Milestones of a Legend

Tracklist

• CD 1: No. 1 / No. 2 / No. 3
• 1
  A Night in Tunisia
  3:00
• 2
  Yardbird Suite
  2:34
• 3
  Moose the Mooche
  2:53
• 4
  Ornithology
  2:55
• 5
  Lover Man
  3:16
• 6
  Bebop
  2:50
• 7
  The Gypsy
  2:22
• 8
  Max Making Wax
  2:28
• 9
  Relaxin' at Camarillo
  2:50
• 10
  Cheers
  3:05
• 11
  Carving the Bird
  2:38
• 12
  Stupendous
  2:50
• 13
  Cool Blues
  3:01
• 14
  Dark Shadows
  4:04
• 15
  Hot Blues
  1:56
• 16
  This Is Always
  3:08
• 17
  Bird's Nest
  2:43
• 18
  Don't Blame Me
  2:49
• 19
  Dexterity
  3:01
• 20
  Bird of Paradise
  3:14
• 21
  Bongo Bop
  2:45
• 22
  Embraceable You
  3:26
• 23
  Dewey Square
  3:10
• 24
  Quasimado
  2:55
• 25
  Scrapple From the Apple
  2:40
• CD 2: Charlie Parker With Strings / Charlie Parker Sextet / Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
• 1
  April in Paris
  3:24
• 2
  Summertime
  3:02
• 3
  If I Should Lose You
  3:01
• 4
  I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  3:32
• 5
  Everything Happens to Me
  3:32
• 6
  Just Friends
  3:51
• 7
  My Old Flame
  3:16
• 8
  Air Conditioning
  3:03
• 9
  Crazeology
  3:08
• 10
  Bird Feathers
  3:09
• 11
  Out of Nowhere
  4:10
• 12
  Bongobeep
  2:57
• 13
  Bird Feathers
  2:53
• 14
  Klactoveedsedstene
  3:08
• 15
  Hallelujah
  3:58
• 16
  Get Happy
  3:45
• 17
  Slam Slam Blues
  4:27
• 18
  Congo Blues
  3:54
• 19
  Hallelujah
  4:10
• 20
  Get Happy
  4:03
• 21
  Slam Slam Blues
  5:03
• 22
  Congo Blues
  3:59
• CD 3: South of the Border / Bird and Diz / Charlie Parker
• 1
  Tico Tico
  2:45
• 2
  Un poquito de tu amor
  2:43
• 3
  My Little Suede Shoes
  3:06
• 4
  Estrellita
  2:45
• 5
  Begin the Beguine
  3:13
  3.0 ★
• 6
  La Paloma
  2:41
• 7
  La cucaracha
  2:45
• 8
  Mama Inez
  2:51
• 9
  Bloomdido

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  3:27
• 10
  My Melancholy Baby

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  3:26
• 11
  Relaxin' With Lee

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  2:49
• 12
  Passport

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  2:57
• 13
  Leap Frog

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  2:32
• 14
  An Oscar for Treadwell

