Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and indexes.
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List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; HISTORICAL NARRATIVE; Structure of the Catalogue; List of Record Issues by Label; Transcription Sources with Sigla; CATALOGUE; COMMENTARY; List of Performance Sources with Sigla; Appendix 1: Dial Issues of Charlie Parker; Appendix 2: Titles Suggested by Tempo Music Shop Customers; Appendix 3: Titles Suggested by Charlie Parker; Appendix 4: The Dizzy Gillespie Dial Session; Appendix 5: Grand Prix du Disque Honors for Charlie Parker; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Titles; Index of Transcriptions.
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Dial Records catered to jazz musicians and record collectors. Charlie Parker was one of the major jazz artists to record with Dial. His Dial sessions occurred at the personal depths and artistic peaks of his career during which he introduced a number of such jazz staples as Ornithology and Scrapple from the Apple. His ten sessions associated with Dial are presented in detail and include the repertory, original issues and reissues, titles and notated transcriptions, and analyses of performances. Commentary explains many of the titles to Parker's pieces and collates the various recordings in whi.