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Bird at St. Nick’s was a live tape recording by Charlie Parker taken from a February 1950 performance at St. Nicholas Arena. The recording was made on non-professional equipment by Jimmy Knepper, a fan of Parker. As with his recording released as Bird on 52nd St., Knepper focused mainly on recording Parker’s solos to conserve audiotape. The album was the first release on Charles Mingus’ Jazz Workshop label.

Track listing:
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was 2:35
Ornithology 3:27
Embraceable You 2:18
Visa 2:57
I Cover the Waterfront 1:44
Scrapple from the Apple 4:34
Star Eyes/52nd Street Theme 3:02
Confirmation 3:18
Out of Nowhere 2:17
Hot House 3:45
What’s New 2:43
Now’s The Time 4:14
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/52nd Street Theme 4:46

Personnel:
Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
Red Rodney – trumpet
Al Haig – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

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Released: 1958
Recorded: 1950
Length: 33:53
Label: Jazz Workshop
JWS–500