Charlie Parker: BIRD 100th Anniversary (10 CDs)

This 10 CD box set celebrates Charlie Parker and his timeless music on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2020 - with his essential, original recordings, featuring such friends and colleagues as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Lucky Thompson, Dodo Marmarosa, Dexter Gordon, Erroll Garner, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Dorham, and Charlie Mingus. "Bird lives!" - musically that is, and especially now around his 100th birthday.

2020 finds the Jazz world full of tributes to the Bebop pioneer, who died in New York at only 24 years of age in 1955. This goes to show the ongoing influence of Charles Parker Jr., better known as Charlie Parker or Bird, on Jazz music and especially the alto saxophone. As a dazzlingly fast virtuoso, Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into Jazz. With a truly original tone that ranged from biting to melancholy, the man from Kansas City could have easily earned the nickname 8222;Bird" for the quality of his horn playing most likely it had to do with his appetite for chicken. Still, the feathered creatures inspired many of the titles of Parker's compositions, such as "Ornithology", "Yardbird Suite", "Bird of Paradise", "Bird Feathers", "Chasin' The Bird", or "Bird Gets the Worm".

An icon for the hipster subculture of the 1940s and later the Beat Generation, Parker epitomized the Jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and innovator.

CD 1
■ Tiny Grimes Quintet feat. Charlie Parker
1. Tiny's Tempo Clyde Hart 2.55
2. I'll Always Love You Just The Same
Lloyd Grimes 3.01
3. Romance Without Finance
Lloyd Grimes 3.02
4. Red Cross Chas Parker 3.09
Charlie Parker (as, voc:5) Tiny Grimes (git, voc: 2, 3)
Clyde Hart (p)
Jimmy Butts (b, voc: 3) Doc West (drs)
Recorded in NYC on September 15, 1944
ò Charlie Parker's Reboppers
5. Warming Up A Riff Charlie Parker 2.34
6. Billie's Bounce Charlie Parker 3.11
7. Now's The Time Charlie Parker 3.17
8. Thrivin'From A Riff Charlie Parker 2.56
9. Meandering Charlie Parker 3.18
10. Ko Ko Charlie Parker 2.55
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp: 6-8) Dizzy Gillespie
(p: 5-7, tp: 10)
Sadik Hakim (p: 8-10)
Recorded in NYC on November 26, 1945
ò Tiny Grimes Quintet feat. Charlie Parker
11. Diggin'Diz Dizzy Gillespie 2.54
Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Lucky
Thompson (ts) George Handy (p)
Arvin Garrison (git) Ray Brown (b) Stan Levey (drs)
Recorded in Glendale, CA on February 5, 1946
ò Charlie Parker Septet
12. Moose The Mooche Charlie Parker 3.06
13. Yardbird Suite Charlie Parker 2.57
14. Ornithology Charlie Parker 3.03
15. A Night In Tunisia
■ DIZZY GILLESPIE, LEO ROBIN 3.05
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp), Lucky Thompson
(ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p)
Arv Garrison (git) Vic MicMillan (b) Roy Porter (drums)
Recorded in Santa Monica, CA on March 28, 1946
16. Max Making Wax Charlie Parker 2.34
17. Lover Man JIMMY DAVIS, ROGERRAMIREZ,
JAMES SHERMAN3.23
18. The Gypsy BILLY REID 3.05
19. Bebop DIZZY GILLESPIE2.56
Charlie Parker (as) Howard McGhee (tp) Jimmy Bunn
(p), Bob Kesterson (b),
Roy Porter (drs)
Recorded in Hollywood, CA on July 29, 1946
ò Sir Charles Thompson All Stars
20. Takin' Off SIR CHARLESTHOMPSON3.08
