Complete Onyx Recordings (2-CD)

This double CD set is composed of excerpts taken from the famous Dean Benedetti tapes. All tracks recorded in 1948 at the Onyx Club in New York City.


Tracklisting:

CD 1
01. Announcement
02. 52nd Street Theme
03. Out of Nowhere
04. My Old Flame
05. Chasin' the Bird
06. The Way You Look Tonight
07. This Time the Dream's on Me
08. Shaw 'Nuff
09. Cheryl
10. Ornithology
11. These Foolish Things
12. Groovin' High
13. Little Willie Leaps
14. 52nd Street Theme
15. This Time the Dream's on Me
16. The Way You Look Tonight
17. Out of Nowhere
18. My Old Flame
19. Big Foot
20. 52nd Street Theme
21. Half Nelson
22. Little Willie Leaps
23. What Price Love
24. What Price Love
25. Well you Needn't
26. 52nd Street Theme
27. Out of Nowhere
28. How High The Moon
29. 52nd Street Theme

CD 2
01. Chasin' the Bird
02. Don't Blame Me
03. Tico Tico
04. Out of Nowhere
05. Indiana / Donna Lee
06. 52nd Street Theme
07. How High The Moon
08. I'm in the Mood for Love
09. This Time the Dream's on Me
10. Yesterdays
11. 52nd Street Theme
12. 52nd Street Theme / How High The Moon
13. Groovin' High
14. 52nd Street Theme
15. Cheryl
16. All The Things You Are
17. Country Gardens
18. Big Foot
19. I Can't Get Started
20. Dizzy Atmosphere
21. Spotlite
22. 52nd Street Theme
23. How High The Moon
24. September Song
25. Hot House
26. 52nd Street Theme
27. A Night in Tunisia
28. My Old Flame
29. Night and Day
30. The Hymn

Personnel:

The Charlie Parker Quintet
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Thelonious Monk (piano on CD 1 #25), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums), Earl Coleman, Carmen McRae (vcl).

All tracks recorded by Dean Benedetti at The Onyx Club, in New York City, July 6-11, 1948 (CD 1 #1-26), probably July 7, 1948 (CD 1 #27-29), July 10, 1948 (CD 2 #1-15, rehearsal), July 11, 1948 (CD 2 #16-30).

Liner notes: Eric Mills
Images & design: Alain Corrieras
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