Bird Is Free

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bird is Free
By Special Permission of the Estate of Charles C. Parker Jr.
Live album by
Released1961 (1961)
Recorded26 September 1952
, New York City
GenreJazz
Length36:39

Bird Is Free is a live album by Charlie Parker that documents a concert given at , New York City, on 26 September 1952.

Track listing[]

Side 1
  1. Rocker (Gerry Mulligan)
  2. Sly Mongoose (Jamaican trad.)
  3. Moose the Mooche (Parker)
  4. Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Don Raye)
Side 2
  1. This Time the Dream's on Me (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
  2. Cool Blues (Parker)
  3. (Parker)
  4. Lester Leaps In (Lester Young)
  5. Laura (Raksin, Mercer)

Charlie Parker, alto sax; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Walter Bishop, Jr., piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Max Roach, drums; unidentified strings on "Rocker" and "Laura".

Total time approximately 36 minutes.

See also[]

External links[]


Retrieved from ""