Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Sweet Georgia Brown

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  9:32
• 2
  Blues for Norman

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  8:37
• 3
  I Can’t Get Started

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  9:15
• 4
  Oh, Lady Be Good

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  11:05
• 5
  After You’ve Gone

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  7:33
• 6
  I Got Rhythm

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  12:54
• 7
  Introductions by Norman Granz

  Norman Granz
  2:16
• 8
  J.A.T.P. Blues

  Jazz at the Philharmonic
  10:56
• CD 2
• 1
  The Bird

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  4:46
• 2
  Repetition

  Charlie Parker with Neal Hefti Orchestra
  2:59
• 3
  No Noise, Parts 1 & 2

  Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
  5:55
• 4
  No Noise, Part 2 (complete take)

  Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
  2:57
• 5
  Mango Mangue

  Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
  2:55
• 6
  Okiedoke

  Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
  3:04
• 7
  Cardboard

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:10
• 8
  Visa

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:00
• 9
  Segment - Tune X

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:22
• 10
  Diverse - Tune X (alternate take)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:18
• 11
  Passport - Tune Y (rare)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:57
• 12
  Passport - Tune Z (common)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:59
• CD 3
• 1
  Opener

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  12:47
• 2
  Lester Leaps In

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  12:14
• 3
  Embraceable You

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  10:33
• 4
  The Closer

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  10:57
• 5
  Ow / Introduction of Ella Fitzgerald

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:48
• 6
  Flyin’ Home

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  5:31
• 7
  How High the Moon

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  6:24
• 8
  Perdido

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  8:34
• CD 4
• 1
  Just Friends

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:32
• 2
  Everything Happens to Me

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:17
• 3
  April in Paris

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:08
• 4
  Summertime

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:48
• 5
  I Didn’t Know What Time It Was

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:14
• 6
  If I Should Lose You

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:48
• 7
  Star Eyes

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:30
• 8
  Blues (fast)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:47
• 9
  I’m in the Mood for Love

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:52
• 10
  Bloomdido

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:27
• 11
  An Oscar for Treadwell (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:23
• 12
  An Oscar for Treadwell (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:24
• 13
  Mohawk (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:50
• 14
  Mohawk (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:36
  2.0 ★
• 15
  My Melancholy Baby (take 1)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:17
• 16
  My Melancholy Baby (Coda rehearsal)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:04
• 17
  My Melancholy Baby (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:24
• 18
  Leap Frog (take 1)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:27
• 19
  Leap Frog (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:17
• 20
  Leap Frog (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:40
• 21
  Leap Frog (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:17
• 22
  Leap Frog (take 5)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:35
• 23
  Leap Frog (take 6)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:22
• 24
  Leap Frog (take 7)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:14
• 25
  Leap Frog (take 8)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:03
• 26
  Leap Frog (take 9)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:07
• 27
  Leap Frog (take 10)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:45
• 28
  Leap Frog (take 11)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:31
• 29
  Relaxing With Lee (take 1)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:34
• 30
  Relaxing With Lee (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  1:07
• 31
  Relaxing With Lee (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:10
• 32
  Relaxing With Lee (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:57
• 33
  Relaxing With Lee (take 5)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:27
• 34
  Relaxing With Lee (take 6)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:46
• CD 5
• 1
  Dancing in the Dark

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:19
• 2
  Out of Nowhere

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:06
• 3
  Laura (take 1)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:57
• 4
  Laura (take 2)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:56
• 5
  East of the Sun

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:38
• 6
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:17
• 7
  Easy to Love

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:29
• 8
  I’m in the Mood for Love (take 2)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:33
• 9
  I’m in the Mood for Love (take 3)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:27
• 10
  I’ll Remember April (take 1)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:09
• 11
  I’ll Remember April (take 2) (false start)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  0:10
• 12
  I’ll Remember April (take 3)

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:02
• 13
  What Is This Thing Called Love

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:54
• 14
  April in Paris

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:12
• 15
  Repetition

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:49
• 16
  Easy to Love

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:25
• 17
  Rocker

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:10
• 18
  Celebrity

  Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich
  1:34
• 19
  Ballade

  Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins
  2:55
• 20
  Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite

  Machito and His Orchestra
  17:11
• CD 6
• 1
  Au Privave (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:38
• 2
  Au Privave (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:43
• 3
  She Rote (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:09
• 4
  She Rote (take 5)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:06
• 5
  K.C. Blues

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:24
• 6
  Star Eyes

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:34
• 7
  My Little Suede Shoes

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  3:03
• 8
  Un poquito de tu amor

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  2:40
• 9
  Tico-Tico

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  2:44
• 10
  Fiesta

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  2:49
• 11
  Why Do I Love You (take 2)

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  2:58
• 12
  Why Do I Love You (take 6)

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  2:58
• 13
  Why Do I Love You (take 7)

  Charlie Parker’s Jazzers
  3:05
• 14
  Blues for Alice

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:46
• 15
  Si Si

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:38
• 16
  Swedish Schnapps (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:13
• 17
  Swedish Schnapps (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:10
• 18
  Back Home Blues (take 1)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:35
• 19
  Back Home Blues (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:46
• 20
  Lover Man

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:21
• CD 7
• 1
  Temptation

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:31
• 2
  Lover

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:06
• 3
  Autumn in New York

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  3:29
• 4
  Stella by Starlight

  Charlie Parker with Strings
  2:56
• 5
  Mama Inez

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  2:50
• 6
  La cucaracha (take 1)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:24
• 7
  La cucaracha (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:49
• 8
  La cucaracha (take 3)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:10
• 9
  La cucaracha (take 4)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  2:43
• 10
  Estrellita (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  1:57
• 11
  Estrellita (take 4)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  2:46
• 12
  Estrellita (take 5)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:04
• 13
  Estrellita (take 6)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  2:44
• 14
  Begin the Beguine

