Tracklist

1	Introduction
2	Easy To Love
3	Jumping With Symphony Sid
4	Just Friends
5	Introduction
6	Everything Happens To Me
7	East Of The Sun
8	Laura
9	Dancing In The Dark / Jumping With Symphony Sid
10	Easy To Love
11	Repetition
12	What Is This Thing Called Love
13	Laura
14	Repetition
15	Conversation: Charlie Parker And Symphony Sid (Torin)
16	They Can't Take That Away From Me
17	Easy To Love

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Birdland
• Recorded At – Apollo Theater-New York City
• Recorded At – Carnegie Hall

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker
• Arranged By – Jimmy Mundy (tracks: 1, 2)
• Bass – Teddy Kotick (tracks: 3 to 9, 12 to 17), Tommy Potter (tracks: 1, 2), Walter Yost (tracks: 10, 11)
• Cello – Bill Bundy (tracks: 1, 2)
• Congas, Bongos – Candid* (tracks: 11)
• Drums – Roy Haynes
• Engineer – Larry Hiller
• Harp – Wallace McManus (tracks: 1, 2)
• MC – Symphony Sid (tracks: 3 to 9, 12 to 17)
• Oboe – Tommy Mace (tracks: 1, 2), Unknown Artist (tracks: 3 to 17)
• Piano – Al Haig (tracks: 1, 2), Walter Bishop* (tracks: 3 to 17)
• Producer – Gary Giddins
• Strings – Unknown Artist (tracks: 3 to 17)
• Viola – Dave Uchitel (tracks: 1, 2)
• Violin – Al Feller (tracks: 1, 2), Sam Caplan (tracks: 1, 2), Stan Kraft (tracks: 1, 2)

Notes

1, 2 - Apollo Theatre, August 23, 1950
3 - 9 - Birdland, March 24, 1951
10, 11 - Carnegie Hall, November 14, 1952
12 - 17 - Birdland, April 7, 1951

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
34832	Charlie Parker	Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland) ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	34832	US	1977
82292	Charlie Parker	Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland) ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	CBS	82292	Netherlands	1977
34832	Charlie Parker	Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland) ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	34832	Netherlands	1977
25DP-5302	Charlie Parker	Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland) ‎(CD, Album, RE)	CBS/Sony	25DP-5302	Japan	1988
25AP 855	Charlie Parker	Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland) ‎(LP, Album)	CBS/Sony	25AP 855	Japan	1977

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