Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) Charlie Parker

Bird: The Original Recordings Of Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker plays "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"--a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman.

The song is associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written.

Bird was supposed to take command of four selections at C. P. MacGregor Studios on July 29, 1946. He was unable to function as a band leader. He was in bad shape due to drugs and alcohol.
Add sleep deprivation and bad nutrition.

Month earlier, In February 1946, Hollywood record shop-owner Ross Russell signed a deal with Charlie Parker, who was 25. Over the next two years, Parker made recordings that came to be regarded as his best work.

But is "Lover Man" one of those "best" recordings? Or is it a disaster? Beauty is in the ears of the listener.

Russell eventually wrote a book about Parker though some passages are not accurate.

Another writer was at this session, and he wrote a short story based on the episode. It was published in Harper's in 1947.

Dial recordings between February 1946 and December 1947 feature Parker with great bebop players--Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, JJ Johnson, Ray Brown, Max Roach, and others.

Charlie Parker plays "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" July 1946