''Summit Meeting at Birdland'' is a live album by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker recorded at Birdland in New York City in 1951 and 1953. It was released by

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

in 1977.

History

The first side of the album, recorded in 1951, includes Parker with sidemen

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

on trumpet,

Bud Powell Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie, Powell was a leading figure in the development of modern ...

on piano, Tommy Potter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. A March 1953 club date with Parker and the Milt Buckner Trio produced one track, " Groovin' High". The final May gig with Parker and pianist John Lewis, bassist Curley Russell, drummer Kenny Clarke, and percussionist

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completed the B-side of the LP.

Reception

AllMusic critic

Scott Yanow Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.Allmusic Biography/ref> Biography Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...

praised the album's "stirring" A-side and stated that the recording quality was "acceptable".

Brian Priestley Brian Priestley (born 10 July 1940)Many sources list Priestley's year of birth as 1946, but this is inaccurate. See Priestley's entry in ''The Rough Guide to Jazz'' anon his revised Charlie Parker study. is an English jazz writer, pianist and a ...

described the A-side with Gillespie and Powell as "a sparkling 25 minutes" in his biography of Parker.

Track listing

# "

Blue 'n' Boogie Blue 'n' Boogie is a 1944 jazz standard. It was written by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli. It can be found on Gillespie's 1955 compilation album ''Groovin' High'', and was notably performed by trumpeter Miles Davis on ''Miles Davis All-Star ...

" (Gillespie,

Frank Paparelli Frank Paparelli (* December 25, 1917 in Providence, Rhode Island; † May 24, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) was an American Jazz pianist, Composer and Author. He was a pianist in Dizzy Gillespie's band during the mid-1940s, and is notable as t ...

) – 7:24 # " Anthropology" (Parker, Gillespie) – 5:47 # " 'Round Midnight" ( Thelonious Monk) – 3:35 # "

A Night in Tunisia "A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie around 1940–42, while Gillespie was playing with the Benny Carter band. It has become a jazz standard. It is also known as "Interlude", and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen w ...

" (Gillespie) – 5:16 # " Groovin' High" (Gillespie) – 3:51 # "Cool Blues" (Parker) – 4:20 # "

Star Eyes ''Star Eyes'' is a 1963 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, arranged by Marty Manning. Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow thought that "although nothing all that memorable occurs, Sassy's voice is heard very much in its prime". Track li ...

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Don Raye Don Raye (born Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr., March 16, 1909 – January 29, 1985) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs for The Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", " The House of Blue Lights", "Just for a Thr ...

) – 5:10 # " Moose the Mooche" (Parker) / "

Lullaby of Birdland "Lullaby of Birdland" is a jazz standard and popular song composed by George Shearing with lyrics by George David Weiss (under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster"). Background George Shearing wrote "Lullaby of Birdland" in 1952 for Morris Levy, the ow ...

" ( George Shearing) – 5:32 # " Broadway" (Wilbur H. Bird,

Teddy McRae Teddy McRae (January 22, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger. McRae was born in Waycross, Georgia, and brought up in Philadelphia and played with local ensembles, including one composed of family members, w ...

, Henri Woode) / "Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing) – 3:16

Personnel

* Charlie Parker – alto saxophone * Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet (tracks 1–4) * Milt Buckner – organ (5) * Bernie McKay – guitar (5) * Bud Powell – piano (1–4) * John Lewis – piano (6–9) * Tommy Potter – bass (1–4) * Curley Russell – bass (6–9) * Kenny Clarke – drums (6–9) * Roy Haynes – drums (1–4) * Cornelius Thomas – drums (5) * Cándido Camero – percussion (8–9)

References

{{authority control Charlie Parker albums 1977 live albums Columbia Records live albums Albums recorded at Birdland