Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker: Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945

CML call number: CD/JAZZ/Gillespie
Label website: http://www.uptownjazz.net/
Producer Robert Sunenblick writes in the liner notes: "Record shows are marvelous places for lovers of vinyl. … It was at one of these record shows that I met the 'picker.' A 'picker' is a dealer who is constantly searching for the next rarity, looking to quickly recycle his finds into cash. Within weeks of one of these shows, I received a telephone call from this particular 'picker' who related, 'I just found an acetate of Charlie Parker. I can play it for you over the phone. Do you want it?' … I recognized Symphony Sid and when I heard him say, 'We'd like to start off with Dizzy Gillespie and his quintet featuring Charlie Parker,' I knew this acetate had to come from an unissued New York concert, since, to my knowledge, there were no live Dizzy-Bird recordings except on the West Coast, but Symphony Sid certainly was not the announcer out in Los Angeles. … The New Jazz Foundation presented two Town Hall concerts featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, both in 1945. … The presence of Max Roach and Don Byas date this concert to June 22, 1945."