21. If I Had You JAMES CAMPBELL,
REGINALD CONNELLY, TED SHAPIRO3.01
22. 20th Century Blues
SIR CHARLESTHOMPSON2.56
23. Street Beat SIR CHARLESTHOMPSON2.36
Sir Charles Thompson (p) Buck Clayton (tp) Dexter
Gordon (ts) Danny Barker
(git) Jimmy Butts (b) J. C. Heard (drs)
Recorded in NYC on September 4, 1945
Total Time 69.35
CD 2
■ Charlie Parker Quartet
1. This Is Always
HARRYWARREN,MACK GORDON 3.16
2. Dark Shadows
EARL COLEMAN, JOHN HENRY3.08
3. Bird's Nest Charlie Parker 2.45
4. Cool Blues Charlie Parker 3.10
Charlie Parker (as) Erroll Garner (p) George 'Red'
Callender (b)
Harold 'Doc' West (drs) Earl Coleman (voc: 1,2)
Recorded in Hollywood, CA on February 19, 1947
ò Charlie Parker All Stars
5. Relaxing At Camarillo
Charlie Parker 3.08
6. Cheers HOWARD MCGHEE 3.06
7. Carvin' The Bird HOWARD MCGHEE 2.47
8. Stupendous H. MCGHEE, MELVYNBROILES
2.55
Charlie Parker (as) Howard McGhee (tp) Wardell
Gray (ts)
Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (git) Red
Callendar (b) Don Lamond (drs)
Recorded in Hollywood, CA on February 26, 1947
9. Donna Lee Charlie Parker 2.34
10. Chasin' The Bird Charlie Parker 2.46
11. Cheryl Charlie Parker 3.00
12. Buzzy Charlie Parker 2.32
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Bud Powell (p)
Tommy Potter (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on May 8, 1947
■ Miles Davis All Stars
13. Milestones MILES DAVIS2.46
14. Little Willie Leaps MILES DAVIS2.53
15. Half Nelson MILES DAVIS2.45
16. Sippin' At Bells MILES DAVIS2.24
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp), Lucky
Thompson (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p)
Arv Garrison (git) Vic MicMillan (b) Roy Porter
(drums)
Recorded in Santa Monica, CA on March 28, 1946
ò Charlie Parker Quintet
17. Dexterity Charlie Parker 3.00
18. Bongo Bop Charlie Parker 2.46
19. Dewey Square Charlie Parker 3.09
20. Bird Of Paradise Charlie Parker 3.13
21. Embraceable You GEORGEGERSHWIN3.26
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Duke Jordan
(p) Tommy Potter (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on October 28, 1947
Total Time 61.53

CD 3
■ Charlie Parker Quintet
1. Bird Feathers CHARLIEPARKER2.53
2. Klact-oveedseds-tene
CHARLIEPARKER3.07
3. Scrapple From The Apple
Charlie Parker 2.41
4. My Old Flame
Arthur Johnston, Ben Coslow 3.16
5. Out Of Nowhere
Edward Heyman, Johnny Green 3.08
6. Don't Blame Me
JIM MCHUG, DOROTHYFIELDS2.50
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Duke Jordan
(p) Tommy Potter (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on November 4, 1947
ò The Charlie Parker Sextet
7. Drifting On A Reed CHARLIEPARKER2.59
8. Quasimodo CHARLIEPARKER2.55
9. Charlie's Wig Charlie Parker 2.45
10. Bongo Beep Charlie Parker 3.00
11. Crazeology Benny Harris 2.59
12. How Deep Is The Ocean? JEROMEKERN 3.25
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay
Johnson (tb)Duke Jordan (p)
Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on December 17, 1947
■ Charlie Parker All Stars
13. Another Hair-Do CHARLIEPARKER2.40
14. Blue Bird CHARLIEPARKER2.52
15. Klaunstance CHARLIEPARKER2.48
16. Bird Gets The Worm CHARLIEPARKER2.37
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Duke Jordan
(p) Tommy Potter (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on December 21, 1947
17. Barbados Charlie Parker 2.29
18. Ah-Leu-Cha Charlie Parker 2.56
