Dean Benedetti was a saxophone player best known for his recordings of fellow saxophonist Charlie Parker. As a tenor saxophonist and band leader in California, Benedetti first heard a record of Parker in the Spring of 1945. Deeply influenced by the player, Benedetti began to study Parker, transcribing solos, building them into set pieces, and working bop into his own playing.
A two week engagement at LA's Hi-De-Ho Club in early 1947, done on discs, was the start of Benedetti's recordings. In 1948, Benedetti headed to New York with bandmate Jimmy Knepper, and recorded Charlie Parker on March 31, and July 7, both of these on Sears tape recorder.
While in New York, Benedetti began to use heroin. Unable to break into the New York music scene, he returned to his parents home in California in 1948. Trying to finance their way back home, Benedetti and Knepper attempt to sell drugs. However, Knepper took the drugs with him back to LA and abandoned Benedetti in New York.
Shortly after returning to California, Benedetti discovered he had a rare muscle disease, Myasthenia Gravis. The disease affected his playing, and he soon quit performing in public. The disease ruined his health, and in 1953 he moved in with his parents in Italy. He died on January 20, 1957, at the age of 34.
The recordings he made of Parker were something of a jazz legend, until in 1988 these tapes and acetate discs were sold by his brother, Rick Benedetti, to Mosaic Records. The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker box was released by Mosaic Records in 1990.
CD – 01
01. Blue’n’ Boogie
02. Stardust
03. Rose Room
04. All The Thing You Are
05. 52nd Street Theme
06. Hot House
07. I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
08. Past Due (aka Relaxin’ At Camarillo)
09. The Man I Love
10. Byas A Drink
11. Yardbird Suite
12. I’m In The Mood For Love
13. Big Noise (aka wee)
14. Stardust
15. Bean Soup
16. The Man I Love
17. I’m In The Mood For Love
18. Possibly Cool Blues
19. Sweet Georgia Brown
20. Groovin’ High
21. Carvin’ The Bird
22. It’s The Talk Of The Town
23. Indiana
24. I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
25. Ornithology
26. Prisoner Of Love
27. The Man I Love
28. Hot House
29. Stuffy
30. Night And Day
31. Night In Tunisia
32. Byas A Drink
33. Moose The Mooch
34. Night And Day
35. Past Due (aka Relaxin’ At Camarillo)
36. Sportsman’s Hop
37. Sentimental Journey
38. 52nd Street Theme
39. Perdido
40. Stuffy
41. I Surrender Dear
42. Dee Dee’s Dance
CD – 02
01. Hot House
02. Night In Tunisia
03. Body And Soul
04. Byas A Drink
05. Now’s The Time
06. Sportsman’s Hop
07. Rose Room
08. I’m In The Mood For Love
09. September In The Rain
10. Stardust
11. Past Due (aka Relaxin’ At Camarillo)
12. All The Things You Are
13. Dee Dee’s Dance
14. Sportsman’s Hop
15. Ornithology
16. Dee Dee’s Dance
17. Bean Stalkin’
18. Septermber In The Rain
19. I’m In The Mood For Love
20. Now’s The Time
21. Big Niose (aka Wee)
22. Bean Soup
23. Body And Soul
24. Byas A Drink
25. All The Things You Are
26. The Man I Love
27. Now’s The Time
28. Perdido
29. Indiana
30. Bird Lore
31. Bean Soup
32. Hot House
33. The Man I Love
34. Perdido
35. Ornithology
36. Body And Soul
CD – 03
01. Past Due (aka Relaxin’ At Camarillo)
02. Moose The Mooch
03. Night In Tunisia
04. Ornithology
05. S’Wonderful
06. Probably Disorder At The Border
07. Perdido
08. Now’s The Time
09. Rifftide (aka Hackensack)
10. Big Niose (aka Wee)
11. Sweet And Lovely
12. Stuffy
13. Hot House
14. The Man I Love
15. Perdido
16. Stardust
17. Ornithology
18. Blues In B Flat
19. Groovin’ High
20. Byas A Drink 9
21. Big Noise (aka Wee)
22. Ornithology
23. Moose The Mooch
