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Tables of Contents for Yardbird Suite
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface to the 1988 Edition
xi
Preface to the Revised Edition
xv
Abbreviations
xvi
Introduction The Musician Many Things Was He
1
6
The Early Bird Out of Nowhere (1920--1939)
7
14
Kansas City Roots The Jay McShann Band (1939--1942)
21
14
Out of the Apple On the Road with Hines, Eckstine, and Others (Late 1942--Fall 1944)
35
11
Fifty-second Street Scene---Part One The Sideman (Fall 1944--Early 1945)
46
9
Fifty-second Street Scene---Part Two Bird and Diz (March--November 1945)
55
20
So What, Horace Greeley? The Western Venture (December 1945--February 1946)
75
10
On the Coast A Purgatorial Period (February 1946--March 1947)
85
24
The Classic Period---Part One Chasin' the Bird (April--September 1947)
109
15
The Classic Period---Part Two Bird Feathers (October--December 1947)
124
17
The Classic Period---Part Three Merry-Go-Round (January--September 1948)
141
10
The Royal Roost Live Recordings (September 1948--March 1949)
151
23
A European Jaunt The Paris Festival (Spring 1949)
174
8
The String Group Lullabies of Birdland (June--December 1949)
182
13
Into the Fifties Reunion with Diz (January--June 1950)
195
19
More Strings Granz Productions (July--October 1950)
214
11
Swedish Schnapps Alone Abroad (November--December 1950)
225
7
Au Privave Alone at Home (1951)
232
20
New Settings Big Bands and Latin Groups (January--May 1952)
252
8
West (Again) and Back Some Sessions (May--December 1952)
260
14
The Serpent's Tooth But Little Time (1953--1954)
274
32
The Out-Chorus A Chaotic Death (1955)
306
5
Appendix A Ornithology: A Study of Charlie Parker's Music
311
32
Appendix B Toward Codification: Composition, Improvisational Frame, and Tune Listings
343
12
Appendix C Selected CDs
355
2
Appendix D Late Developments: Supersax and Sound Tracks
357
2
Notes
359
4
Bibliography
363
6
Permissions Acknowledgments
369
2
Index of Song Titles
371
4
General Index
375