19. Constellation Charlie Parker 2.30
20. Parker's Mood Charlie Parker 3.03
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Duke Jordan
(p) Tommy Potter (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on September 18, 1948
21. Perhaps Charlie Parker 2.35
22. Marmaduke Charlie Parker 2.43
23. Steeplechase Charlie Parker 3.05
24. Merry-Go-Round Charlie Parker 2.26
Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) John Lewis (p)
Curly Russell (b)
Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC on September 24, 1948
Total Time 69.09
CD 4
■ Charlie Parker with Strings
1. April In Paris
E. Y.HARBURG,VERNONDUKE 3.13
2. Summertime GEORGEGERSHWIN,
IRA GERSHWIN,DUBOSE HEYWARD2.49
3. If I Should Lose You
Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin 2.49
4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 3.15
5. Everything Happens To Me
Tom Adair, Matt Dennis 3.18
6. Just Friends
JOHN KLENNER,SAM M. LEWIS3.33
7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
GEORGEAND IRA GERSHWIN3.20
8. You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere)
JOHNNY GREEN,EDWARDHEYMAN 3.10
9. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
BROOKS BOWMAN 3.42
10. Easy To Love COLE PORTER3.33
11. I'm In The Mood For Love
Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields 3.37
12. I'll Remember April
GENE DE PAUL, PAT JOHNSTON, DON RAYE3.03
Charlie Parker (as) Joseph Singer (frh:7-12) Mitch Miller
(oboe, w-horn:1-6)
Edwin C. Brown (oboe:7-12) Myor Rosen (1-6) Verlye
Mills (7-12) (harp)
Hronislaw Gimpel, Max Hollnader (v:1-6) Harry Melnikoff,
Howard A. Kay,
Zelly Smirnoff, Samuel Rand (v:7-12) Frank Brieff (1 - 6),
Isadore Zir (7-12)
(viola) Frank Miller(1-6), Maurice Brown (7-12) (cello)
Bernie Leighton (1 to 6), Stan Freeman (7 -12) (p)
Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (dr) Jimmy Carroll (1-6),
Joe Lipman (7-12) (arr, cond)
Recorded in 1949 and 1950
■ South Of The Border
13. Tico Tico ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA,
ERVINDRAKE, ZEQUINHA ABREU 2.46
14. Un Poquito De Tu Amor XAVIERCUGAT,
ARTHURFREED2.42
15. My Little Suede Shoes
CHARLESPARKER3.05
16. Estrellita
VITO PICONE,ARTHURVENOSA2.45
17. Begin The Beguine COLE PORTER3.14
18. La Paloma SEBASTIANYRADIER2.41
19. La Cucuracha PD 2.44
20. Mama Inez WOLF GILBERT,ELISEOGRENET2.52
Charlie Parker, Fred Skerritt, Gene Johnson(as) Leslie
Johnakins (brs)
Roberto Rodriguez & Teddy Kotick (b) JosÈ Mangual
(bongos)
Luis Miranda (congas) Max Roach, Roy Haynes (drs)
Machito (maracas)
RenÈ Hernandez, Walter Bishop, Jr. (p) JosÈ Madera (ts)
Ubaldo Nieto
(timbales) Benny Harris, Bobby Woodlen, Mario Bauza,
Paquito Davilla (tp)
Recorded in 1952
Total Time 62.28

CD 5
■ Jam Session Volume 1
1. Jam Blues N. SHRDLU 14.45
Soloists: Phillips, Carter, Peterson, Parker,
Kessel, Webster, Hodges, Shavers
2. Ballad Medley 17.26
ALL THETHINGSYOU ARE
JEROMEKERN, OSCAR HAMMERSTEINII
Soloist Kessel
DEARLYBELOVED
JEROMEKERN, JOHNNY MERCER
Parker
THE NEARNESSOF YOU
HOAGY CARMICHAEL, NED WASHINGTON
WEBSTER
I'LL GETBY
FREDAHLERT,ROY TURK
Hodges
EVERYTHINGHAPPENSTO ME
MATT DENNIS, TOM ADAIR
Peterson
THE MAN I LOVE
GEORGE& IRA GERSHWIN
BROWN
WHAT'S NEW?
BOB HAGGART, JOHNNY BURKE
Phillips
SOMEONETO WATCH OVERME
GEORGE& IRA GERSHWIN
Shavers
ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?
