[78-L] Birdland label

[Julian Vein]

Bill McClung wrote:
> Anyone have any information on the Birdland label?  Or how many 78s were
> released?
> 
> Indie Labels doesn't list it and ARLD just says New York City (50?).
> 
> I'm guessing there is a relationship with Prestige only because there is an
> overlap of musicians and there is a resemblance in the way the labels are
> designed.
> 
> The two I have are
> 
> Birdland 6001  I've Got You Under My Skin/There's a Small Hotel
> Stan Getz Quartet
> Al Haig piano
> Tommy Potter bass
> Roy Haynes drums
> Stan Getz tenor
> 
> and
> 
> Birdland 6005  Blues Up and Down/You Can Depend On Me
> Gene Ammons tenor
> Sonny Stitt tenor
> Duke Jordan piano
> Tommy Potter bass
> Jo Jones drums
> _______________________________________________
Found these in Lord 10.0:

Stan Getz Quartet:
Stan Getz (ts) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d) Junior Parker 
(vcl)
New York, January 6, 1950
BL1200-C    Star dust (jp vcl)    Birdland 6002,
BL1202-C    There's a small hotel (*)    Birdland 6001,
BL1204-B    I've got you under my skin (alt take)    Birdland 6001
Note: Birdland 6002 issued as by "Junior Parker with the Stan Getz Quartet".

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Al Casey (g) Frank Skeete 
(b) Lee Abrams (d) Carl Davis (vcl)
New York, February 7, 1950
BL1206    I'm gonna eat you with a spoon (cd vcl)    Birdland 6003
BL1207    Little Rock [Sweet and lovely] (1)    Birdland 6004, Prest 866,
BL1209    The Lock (2)    Birdland 6004,
Note: Birdland 6003 released as "Carl Davis with Eddie Davis and his Band".


Sonny Stitt
New York, January 26, 1950
JRC1007A    Fine and dandy          Birdland 9002

      Julian Vein


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