One of the founding fathers of bebop, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955) was the most influential modern jazz artist ever. This set presents his finest studio recordings, including the core of his best sessions for the Dial, Savoy and Verve labels, as well as the complete quintet sets from the classic 1953 Massey Hall concert, on which Bird was joined by Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Also contained here are the 1950 Bird & Diz date showcasing the two horn legends with Thelonious Monk, and Parker’s celebrated first session with strings, which constituted the saxophonist’s best-selling recording ever.
CD-1
1-19 Verve small group sides 1950-53
20-26 Charlie Parker with strings 1949-50
CD-2
1-6 Bird & Diz 1950
7-27 Best of the Savoy sides 1947-48
CD-3
1-7 Jazz at Massey Hall 1953
8-17 Best of the dial sides 1946-47
Charley Parker, alto sax
Featuring: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Duke Jordan (p), Charles Mingus, Percy Heath, Tommy Potter (b), Max Roach, Buddy Rich (d), among others.
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1. The Song is You
2. Laird Baird
3. Kim
4. Cosmic Rays
5. Chi Chi
6. I Remember You
7. Now's the Time
8. Confi Rmation
9. Au Privave
10. She Rote
11. K. C. Blues
12. Star Eyes
13. Blues For Alice
14. Si Si
15. Swedish Schnapps
16. Back Home Blues
17. Lover Man
18. Celebrity
19. Ballade
20. Just Friends
21. Everything Happens To Me
22. April In Paris
23. If I Should Lose You
24. Summertime
25. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
26. Laura
- 2 -
1. Bloomdido
2. My Melancholy Baby
3. Relaxin' With Lee
4. Leap Frog
5. An Oscar For Treadwell
6. Mohawk
7. Billie's Bounce
8. Ko-Ko
9. Donna Lee
10. Chasin' the Bird
11. Cheryl
12. Buzzy
13. Milestones
14. Little Willie Leaps
15. Half Nelson
16. Sippin' At Bells
17. Another Hair-Do
18. Bluebird
19. Klaunstance
20. Bird Gets the Worm
21. Barbados
22. Ah-Leu-Cha
23. Constellation
24. Parker's Mood
25. Perhaps
26. Steeplechase
27. Merry-Go-Round
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1. Wee
2. Hot House
3. A Night In Tunisia
4. Perdido
5. Salt Peanuts
6. All the Things You Are
7. 52nd Street Theme
8. Yardbird Suite
9. Ornithology
10. Cool Blues
11. Bird's Nest
12. The Hymn
13. Embraceable You
14. Scrapple From the Apple
15. My Old Flame
16. Don't Blame Me
17. How Deep is the Ocean?