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  3:25
• 15
  Mohawk

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  3:38
  2.0 ★
• 16
  Visa

  Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
  3:01
• 17
  Now's the Time
  3:03
• 18
  I Remember You
  3:04
• 19
  Confirmation
  2:59
• 20
  Chi Chi
  3:05
• 21
  I Hear Music (The Song Is You)
  2:59
• 22
  Laird Bird
  2:47
• 23
  Kim
  3:00
• 24
  Cosmic Rays
  3:06
• CD 4: Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter / The Genius of Charlie Parker: Jazz Perennial
• 1
  I Get a Kick Out of You
  3:36
• 2
  I Get a Kick Out of You (alternate take)
  4:54
• 3
  Just One of Those Things
  2:48
• 4
  My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  3:21
• 5
  I've Got You Under My Skin
  3:40
• 6
  Love for Sale
  5:35
• 7
  Love for Sale (alternate take)
  5:34
• 8
  I Love Paris
  5:09
• 9
  I Love Paris (alternate take)
  5:08
• 10
  Star Eyes
  3:31
• 11
  Blues (fast)
  2:48
• 12
  I'm in the Mood for Love
  2:54
• 13
  In the Still of the Night
  3:26
• 14
  Old Folks
  3:37
• 15
  If I Love Again
  2:28
• 16
  Cardboard
  3:10
• 17
  Visa
  3:00
• 18
  Segment
  3:22
• 19
  Passport
  3:02
• 20
  Diverse
  3:17
• CD 5: "Bird" Is Free / The Happy "Bird"
• 1
  Rocker
  5:25
• 2
  Sly Mongoose
  3:33
• 3
  Moose the Mooche
  4:00
• 4
  Star Eyes
  2:19
• 5
  This Time the Dream's on Me
  6:15
• 6
  Cool Blues
  2:48
• 7
  My Little Suede Shoes
  4:16
• 8
  Lester Leaps In
  4:02
• 9
  Laura
  3:10
• 10
  Happy Bird Blues
  2:58
• 11
  Scrapple From the Apple
  15:49
• 12
  I Remember April
  10:48
• 13
  I May Be Wrong
  12:52
• CD 6: Charlie Parker Memorial / Bird on 52nd Street
• 1
  Another Hair Do (takes 1-3)
  3:43
• 2
  Blue Bird
  2:57
• 3
  Bird Gets the Worm
  3:04
• 4
  Barbados
  2:39
• 5
  Constellation (takes 1-2)
  4:42
• 6
  Parker's Mood
  3:27
• 7
  Ah-Leu-Cha (takes 1-2)
  3:34
• 8
  Perhaps (takes 1-2)
  3:00
• 9
  Perhaps (take 6)
  2:36
• 10
  Marmaduke (takes 1-2)
  4:08
• 11
  Steeplechase
  3:07
• 12
  Merry Go Round
  2:20
• 13
  Buzzy (takes 1-2)
  2:45
• 14
  52nd Street Theme
  2:19
• 15
  Shaw 'Nuff
  1:35
• 16
  Out of Nowhere
  3:05
• 17
  Hot House
  2:14
• 18
  This Time the Dream's on Me
  2:22
• 19
  A Night in Tunisia
  3:30
• 20
  My Old Flame
  3:24
• 21
  The Way You Look Tonight
  4:42
• 22
  Out of Nowhere
  2:35
• 23
  Chasin' the Bird
  1:48
• 24
  This Time the Dream's on Me
  3:30
• 25
  Dizzy Atmosphere
  3:00
• 26
  How High the Moon
  3:37
• CD 7: Le Jazz Cool: Historical Recordings, Vol. 1 / An Historical Meeting at the Summit
• 1
  Ko Ko
  2:32
• 2
  'Round Midnight
  5:04
• 3
  Cool Blues
  4:52
• 4
  Ornithology (take 1)
  7:39
• 5
  Move
  4:49
• 6
  White Christmas
  4:05
• 7
  Ornithology (alternate take)
  4:22
• 8
  Hot House
  4:13
• 9
  Groovin' High
  3:35
• 10
  52nd Street Theme
  2:07
• 11
  Lester Leaps In

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  2:41
• 12
  How High the Moon

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  4:26
• 13
  Out of Nowhere

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  4:09
• 14
  Laura

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  3:02
• 15
  Lester Leaps In (alternate version)

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  3:13
• 16
  Destination Moon

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  8:38
• 17
  Happy Bird Blues

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  3:01
• 18
  Blues

  Charlie Parker & Lester Young
  3:20
• CD 8: Charlie Parker in Sweden
• 1
  Anthropology
  6:08
• 2
  Scrapple From the Apple
  6:34
• 3
  Embraceable You
  2:12
• 4
  Cool Blues
  4:37
• 5
  Star Eyes
  2:43
• 6
  All the Things You Are
  5:07
• 7
  Strike Up the Band
  4:44
• 8
  Body and Soul
  11:49
• 9
  Fine and Dandy
  5:45
• 10
  How High the Moon
  3:42
• 11
  Cheers
  6:49
• 12
  Loverman
  1:55
• 13
  Out of Nowhere
  3:35
• CD 9: "Bird" at St. Nick's / Jazz at Massey Hall
• 1
  I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  2:37
• 2
  Ornithology
  3:29
• 3
  Embraceable You
  2:19
• 4
  Visa
  2:59
• 5
  I Cover the Waterfront
  1:46
• 6
  Scrapple From the Apple
  4:39
• 7
  Star Eyes / 52nd Street Theme
  3:07
• 8
  Confirmation
  3:16
• 9
  Out of Nowhere
  2:19
• 10
  Hot House
  3:48
• 11
  What's New
  2:45
• 12
  Now's the Time
  4:17
• 13
  Perdido

  The Quintet
  7:43
• 14
  Salt Peanuts

  The Quintet
  7:39
• 15
  All the Things You Are

  The Quintet
  7:51
• 16
  Wee

  The Quintet
  6:42
• 17
  Hot House

  The Quintet
  9:09
• CD 10: An Evening at Home With the "Bird" / The "Bird" Returns
• 1
  There's a Small Hotel
  10:53
• 2
  These Foolish Things
  3:52
• 3
  Fine and Dandy
  5:58
• 4
  Hot House
  9:15
• 5
  Chasin' the Bird
  6:38
• 6
  Thriving on a Riff
  5:38
• 7
  Koko
  2:32
• 8
  Half Nelson
  3:35
• 9
  Scrapple From the Apple
  4:42
• 10
  Cheryl
  3:27
• 11
  Barbados
  3:51