24. Indiana
25. Perdido
26. Stuffy
27. Night In Tunisia
28. Rifftide (aka Hackensack)
29. September In The Rain
30. Dee Dee’s Dance
31. Sweet And Lovely
32. Bean Soup
33. Disorder At The Border
34. Ornighology
35. Stardust
36. Hot House
37. Night In Tunisia
38. The Very Thought Of You
39. Big Noise (aka Wee)
40. The Man I Love
41. Perdido
42. Perdido
CD – 04
01. I’m In The Mood For Love
02. I’m In The Mood For Love
03. I’m In The Mood For Love
04. September In The Rain
05. September In The Rain
06. September In The Rain
07. September In The Rain
08. Big Noise (aka Wee)
09. Big Noise (aka Wee)
10. Big Noise (aka Wee)
11. Big Noise (aka Wee)
12. Big Noise (aka Wee)
13. Disorder At The Border
14. Groovin’ High
15. Bean Soup
16. 52nd Street Theme
17. Hot House
18. Sportsman’s Hop
19. Cheers
20. Casa Dubs – Hot House
21. Casa Dubs – The Man I Love
22. Casa Dubs – Past Due (aka Relaxin’ At Camarillo)
23. Casa Dubs – S’Wonderful
24. Cheers
25. Ornithology
26. Groovin’ High
27. I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
28. Cheers
29. Cheers
30. Body And Soul
31. Stuffy
32. Prisoner Of Love
33. Stuffy
34. Dee Dee’s Dance
35. Cheers
36. Byas A Drink
37. The Very Thought Of You
38. Cheers
39. September In The Rain
40. I Surrender Dear
41. Sportsman’s Hop
42. Dee Dee’s Dance
43. Cheers
44. Byas A Drink
45. Now’s The Time
46. Hot House
47. Sportsman’s Hop
48. Blues in B Flat
49. Groovin’ High
50. Body And Soul
51. prob. Disorder At The Border
52. Sprotsman’s Hop
53. Bean Soup
54. Night And Day
55. The Very Thought Of You
56. prob. Past Due (Relaxin’ At Camarillo)
57. Blues In F
58. Cheers
59. Big Noise (aka Wee)
60. Ornithology
61. Perdido
62. Night In Tunisia
63. Now’s The Time
64. Possible 52nd Street Theme
65. Stuffy
66. Groovin’ High
67. Hot House
68. Ending Of An Unidentified Tune
69. Probably Prisoner Of Love
70. Possibly I Surrender Dear
71. The Very Thought Of You
72. Night And Day
73. Stardust
74. Possibly Stardust
75. Probably Stardust
76. Body And Soul
77. These Foolish Things
CD – 05
01. Blues in B Flat
02. Various Solo Activity
03. Dean Benedetti Band Demo Disc
04. Piano
05. Benedetti Playing Along With Bird Records
06. Conclusion
07. 52nd Street Theme
08. Big Foot
09. Dizzy Atmosphere
10. My Old Flame
11. 52nd Street Theme
12. Half Nelson
13. All The things You Are
14. 52nd Street Theme
CD – 06
01. 52nd Street Theme
02. Out Of Nowhere
03. My Old Flame
04. Chasin’ The Bird
05. The Way You Look Tonight
06. This Time The Dream’s On Me
07. Shaw Nuff
08. 52nd Street Theme
09. Cheryl
10. Bird Lore
11. These Foolish Things
12. Groovin’ High
13. Little Willie Leaps
14. 52nd Street Theme
15. This Time The Dream’s On Me
16. The Way You Look Tonight
17. Out Of Nowhere
18. My Old Flame
19. Set Closing blues (Possibly Big Foot)
20. Out Of Nowhere
21. How High The Moon
22. 52nd Street Theme
23. Chasin’ The bird
24. Don’t Blame Me
25. Tico Tico
26. Out Of Nowhere
27. Medley; Indiana-Donna Lee
CD – 07
01. 52nd Street Theme
02. How High the Moon
03. I’m In the Mood For Love
04. This Tie The Dream’s On Me
05. Yesterdays
06. 52nd Street Theme
07. How High The Moon
08. Groovin’ High
09. 52nd Street Theme
10. Cheryl
11. All The Things You Are
12. Vocal Ballad Ending
13. Big Foot
14. I Can’t Get Started
15. Dizzy Atmosphere
16. Spotlite
17. 52nd Street Theme
18. How Hight The Moon
19. September Song
20. Hot House
21. 52nd Street Theme
22. Night In Tunisia
23. My Old flame
24. Night And Day
25. The Hymn
26. 52nd Street Theme
27. Half Nelson
28. Little Willie Leaps
29. What Price Love / Yardbird Suite
30. What Price Love / Yardbird Suite
31. Well you Needn’t With Thelonious Monk
32. 52nd Street Theme
