Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve

Compilation by Charlie Parker

Released 19 September 1988

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CD 1
1
Sweet Georgia Brown (Monday January 28, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
9:32
2
Blues for Norman (Monday January 28, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
8:37
3
I Can't Get Started (Monday January 28, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
9:15
4
Oh, Lady Be Good (Monday January 28, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
11:05
5
After You've Gone (Monday January 28, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
7:33
6
I Got Rhythm (Monday April 22, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
12:54
7
Introductions by Norman Granz (Monday April 22, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
Norman Granz
2:16
8
J.A.T.P. Blues (Monday April 22, 1946 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
10:56
CD 2
1
The Bird (December 1947 - The Jazz Scene)
4:46
2
Repetition (December 1947 - The Jazz Scene)
2:59
3
No Noise, Parts 1 & 2I (Monday December 20, 1948)
Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
5:55
4
No Noise, Part 2 (complete take)I (Monday December 20, 1948)
Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
2:57
5
Mango MangueI (Monday December 20, 1948)
Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
2:55
6
Okiedoke (January 1949)
Charlie Parker and Machito and His Orchestra
3:04
7
Cardboard (Circa March 1949)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:10
8
Visa (Circa March 1949)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:00
9
Segment - Tune X (Thursday May 5, 1949)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:22
10
Diverse - Tune X (alternate take) (Thursday May 5, 1949)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:18
11
Passport - Tune Y (rare) (Thursday May 5, 1949)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:57
12
Passport - Tune Z (common) (Thursday May 5, 1949)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:59
CD 3
1
Opener (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
12:47
2
Lester Leaps In (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
12:14
3
Embraceable You (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
10:33
4
The Closer (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
10:57
5
Ow / Introduction of Ella Fitzgerald (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
0:48
6
Flyin' Home (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
5:31
7
How High the Moon (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
6:24
8
Perdido (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 18, 1949 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
8:34
CD 4
1
Just Friends (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:32
2
Everything Happens to Me (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:17
3
April in Paris (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:08
4
Summertime (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:48
5
I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:14
6
If I Should Lose You (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:48
7
Star Eyes (Late March - Early April 1950)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:30
8
Blues (Fast) (Late March - Early April 1950)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:47
9
I'm in the Mood for Love (Late March - Early April 1950)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:52
10
Bloomdido (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:27
11
An Oscar for Treadwell (take 3) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:23
12
An Oscar for Treadwell (take 4) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:24
13
Mohawk (take 3) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:50
14
Mohawk (take 4) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:36
2.0 ★
15
My Melancholy Baby (take 1) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:17
16
My Melancholy Baby (Coda rehearsal) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:04
17
My Melancholy Baby (take 2) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:24
18
Leap Frog (take 1) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:27
19
Leap Frog (take 2) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:17
20
Leap Frog (take 3) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:40
21
Leap Frog (take 4) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:17
22
Leap Frog (take 5) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:35
23
Leap Frog (take 6) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:22
24
Leap Frog (take 7) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:14
25
Leap Frog (take 8) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:03
26
Leap Frog (take 9) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:07
27
Leap Frog (take 10) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:45
28
Leap Frog (take 11) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:31
29
Relaxing With Lee (take 1) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:34
30
Relaxing With Lee (take 2) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
1:07
31
Relaxing With Lee (take 3) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:10
32
Relaxing With Lee (take 4) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:57
33
Relaxing With Lee (take 5) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:27
34
Relaxing With Lee (take 6) (Tuesday June 6, 1950)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:46
CD 5
1
Dancing in the Dark (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:19
2
Out of Nowhere (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:06
3
Laura (take 1) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
2:57
4
Laura (take 2) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
2:56
5
East of the Sun (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:38
6
They Can't Take That Away From Me (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:17
7
Easy to Love (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:29
8
I'm in the Mood for Love (take 2) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:33
9
I'm in the Mood for Love (take 3) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:27
10
I'll Remember April (take 1) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:09
11
I'll Remember April (take 2) (False Start) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
0:10
12
I'll Remember April (take 3) (Late Summer 1950)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:02
13
What Is This Thing Called Love (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 17, 1950 - Featured With Jazz at the Philharmonic)
Charlie Parker with Strings
2:54
14
April in Paris (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 17, 1950 - Featured With Jazz at the Philharmonic)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:12
15
Repetition (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 17, 1950 - Featured With Jazz at the Philharmonic)
Charlie Parker with Strings
2:49
16
Easy to Love (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 17, 1950 - Featured With Jazz at the Philharmonic)
Charlie Parker with Strings
2:25
17
Rocker (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 17, 1950 - Featured With Jazz at the Philharmonic)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:10
18
Celebrity (Circa Fall 1950 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
1:34
19
Ballade (Circa Fall 1950 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
2:55
20
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite (Circa Fall 1950 - Jazz at the Philharmonic)
17:11
CD 6
1
Au Privave (take 2) (Wednesday January 17, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:38
2
Au Privave (take 3) (Wednesday January 17, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:43
3
She Rote (take 3) (Wednesday January 17, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:09
4
She Rote (take 5) (Wednesday January 17, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:06
