The Essence of Charlie Parker

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Tiny's Tempo
  2:54
• 2
  I'll Always Love You Just the Same
  3:04
• 3
  Warming Up a Riff
  2:34
• 4
  Billie's Bounce
  3:08
• 5
  Max Is Making Wax
  2:30
• 6
  Bebop
  2:53
• 7
  Yardbird Suite
  2:55
• 8
  Ornithology
  2:59
• 9
  Moose the Mooche
  3:03
  3.0 ★
• 10
  A Night in Tunisia
  3:06
• 11
  Lover Man
  3:17
• 12
  Hot Blues
  1:58
• 13
  Buzzy
  2:31
• 14
  The Hymn
  2:28
• 15
  Donna Lee
  2:33
• 16
  Bird's Nest
  2:37
• 17
  Bongo Hop
  2:43
• 18
  Carvin' the Bird
  2:44
• 19
  Chasin' the Bird
  2:44
• 20
  Don't Blame Me
  2:47
• 21
  Bird Feathers
  2:51
• 22
  Stupendous
  2:52
• 23
  Dexterity
  2:59
• 24
  Out of Nowhere
  4:00
• 25
  Cool Blues
  2:19
• CD 2
• 1
  Merry-Go-Round
  2:26
• 2
  Constellation
  2:27
• 3
  Barbados
  2:28
• 4
  Perhaps
  2:34
• 5
  Bird Gets the Worm
  2:37
• 6
  Another Hair-Do
  2:37
• 7
  Marmaduke
  2:40
• 8
  Charlie's Wig
  2:43
• 9
  Klaunstance
  2:44
• 10
  Bluebird
  2:56
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Quasimodo
  2:53
• 12
  Parker's Mood
  3:00
• 13
  Crazeology
  2:59
• 14
  Passport
  2:58
• 15
  Okiedoke
  3:04
• 16
  Blues
  2:47
• 17
  If I Should Lose You
  2:47
• 18
  I'm in the Mood for Love
  2:53
• 19
  Dancing in the Dark
  3:11
• 20
  Si Si
  2:41
• 21
  Un Poquito de Tu Amor
  2:43
• 22
  Au Privave
  2:40
• 23
  Tico Tico
  2:47
• 24
  Why Do I Love You?
  2:53
• 25
  Now's the Time (The Hucklebuck)
  2:56

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Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark 2004

Release credits

• Arvin Garrison
  guitar [9]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [18]
• Bud Powell
  piano [19]
• Charlie Parker
  alto saxophone [2.2, 2.12-13, 1.9, 1.18-20]
• Charlie Parker All Stars
  performing orchestra [19]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [2, 12]
• Dodo Marmarosa
  piano [9, 18]
• Don Lamond
  drums (drum set) [18]
• Doug Hawkins
  recording [2.13, 1.20]
• Duke Jordan
  piano [1.20, 2.13]
• Howard McGhee
  trumpet [18]
• J.J. Johnson
  trombone [13]
• John Lewis
  piano [2, 12]
• Lucky Thompson
  tenor saxophone [9]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.12-13, 1.19-20]
• Miles Davis
  trumpet [1.9, 1.19-20, 2.2, 2.12-13]
• Red Callender
  double bass [18]
• Ross Russell
  producer [9, 18, 20]
• Roy Porter
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Teddy Reig
  producer [19]
• Tommy Potter
  double bass [1.19-20, 2.13]
• Vic McMillan
  double bass [9]
• Wardell Gray
  tenor saxophone [18]
• Show all credits (23)

Issues

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  The Essence of Charlie Parker

  2x CD
  2006