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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Charlie Parker - Repetition -- Recorded in New York, November 14,1952



Late in Charlie Parker's career he became interested in performing with strings. This particular performance -- a composition of Neal Hefti -- comes from a live Carnegie Hall concert, which was broadcast on WNBC. The musicians include: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone),Teddy Blume violin),Walter Bishop (piano),Walter Yost (bass), Roy Haynes (drums), Candido (conga). The names of the remaining musicians who appear in this recording are not known.