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:12
• 15
  La paloma

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  2:39
• 16
  Night and Day

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:50
• 17
  Almost Like Being in Love

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:33
• 18
  I Can’t Get Started

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:08
• 19
  What Is This Thing Called Love

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:36
• CD 8
• 1
  J.A.T.P. Blues

  Norman Granz Jam Session
  14:42
• 2
  What Is This Thing Called Love

  Norman Granz Jam Session
  15:51
• 3
  Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You

  Norman Granz Jam Session
  17:23
• 4
  Funky Blues

  Norman Granz Jam Session
  13:27
• CD 9
• 1
  Song Is You

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:56
• 2
  Laird Baird

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:44
• 3
  Kim (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:58
• 4
  Kim (take 4)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:58
• 5
  Cosmic Rays (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:05
• 6
  Cosmic Rays (take 5)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:16
• 7
  In the Still of the Night (take 1)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:32
• 8
  In the Still of the Night (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:53
• 9
  In the Still of the Night (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:46
• 10
  In the Still of the Night (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:21
• 11
  In the Still of the Night (take 5)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:45
• 12
  In the Still of the Night (take 6)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:26
• 13
  In the Still of the Night (take 7)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:22
• 14
  Old Folks (take 1)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:26
• 15
  Old Folks (take 2)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:09
• 16
  Old Folks (take 3)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  4:04
• 17
  Old Folks (take 4)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:21
• 18
  Old Folks (take 6)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:28
• 19
  Old Folks (take 7)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  0:26
• 20
  Old Folks (take 8)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:39
• 21
  Old Folks (take 9)

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:34
• 22
  If I Love Again

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:31
• CD 10
• 1
  Chi Chi (take 1)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:09
• 2
  Chi Chi (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  0:27
• 3
  Chi Chi (take 3)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:42
• 4
  Chi Chi (take 4)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:37
• 5
  Chi Chi (take 5)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  0:17
• 6
  Chi Chi (take 6)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:02
• 7
  I Remember You

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:03
• 8
  Now’s the Time

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  3:01
• 9
  Confirmation (take 1)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  0:14
• 10
  Confirmation (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  0:09
• 11
  Confirmation (take 3)

  Charlie Parker Quartet
  2:58
• 12
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 1)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  4:55
• 13
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:32
• 14
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 3)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:16
• 15
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 4)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  1:05
• 16
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 5)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:17
• 17
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 6)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  1:08
• 18
  I Get a Kick Out of You (take 7)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:34
• 19
  Just One of Those Things

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  2:46
• 20
  My Heart Belongs to Daddy (take 1)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:36
• 21
  My Heart Belongs to Daddy (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:18
• 22
  I’ve Got You Under My Skin

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:38
• 23
  Love for Sale (take 1)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  0:17
• 24
  Love for Sale (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  5:47
• 25
  Love for Sale (take 3)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  1:03
• 26
  Love for Sale (take 4)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  5:32
• 27
  Love for Sale (take 5)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  5:35
• 28
  I Love Paris (take 2)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  5:07
• 29
  I Love Paris (take 3)

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  5:07

More by Charlie Parker

April in Paris

April in Paris 1957

Right On Time

Right On Time 2022

The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker

The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker 2011

Bird's Nest

Bird's Nest 2009

East of the Sun

East of the Sun 2004

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark 2004

Release credits

• Al Haig
  piano [8]
• Al Killian
  trumpet [2]
• Al Porcino
  trumpet [2]
• Arnold Ross
  piano [2]
• Bart Varsalona
  trombone [2]
• Bill Harris
  trombone [2]
• Billy Hadnott
  double bass [2]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [13-14]
• Charlie Parker
  alto saxophone [1.2, 10.8, 2.1-2, 6.7, 4.13-14]
• Charlie Parker Quartet
  performing orchestra [1]
• Charlie Parker Quintet
  performing orchestra [14]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [2.2, 4.13-14]
• Diego Iborra
  percussion [2]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [13-14]
• Doug Mettome
  trumpet [2]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Fred Ruzilla
  viola [2]
• Gene Orloff
  violin [2]
• Hank Jones
  piano [1]
• Harry Kaltzman
  violin [2]
• Howard McGhee
  trumpet [2]
• Joe Benaventi
  cello [2]
• John LaPorta
  clarinet [2]
• José Mangual
  bongos [7]
• Lee Young
  drums (drum set) [1.2, 2.1]
• Lester Young
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Luis Miranda
  congas [7]
• Manny Albam
  baritone saxophone [2]
• Manny Fidler
  violin [2]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Murray Williams
  alto saxophone [2]
• Nat Nathanson
  viola [2]
• Neal Hefti
  arranger [2], conductor [2]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [8]
• Pete Mondello
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [1]
• Ray Wetzel
  trumpet [2]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Sammy Caplan
  violin [2]
• Shelly Manne
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Sid Harris
  violin [2]
• Sonny Salad
  alto saxophone [2]
• Teddy Kotick
  double bass [7]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano [13-14]
• Tony Aless
  piano [2]
• Vincent Jacobs
  French horn [2]
• Walter Bishop, Jr.
  piano [7]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [2]
• Zelly Smirnoff
  violin [2]
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Issues

• 

  B
  Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

  10x CD
  19 September 1988
• B
  Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

  10x CD
  2005
• B
  Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

  10x Digital Media