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 [10.5-6, 10.8-11, 3.12, 3.16-20, 9.1-2]
• Art Taylor
  drums (drum set) [6-9]
• Benny Harris
  trumpet [4, 6-8]
• Bill Wellington
  tenor saxophone [12]
• Billy Bauer
  guitar [6-9]
• Bob Kesterson
  double bass [5-8]
• Bronislaw Gimpel
  violin [1-6]
• Bruz Freeman
  drums (drum set) [1-4]
• Bud Powell
  piano [13-17]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [3.9-11, 3.13-15, 2.1-6]
• Carlos Vidal
  bongos [16]
• Charles Mingus
  double bass [5.12, 9.13-17]
• Charlie Parker
  alto saxophone [6.2-4, 6.6, 6.9, 6.11-12, 6.14-26, 2.1-6, 2.15-16, 2.16-20, 2.20-21, 3.1-24, 1.5-8, 10.1-11, 5.1-13, 4.1-9, 8.1-10, 9.1-2, 9.13-17]
• Charlie Parker Quartet
  performing orchestra [1-6]
• Charlie Parker Quintet
  performing orchestra [9, 15]
• Chris Anderson
  piano [1-4]
• Claude McLin
  tenor saxophone [1-4]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [10.7, 3.9-11, 3.13-14, 3.14-15, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9, 6.11-12]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [3.9-11, 3.13-15, 9.13-17, 2.15-16, 2.16-20, 2.20-21], vocal [16, 20]
• Duke Jordan
  piano [2-3, 14-26]
• Eric Nilsson
  drums (drum set) [8-10]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [15-16, 16-20, 20-21]
• Folke Holst
  double bass [8-10]
• Frank Brieff
  viola [1-6]
• Frank Miller
  cello [1-6]
• George Freeman
  guitar [1-4]
• Gösta Theselius
  piano [1-7], tenor saxophone [8-10]
• Hank Jones
  piano [21-24]
• Howard McGhee
  trumpet [1.5-8, 5.10-11, 5.13]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [15-18, 20]
• Jack Lawlor
  double bass [10-11, 13]
• Jack Norén
  drums (drum set) [1-7]
• Jerome Darr
  guitar [1-5]
• Jimmy Bunn
  piano [5-8]
• Jimmy Carroll
  arranger [1-6], conductor [1-6]
• Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-6]
• Jimmy Knepper
  editor [14-26]
• Joe Gordon
  trumpet [12]
• Joe MacDonald
  drums (drum set) [10-11, 13]
• John Lewis
  piano [4, 6, 9, 11-12]
• José Mangual
  bongos [1-3, 5-6]
• Kenny Dorham
  trumpet [10.10-11, 3.12, 3.16]
• Lennart Nilsson
  piano [8-10]
• Leroy Jackson
  double bass [1-4]
• Lucky Thompson
  tenor saxophone [5, 8-10]
• Luis Miranda
  congas [3, 5]
• Max Hollander
  violin [1-6]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [9.13-17, 5.1-9, 6.2-4, 6.6, 6.9, 6.11-12, 6.14-26, 3.4-8, 3.12, 3.16-24, 10.5-11]
• Meyer Rosen
  harp [1-6]
• Miles Davis
  trumpet [10.5-9, 6.2-4, 6.6, 6.9, 6.11-12, 6.14-26]
• Milt Jackson
  vibraphone [5, 8-10]
• Milton Lomask
  violin [1-6]
• Mitch Miller
  cor anglais [1-6], oboe [1-6]
• Mundell Lowe
  guitar [1-9]
• Myor Rosen
  harp [1-6]
• Nat Pierce
  piano [10-11, 13]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [17-20]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [1-6]
• Red Norvo
  vibraphone [15-16, 16-20, 20-21], xylophone [15-16, 18, 20]
• Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
  performing orchestra [16, 18, 20]
• Red Rodney
  trumpet [1-2]
• Richard Twardzik
  piano [12]
• Rolf Ericson
  trumpet [1-10]
• Rowland Greenberg
  trumpet [8-10]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [4.1-5, 3.1-3, 9.1-2, 5.12]
• Roy Porter
  drums (drum set) [5-8]
• Slam Stewart
  double bass [15-16, 16-20, 20-21]
• Specs Powell
  drums (drum set) [16, 20]
• Stan Freeman
  piano [1-6]
• Tadd Dameron
  piano [7]
• Teddy Kotick
  double bass [3.1-8, 3.21-24, 4.1-9, 5.1-9]
• Teddy Wilson
  piano [15-16, 16-20, 20-21]
• Thelonious Monk
  piano [9-11, 13-15]
• Thore Jederby
  double bass [1-7]
• Tommy Potter
  bass [14-26], double bass [6.2-3, 10.5-6, 10.8-11, 9.1-2, 3.12, 3.16]
• Tommy Turk
  trombone [16]
• Walter Bishop, Jr.
  piano [5.1-9, 3.1-8, 4.1-9]
• Wardell Gray
  tenor saxophone [10-11, 13]
• Show all credits (78)

Issues

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  Milestones of a Legend

  10x CD
  2016