RICHARD RODGERS& LORENZ HART
CARTER
■ Jam Session Volume 2
3. What Is This Thing Called Love?
COLE PORTER15.53
Soloists:
Brown, Peterson, Webster, Shavers, Hodges,
Kessel, Carter, Phillips, Parker, Peterson
4. Funky Blue JOHNNY HODGES 13.29
Soloists:
Hodges, Parker, Carter, Peterson, Kessel,
Shavers, Phillips, Webster, Peterson
Charlie Shavers (tp) Benny Carter, Charlie
Parker, Johnny Hodges (as)
Ben Webster, Flip Phillips (ts) Barney Kessel
(git) Oscar Peterson (p)
Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (drs)
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood on
June 17, 1952
Total Time 61.35
CD 6
■ Bird & Diz
1. Bloomdido CHARLIEPARKER3.27
2. My Melancholy Baby ERNIEBURNETT,
GEORGENORTON, W. E. WATSON3.26
3. Relaxing With Lee Charlie Parker 3.57
4. Leap Frog Charlie Parker 2.31
5. An Oscar For Treadwell
Charlie Parker 3.24
6. Mohawk CHARLIEPARKER3.51
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as),
Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell
(b), Buddy Rich (drs)
Recorded in NYC on June 6th in 1950
ò CHARLIEPARKER
7. Now òs The Time CHARLIE PARKER 3.03
8. I Remember You
JOHNNY MERCER,VICTOR
SCHERTZINGER3.06
9. Confirmation
BENNY HARRIS,CHARLIEPARKER2.59
10. Chi Chi Charlie Parker 3.06
11. I Hear Music (The Song Is You)
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II 3.00
12. Laird Baird CHARLIEPARKER2.48
13. Kim CHARLIEPARKER3.02
14. Cosmic Rays CHARLIEPARKER3.08
Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Percy Heath
(b) Max Roach (drs)
Recorded in NYC in 1954
■ Bonus Tracks from "The Jazz Scene"
(1949)
15. Rhumbacito NEAL HEFTI4.45
16. Repetition NEAL HEFTI3.00
Neal Heafty (arr, cond) Charlie Parker (as:
16) Vinnie Jacobs (frh)
Doug Mettome, Al Parcino, Ray Wetzel (tp)
Bill Harris (tb) Bart Versalona
(btb) John LaPorta (cl) Sonny Salad, Murray
Williams (as) Pete Mondello,
Flip Philips (ts) Manny Albam (brs) Curley
Russell (b) Shelly Manne (drs)
string section
17. The Bird Charlie Parker 4.46
Charlie Parker (as) Hank Jones (p) Ray
Brown (b) Shelly Manne (drs)
Recorded at Carnegie Hall, NYC in
December 1947
Total Time 57.57

CD 7
■ Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter
1. I Get a Kick out of You 3.35
2. I Get a Kick out of You 4.57
3. Just One of Those Things 2.47
4. My Heart Belongs to Daddy 3.20
5. I've Got You Under My Skin 3.39
6. Love for Sale 5.35
7. Love for Sale 5.34
8. I Love Paris 5.08
9. I Love Paris (Alternate Take) 5.07
Composed By Cole Porter
Charlie Parker (as) Walter Bishop jr. (p)
Teddy Kotick (b) Arthur Taylor (drs)
Recorded in NYC in December 1954
■ Night And Day
10. Temptation
ARTHURFREED,HERB BROWN 3.31
11. Autumn In New York Vernon Duke
3.30
12. Lover RICHARD RODGERS,
LORENZ HART 3.08
13. Stella By Starlight
NED WASHINGTON,VICTORYOUNG
2.57
14. Dancing In The Dark
HOWARD DIETZ,ARTHURSCHWARTZ
3.12
15. Night And Day COLE PORTER2.51
16. Almost Like Being In Love
AL LERNE,FREDERICKLOEWE2.35
17. I Can't Get Started
IRA GERSHWIN,VERNONDUKE 3.09
18. What Is This Thing Called Love
COLE PORTER2.38
19. Laura DAVID RAKSIN, JOHNNY
MERCER2.58
Charlie Parker (as) Joe Lipman (arr)
Recorded at Levis Sound Studio, New
York on January 22, 1952 (10-13) on
March 25, 1952 (15-18) and July 5,
1950 (14, 19)
Total Time 70.51
