A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948

Compilation by Charlie Parker

Released 23 September 2003

Tracklist

  • CD 1: 1940 – 1941
  • 1
    I Found a New Baby
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 2
    Body and Soul
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    2:54
  • 3
    Honeysuckle Rose
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 4
    Lady Be Good
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 5
    Coquette
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 6
    Moten Swing
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 7
    Blues
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 8
    Swingmatism
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    2:40
  • 9
    Hootie Blues
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 10
    Dexter Blues
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 11
    Lonely Boy Blues
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 12
    Get Me on Your Mind
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 13
    The Jumpin’ Blues
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:04
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    Sepian Bounce
    Jay McShann & His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 15
    Cherokee
    Kansas City Band
    3:13
  • 16
    My Heart Tells Me
    Kansas City Band
    3:21
  • 17
    I’ve Found a New Baby
    Kansas City Band
    3:34
  • 18
    Body and Soul
    Kansas City Band
    3:45
  • 19
    Tiny’s Tempo
    Tiny Grimes Quintet
    2:58
  • 20
    I’ll Always Love You Just the Same
    Tiny Grimes Quintet
    3:04
  • 21
    Romance Without Finance
    Tiny Grimes Quintet
    3:05
  • 22
    Red Cross
    Tiny Grimes Quintet
    3:11
  • 23
    What’s the Matter Now?
    Tiny Grimes Quintet
    2:49
  • 24
    I Want Every Bit of It
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    3:17
  • 25
    That’s the Blues
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:52
  • CD 2: 1941 – 1945
  • 1
    4‐F Blues
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:38
  • 2
    G.I. Blues
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:25
  • 3
    Dream of You
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:54
  • 4
    Seventh Avenue
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:51
  • 5
    Sorta Kinda
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:42
  • 6
    Ooh! Ooh! My! My! Ooh! Ooh!
    Clyde Hart’s All Stars
    2:46
  • 7
    Groovin’ High
    Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
    2:41
  • 8
    All the Things You Are
    Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
    2:53
  • 9
    Dizzy Atmosphere
    Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
    2:52
  • 10
    Salt Peanuts
    Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
    3:19
  • 11
    Shaw ’Nuff
    Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
    3:03
  • 12
    Lover Man
    Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
    3:26
  • 13
    Hot House
    Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
    3:13
  • 14
    What More Can a Woman Do?
    Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet
    3:04
  • 15
    I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
    Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet
    2:45
  • 16
    Mean to Me
    Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet
    2:43
  • 17
    Hallelujah
    Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
    3:58
  • 18
    Get Happy
    Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
    3:43
  • 19
    Slam Slam Blues
    Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
    4:28
  • 20
    Congo Blues
    Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
    3:54
  • 21
    Takin’ Off
    Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
    3:11
  • 22
    If I Had You
    Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
    3:04
  • 23
    20th Century Blues
    Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
    2:58
  • 24
    The Street Beat
    Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
    2:36
  • CD 3: 1945 – 1947
  • 1
    Warming Up a Riff
    Charlie Parker's Reboppers
    2:39
  • 2
    Billie’s Bounce
    Charlie Parker's Reboppers
    3:11
  • 3
    Now’s the Time
    Charlie Parker's Reboppers
    3:19
  • 4
    Thriving on a Riff
    Charlie Parker's Reboppers
    2:58
  • 5
    Meandering
    Charlie Parker's Reboppers
    3:20
  • 6
    Ko‐Ko
    Charlie Parker's Reboppers
    2:58
  • 7
    Dizzy Boogie
    Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
    3:16
  • 8
    Flat Foot Floogie
    Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
    2:35
  • 9
    Poppity Pop
    Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 10
    Slim’s Jam
    Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
    3:18
  • 11
