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Released
  
1961 (1961)

Artist
  
Charlie Parker

Label
  
Charlie Parker Records

Length
  
36:39

Release date
  
1961

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
26 September 1952 Rockland Palace, New York City

Similar
  
Charlie Parker albums, Jazz albums

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

Contents

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. My Little Suede Shoes (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.

Songs

1Rocker5:26
2Sly Mongoose3:33
3Moose The Mooche4:01

References

Bird Is Free Wikipedia
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