christmas eve at carnegie hall 1949

• Excellent performance live Carnegie Hall on Christmas Eve 1949
• Includes the entire WMCA-FM Broadcast
• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality
• Background liners

Charlie Parker & The Stars Of Modern Jazz, live at Carnegie Hall on Christmas Eve, 1949

Regarded by many as the apex of the bebop era, this remarkable Christmas concert featured a virtual who's who of contemporary jazz giants, from Miles Davis and Stan Getz to Sarah Vaughan and Max Roach. But it's Charlie Parker who steals the show, with his legendary quintet, culminating in a heart-stopping rendition of Ko Ko.

Originally broadcast on WMCA Radio as Stars Of Modern Jazz, and MC'd by 'Symphony Sid' Torin, it's presented here together with background notes and images and is essential for all serious jazz fans.

Track Listing:

THE BUD POWELL TRIO
• All God's Children Got Rhythm
JAM SESSION - FEAT. MILES DAVIS
• Move
• Hot House
• Ornithology (Incomplete)
STAN GETZ - KAI WINDING QUINTET
• Always
• Sweet Miss
STAN GETZ QUARTET
• Long Island Sound
SARAH VAUGHAN WITH JIMMY JONES
• Once In A While
• Mean To Me
LENNIE TRISTANO - LEE KONITZ SEXTET
• You Go To My Head
• Sax Of A Kind
CHARLIE PARKER QUINTET
• Ornithology
• Cheryl
• Ko Ko
• Bird Of Paradise
• Now's The Time