    Diggin’ Diz
    Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
    2:54
  • 12
    Moose the Mooche
    Charlie Parker Septet
    3:06
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    Yardbird Suite
    Charlie Parker Septet
    2:57
  • 14
    Ornithology
    Charlie Parker Septet
    3:02
  • 15
    The Famous Alto Break
    Charlie Parker Septet
    0:51
  • 16
    Night in Tunisia
    Charlie Parker Septet
    3:07
  • 17
    Max Is Making Wax
    Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:32
  • 18
    Lover Man
    Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:21
  • 19
    The Gypsy
    Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:03
  • 20
    Bebop
    Howard McGhee Quintet
    2:54
  • 21
    Blues 1 & 2
    Howard McGhee Septet
    1:48
  • 22
    Yardbird Suite
    Howard McGhee Septet
    2:14
  • 23
    Lullaby in Rythym 1 & 2
    Howard McGhee Septet
    3:06
  • 24
    Home Cooking 1
    Howard McGhee Septet
    2:24
  • 25
    Home Cooking 2
    Howard McGhee Septet
    2:09
  • 26
    Home Cooking 3
    Howard McGhee Septet
    2:28
  • CD 4: 1947
  • 1
    This Is Always
    Charlie Parker Quartet
    3:15
  • 2
    Dark Shadows
    Charlie Parker Quartet
    3:09
  • 3
    Bird’s Nest
    Charlie Parker Quartet
    2:48
  • 4
    Cool Blues
    Charlie Parker Quartet
    3:07
  • 5
    Relaxin’ at Camarillo
    Charlie Parker's New Stars
    3:10
  • 6
    Cheers
    Charlie Parker's New Stars
    3:07
  • 7
    Carvin’ the Bird
    Charlie Parker's New Stars
    2:51
  • 8
    Stupendous
    Charlie Parker's New Stars
    3:02
  • 9
    Donna Lee
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:35
  • 10
    Chasin’ the Bird
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:46
  • 11
    Cheryl
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    3:00
  • 12
    Buzzy
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:32
  • 13
    Milestones
    Miles Davis All Stars
    2:39
  • 14
    Little Willie Leaps
    Miles Davis All Stars
    2:54
  • 15
    Half Nelson
    Miles Davis All Stars
    2:48
  • 16
    Sippin’ at Bells
    Miles Davis All Stars
    2:25
  • 17
    Dexterity
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:00
  • 18
    Bongo Bop
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:47
  • 19
    Dewey Square
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:08
  • 20
    The Hymn
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:30
  • 21
    Bird of Paradise
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:12
  • 22
    Embraceable You
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:25
  • 23
    Bird Feathers
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:53
  • 24
    Klactoveedsedsteene
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:08
  • 25
    Scrapple From the Apple
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:58
  • 26
    My Old Flame
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:11
  • CD 5: 1947 – 1948
  • 1
    Out of Nowhere
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    3:53
  • 2
    Don’t Blame Me
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:49
  • 3
    Drifting on a Reed
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
    3:03
  • 4
    Quasimodo
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
    3:01
  • 5
    Charlie’s Wig
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
    2:48
  • 6
    Bongo Beep
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
    3:07
  • 7
    Crazeology
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
    3:05
  • 8
    How Deep Is the Ocean
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
    3:34
  • 9
    The Bird
    Charlie Parker Quartet
    4:49
  • 10
    Repetition
    Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
    3:02
  • 11
    Another Hair‐Do
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:43
  • 12
    Bluebird
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:54
  • 13
    Klaunstance
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:46
  • 14
    Bird Gets the Worm
    Original Charlie Parker Quintet
    2:40
    5.0 ★
  • 15
    Barbados
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:32
  • 16
    Ah‐Leu‐Cha
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:57
  • 17
    Constellation
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:32
  • 18
    Parker’s Mood
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    3:08
  • 19
    Perhaps
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:37
  • 20
    Marmaduke
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:47
  • 21
    Steeplechase
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    3:09
  • 22
    Merry Go Round
    Charlie Parker All-Stars
    2:29
  • 23
    No Noise 1 & 2
    Machito y Su Orquesta
    5:45
  • 24
    Mango Mangue
    Machito y Su Orquesta
    2:56

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