard McGhee (tp), Wardell Gray (ts), Barney Kessel (g),

Red Callender (b), Don Lamond (d). Hollywood, February 26, 1947.

A5-A7: Miles Davis (tp), Duke Jordan (p), Tommy Potter (b),

Max Roach (d). New York, October 28, 1947.

A8-A9: Erroll Garner (p), Red Callender (b), Harold "Doc" West (d),

Earl Coleman (vcl). Hollywood, February 19, 1947.

A10 & B1-B4: Same personnel as A5-A7 except J. J. Johnson (tb) added.

New York, December 17, 1947.

B5-B8: Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Flip Phillips (ts), Red Norvo (vib),

Teddy Wilson (p), Slam Stewart (b), Specs Powell (d on B5-B6),

J. C. Heard (d on B7-B8). New York, June 6, 1945.

[Originally issued on Comet; later acquired and reissued by Dial.]

All original sessions produced by Ross Russell

[except B5-B8, unknown producer].