Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Donna Lee
2. Chasin' the Bird
3. Cheryl
4. Buzzy
5. Dexterity
6. Bongo Bop
7. Dewey Square
8. Hymn
9. Bird of Paradise
10. Embraceable You
11. Bird Feathers
12. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
13. Scrapple from the Apple
14. My Old Flame
15. Out of Nowhere
16. Don't Blame Me
17. Drifting on a Reed
18. Quasimodo
19. Charlie's Wig
20. Bongo Beep
21. Crazeology
22. How Deep Is the Ocean?
23. Another Hair Do
24. Bluebird
25. Klaunstance
26. Bird Gets the Worm

Disc 2:

1. Barbados
2. Ah-Leu-Cha
3. Constellation
4. Parker's Mood
5. Perhaps
6. Marmaduke
7. Steeplechase
8. Merry-Go-Round
9. Bird
10. Repetition
11. No Noise, Pts. 1 & 2
12. Mango Mangue
13. Okiedoke
14. Cardboard
15. Visa
16. Segment
17. Passport
18. Passport
19. Just Friends
20. Everything Happens to Me
21. April in Paris
22. Summertime
23. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
24. If I Should Lose You
25. Star Eyes

Disc 3:

1. Tiny's Tempo
2. I'll Always Love You Just the Same
3. Romance Without Finance
4. Red Cross
5. Billie's Bounce
6. Warming up a Riff
7. Now's the Time
8. Thriving on a Riff
9. Koko
10. Moose the Mooche
11. Yardbird Suite
12. Ornithology
13. Night in Tunisia
14. Max (Is) Making Wax
15. Lover Man
16. Gypsy
17. Bebop
18. This Is Always
19. Dark Shadows
20. Bird's Nest
21. Hot Blues
22. Cool Blues
23. Relaxin' at Camarillo
24. Cheers
25. Carvin' the Bird
26. Stupendous

Disc 4:

1. Blues (Fast)
2. I'm in the Mood for Love
3. Dancing in the Dark
4. Out of Nowhere
5. Laura
6. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
7. They Can't Take That Away from Me
8. Easy to Love
9. I'm in the Mood for Love
10. I'll Remember April
11. Privave
12. She Rote
13. K.C. Blues
14. Star Eyes
15. My Little Suede Shoes
16. Poquito de Tu Amor
17. Tico-Tico
18. Fiesta
19. Why Do I Love You?
20. Blues for Alice
21. Si Si
22. Swedish Schnapps
23. Back Home Blues
24. Lover Man

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83155 in Music
• Released on: 2002-07-15
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
Most of Charlie Parker's studio recordings from 1944-1951 for the Savoy, Dial and Verve labels are featured in this 4 CD box. Just some of the cast includes Erroll Garner, Barney Kessel, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Hank Jones. 101 tracks. 4 standard jewel cases in a hardcover slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews

This is the one ...
This has almost all of Bird's studio work on four CDs without any hard-to-hear live recordings or annoying partial takes. With masters from Savoy, Dial and Verve, it covers more ground than either the Rino collection or the Savoy and Dial box, which has 8 discs and costs five times as much. It doesn't have every tune you can imagine, for instance with 101 tracks there wasn't room for one version of Confirmation. And there are times when it would be nice to listen to Bird puzzle his way through all the takes of Parker's Mood. But this box gives you four great CDs that each play over 70 minutes and showcase a stage in the career of the greatest improvisor in modern jazz. Even if you own the other collections, this one is worth buying. This is the Parker set I will listen too again and again, and I'm so happy it has finally been put together in this form. The book is weak -- full of trivia and short in insight -- but at this price I won't complain (any further.)

The best for much less
This is the finest overall collection now available (and at a great price). The best years of this genius' work are here with outstanding selections from Dial, Savoy and Verve. Bird flies in all his glory here. A good text accompanies the 4 discs. No way to top this box set for the quality, range and price.

The best for much less
This is the finest overall collection now available (and at a great price). The best years of this genius' work are here with outstanding selections from Dial, Savoy and Verve. Bird flies in all his glory here. A good text accompanies the 4 discs. No way to top this box set for the quality, range and price.