CD 8
■ Concert On January 28, 1945
In Los Angeles
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker,
Howard McGhee, Lester Young
1. Blues For Norman TRAD 8.40
2. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
GEORGEGERSHWIN& IRA
GERSHWIN11.15
3. I Can't Get Started
VERNONDUKE, IRA GERSHWIN9.18
4. After You've Gone
TURNERLAYTON, HENRYCREAMER
7.36
Al Killian, Howard McGhee (tp) Charlie
Parker, Wille �The Lion“ Smith (as)
Lester Young (ts) Arnold Ross (p) Billy
Hadnott (b) Lee Young (dr)
5. Crazy Rhythm
WOLF MEYER,JOE KAHN, HENRY
CEASAR8.42
6. The Man I Love
GEORGEGERSHWIN& IRA
GERSHWIN15.08
7. Sweet Georgia Brown BEN BERNIE,
KENNETHCASEY,MACEO PINKARD
19.37
Al Killian, Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie
Ventura, Lester Young (ts)
Willie �The Lion“ Smith (as) Charlie
Parker (as: 7) Mel Powell (p)
Billy Hadnott (b) Lee Young (dr)
Total Time 70.21

CD 9
■ Jazz At the Philharmonic Concert
September 18th, 1949 In New York City
Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge , Charlie Parker,
Flip Phillips, Lester Young
1. Norman Granz ñ Introduction 0.19
2. The Opener PD 12.48
3. Lester Leaps in Lester Young 12.19
4. Embreacable You
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 10.36
5. The Closer Entaoin 10.46
Roy Eldridge (tp) Tommy Turk (tb) Charlie Parker
(as) Flip Phillips, Lester
Young (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy
Rich (drs)
6. Ow! D. GILLESPIE0.30
7. Norman Granz Announcement 0.09
8. Flying Home
BENNY GOODMAN; LIONEL HAMPTON 5.34
Roy Eldridge (tp), Tommy Turk (tb), Charlie Parker
(as), Flip Phillips, Lester
Young (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy
Rich (dr)
9. How High The Moon ?
NANCY HAMILTON, MORGAN LEWIS5.44
10. Perdido JUAN TIZOL, DUKE ELLINGTON 8.25
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Roy Eldridge (tp) Tommy Turk
(tb), Charlie Parker (as)
Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray
Brown (b) Buddy Rich (dr)
■ Charlie Parker Quartet
Live At Carnegie Hall 195
11. The Song Is You
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II 4.19
12. My Funny Valentine
RICHARD ROGERS,LORENZ HART 2.05
13. Cool Blues CHARLIEPARKER3.22
Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Percey Heath
(b) Kenny Clarke (drs)
Recorded in NYC on September 25, 1954
Total Time 77.07
CD 10
■ Charlie Parker in Sweden
1. Anthropology
DIZZY GILLESPIE,CHARLIEPARKER6.07
2. Scrapple from the Apple
CHARLIEPARKER6.32
3. Embraceable You
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 2.11
4. Cool Blues Charlie Parker 4.37
5. Star Eyes DePaul / Raye 2.44
6. All the Things You Are
JEROMEKERN, OSCAR HAMMERSTEINII
5.04
7. Strike up the Band
GEORGEGERSHWIN& IRA GERSHWIN
4.44
8. Body and Soul
FRANK EYTON, JOHNNY GREEN,
EDWARDHEYMAN, ROBERTSOUR 11.48
9. Fine And Dandy
KAY SWIFT,PAUL JAMES 5.47
10. How High The Moon ?
NANCY HAMILTON, MORGAN LEWIS3.43
11. Cheers
Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker 7.00
12. Loverman JIMMY DAVIS,
ROGER ("RAM")RAMIREZ,JAMES
SHERMAN1.57
13. Out Of NowherE
EDWARDHEYMAN, JOHNNY GREEN3.36
Charlie Parker (as) Rolf Ericson, Rowland
Greenberg (tp) Gˆsta Theselius (p)
Thore Jederby (b) Jack Noren (drs)
Recorded in SWEDENIN 1950
Total Time 65.40