Blue Bird

The last two cuts on Disk A of "Charlie Parker: A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948," JSP Records, have Parker in a band backing singer Rubberlegs Williams on a couple down-and-dirty blues in 1941. Other band members include one Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet and Don Byas on tenor sax. Weird. And fascinating. I don't think the bebop guys were meant for straight blues, but they still sound good.