5
K.C. Blues (Wednesday January 17, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:24
6
Star Eyes (Wednesday January 17, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:34
7
My Little Suede Shoes (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
3:03
8
Un poquito de tu amor (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:40
9
Tico-Tico (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:44
10
Fiesta (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:49
11
Why Do I Love You (take 2) (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:58
12
Why Do I Love You (take 6) (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:58
13
Why Do I Love You (take 7) (Monday March 12, 1951)
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
3:05
14
Blues for Alice (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:46
15
Si Si (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:38
16
Swedish Schnapps (take 3) (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:13
17
Swedish Schnapps (take 4) (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:10
18
Back Home Blues (take 1) (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:35
19
Back Home Blues (take 2) (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:46
20
Lover Man (Wednesday, August 8, 1951)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:21
CD 7
1
Temptation (January 22 or 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:31
2
Lover (January 22 or 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:06
3
Autumn in New York (January 22 or 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker with Strings
3:29
4
Stella by Starlight (January 22 or 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker with Strings
2:56
5
Mama Inez (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:50
6
La cucaracha (take 1) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:24
7
La cucaracha (take 2) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:49
8
La cucaracha (take 3) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:10
9
La cucaracha (take 4) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:43
10
Estrellita (take 2) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
1:57
11
Estrellita (take 4) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:46
12
Estrellita (take 5) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:04
13
Estrellita (take 6) (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:44
14
Begin the Beguine (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:12
15
La paloma (Wednesday January 23, 1952)
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:39
16
Night and Day (Tuesday March 25, 1952)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:50
17
Almost Like Being in Love (Tuesday March 25, 1952)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:33
18
I Can't Get Started (Tuesday March 25, 1952)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:08
19
What Is This Thing Called Love (Tuesday March 25, 1952)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:36
CD 8
1
J.A.T.P. Blues (First Half of June 1952)
Norman Granz' Jam Session
14:42
2
What Is This Thing Called Love (First Half of June 1952)
Norman Granz' Jam Session
15:51
3
Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You (First Half of June 1952)
Norman Granz' Jam Session
17:23
4
Funky Blues (First Half of June 1952)
Norman Granz' Jam Session
13:27
CD 9
1
Song Is You (End of December 1952, January 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:56
2
Laird Baird (End of December 1952, January 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:44
3
Kim (take 2) (End of December 1952, January 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:58
4
Kim (take 4) (End of December 1952, January 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:58
5
Cosmic Rays (take 2) (End of December 1952, January 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:05
6
Cosmic Rays (take 5) (End of December 1952, January 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:16
7
In the Still of the Night (take 1) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:32
8
In the Still of the Night (take 2) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:53
9
In the Still of the Night (take 3) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:46
10
In the Still of the Night (take 4) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:21
11
In the Still of the Night (take 5) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:45
12
In the Still of the Night (take 6) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:26
13
In the Still of the Night (take 7) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:22
14
Old Folks (take 1) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:26
15
Old Folks (take 2) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:09
16
Old Folks (take 3) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
4:04
17
Old Folks (take 4) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:21
18
Old Folks (take 6) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:28
19
Old Folks (take 7) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
0:26
20
Old Folks (take 8) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:39
21
Old Folks (take 9) (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
3:34
22
If I Love Again (Monday May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
2:31
CD 10
1
Chi Chi (take 1) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:09
2
Chi Chi (take 2) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
0:27
3
Chi Chi (take 3) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:42
4
Chi Chi (take 4) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:37
5
Chi Chi (take 5) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
0:17
6
Chi Chi (take 6) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:02
7
I Remember You (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:03
8
Now's the Time (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:01
9
Confirmation (take 1) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
0:14
10
Confirmation (take 2) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
0:09
11
Confirmation (take 3) (Thursday July 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:58
12
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 1) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
4:55
13
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 2) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:32
14
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 3) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:16
15
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 4) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
1:05
16
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 5) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:17
17
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 6) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
1:08
18
I Get a Kick Out of You (take 7) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:34
19
Just One of Those Things (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:46
20
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (take 1) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:36
21
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (take 2) (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:18
22
I've Got You Under My Skin (Wednesday March 31, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:38
23
Love for Sale (take 1) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
0:17
24
Love for Sale (take 2) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:47
25
Love for Sale (take 3) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
1:03
26
Love for Sale (take 4) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:32
27
Love for Sale (take 5) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:35
28
I Love Paris (take 2) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:07
29
I Love Paris (take 3) (Friday December 10, 1954)
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:07