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and

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. The label was acquired by

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and operated as a subsidiary. Comet recorded – but never released – a session with

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on June 6, 1945. That master was sold to Dial Records in 1949, when

went out of business.

Selected session discography

and His Selected Sextet recorded June 6, 1945, at WOR Recording Studios, 1440 Broadway,

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was originally owned by Comet, but sold to Dial Records who first released some of the cuts.
The Dial recordings of Charlie Parker
'' Edward M. Komara (compiler),

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(1998), pg. 58; The musicians were

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, and J.C. Heard. Heard alternated with Powell. ; Various reissues (compilations) * ; . ; Various

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References

* Comet T6 (1945); * Comet T7 (1945); * Dial 1045 (1949); * Dial LP903;

Comet artists & their original shellac (78rpm) releases

Cow Cow Davenport Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 23, 1894 – December 3, 1955) was an American boogie-woogie and piano blues player as well as a vaudeville entertainer. He also played the organ and sang. Davenport, who also made recordings under th ...

:* C-1 "Gotta Girl For Every Day In The Week" / "Jump, Little Jitterbug" (1944) :* C-2 "Jeep Boogie" / "Chimin' Away" (1944) :* C-3 "Hobson City Stomp" / "Run Into Me" (1944) :* C-4 "Cow Cow's Stomp" / "Gin Mill Stomp" (1944) :

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Trio (featuring

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and

) :* T-1 "The Man I Love" / "Dark Eyes" (1944); :* T-2 "Body and Soul" / "I Know That You Know" (1944); :* T-3 "On The Sunny Side of the Street" / "Flying Home" (1944); :

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(de) Sextet (featuring

Don Byas Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing and bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also l ...

) (Cyril Nathaniel Haynes; 1915–1996) :* T-4 "Morning Madness" / "One Sad Thursday" (1945); :* T-5 "Across The Road" / "Cedar Manor" (1945) :

& His Selected Sextet (featuring

) :* T-6 "Halleluliah" ic/ "Slam Slam Blues" (1945); :: Reissued by Dial (1949); :* T-7 "Get Happy" / "Congo Blues" (1945); :: Reissued by Dial (1949); : Four Kings & A Queen / Orval "Baggie" Hardiman (1913–1999) :* 1301 "All I Need Is A Lucky Break" / "Shoo Shoo Baby" (1944) :* 1302 "King's Boogie" / "Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City" (1944) :* 1304 "One Of Those Dreams That Fell Thru" / "Ration Blues" (1945) :

& His Guitar (unissued Black & White masters except the previously issued "T-Bone Shuffle") :* T-50 "West Side Baby" / "Lonesome Woman Blues" (issued 1948); :* T-51 "I'm Still In Love With You" / "Inspiration Blues" (issued 1948); :* T-52 "That Old Feelin' Is Gone" / "Description Blues" (issued 1948); :* T-53 "First Love Blues" / "T-Bone Shuffle" (issued 1949); :

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& His All Stars :* T-100 "B.B. Boogie" / "H.P. Boogie" (1948) :: Previously issued by Black & White as "Bartender Boogie" (1945); :: Previously issued by Black & White as "House Party Boogie" (1946);

References

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