Disc 1
1. Diggin Diz
(George Handy)
2. Moose the Mooche
(Charlie Parker)
3. Yardbird Suite
(Charlie Parker)
4. Ornithology
(Charlie Parker/Benny Harris)
5. A Night in Tunisia
(Dizzy Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
6. Max Is Making Wax
(Howard McGhee)
7. Lover Man
(Jimmy David/Roger "Ram" Ramirez/Jimmy Sherman)
8. The Gypsy
(Billy Reid)
9. Be-Bop
(Dizzy Gillespie)
10. This Is Always
(Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)
11. Dark Shadows
(Earl Coleman/Shifty Henry)
12. Bird's Nest
(Charlie Parker)
13. Cool Blues
(Charlie Parker)
14. Relaxin at Camarillo
(Charlie Parker)
15. Cheers
(Howard McGhee)
16. Carvin the Bird
(Howard McGhee)
17. Stupendous
(Melvin Broiles/Howard McGhee)
18. Dexterity
(Charlie Parker)
19. Bongo Bop
(Charlie Parker)
20. Dewey Square
(Charlie Parker)
21. The Hymn
(Charlie Parker)
22. All the Things You Are
(Jerome Kern)
23. Embraceable You
(George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
24. Bird Feathers
(Charlie Parker)
25. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
(Charlie Parker)
26. Scrapple from the Apple
(Charlie Parker)
Disc 2
1. My Old Flame
(Sam Coslow/Arthur Johnston)
2. Out of Nowhere
(Johnny Green/Edward Heyman)
3. Don't Blame Me
(Jimmy McHugh)
4. Drifting on a Reed
(Charlie Parker)
5. Quasimodo
(Charlie Parker)
6. Charlie's Wig
(Charlie Parker)
7. Bongo Beep
(Charlie Parker)
8. Crazeology
(Benny Harris)
9. How Deep Is the Ocean?
(Irving Berlin)
10. Hallelujah
(Clifford Grey/Leo Robin/Vincent Youmans)
11. Get Happy
(Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler)
12. Slam Slam Blues
(Red Norvo)
13. Congo Blues
(Charlie Parker)
14. Blues on the Sofa
(Charlie Parker)
15. Kopely Plaza Blues
(Charlie Parker)
16. Yardbird Suite
(Charlie Parker)
17. Lullaby in Rhythm #1
(Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson)
18. Lullaby in Rhythm #2
(Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson)
19. 'S Wonderful [Aka Home Cookin I]
(George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
20. Cherokee [Aka Home Cookin II]
(Ray Noble)
21. I Got Rhythm [Aka Home Cookin III]
(George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
22. Takin Off
(Charles Thompson)
23. 20th Century Blues
(Noel Coward)
24. The Street Beat
(Charles Thompson)
25. What More Can a Woman Do?
(Peggy Lee/Dave Barbour)
26. I'd Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
(Leonard Feather/Bob Russel)
27. Mean to Me
(Roy Turk/Fred E. Ahlert)
Disc 1
1:Feb. 5, 1945
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone
George Handy - piano
Arvin Garrison - guitars
Ray Brown - bass
Stan Levey - drums
2 - 5:Mar. 28, 1946
Miles Davis - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone
Dodo Marmarosa - piano
Arvin Garrison - guitars
Vic McMillan - bass
Roy Porter - drums
6 - 9:July 29, 1946
Howard McGhee - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Jimmy Bunn - piano
Bob Kesterson - bass
Roy Porter - drums
10 - 13:Feb. 19, 1947
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Erroll Garner - piano
Red Callender - bass
Harold West - drums
Earl Coleman - vocals
14 - 17:Feb. 26, 1947
Howard McGhee - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Wardell Gray - tenor saxophone
Dodo Marmarosa - piano
Barney Kessel - guitars
Red Callender - bass
Don Lamond - drums
18 - 23:Oct. 28, 1947
Miles Davis - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Duke Jordan - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Max Roach - drums
24 - 26:Nov. 4, 1947
Miles Davis - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Duke Jordan - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Max Roach - drums
Disc 2
1 - 3:Nov. 4, 1947
Miles Davis - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Duke Jordan - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Max Roach - drums
4 - 9:Dec. 17, 1947
Miles Davis - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Duke Jordan - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Max Roach - drums
10 - 13:June 6, 1945
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Flip Phillips - tenor saxophone
Red Norvo - vibraphones
Teddy Wilson - piano
Slam Stewart - bass
Gordon Powell, J.C. Heard - drums
14 - 21:Feb. 1, 1947
Howard McGhee, Melvin Broiles, Shorty Rogers - trumpets
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Russ Freeman - piano
Arnold Fishkind - bass
Jimmy Pratt - drums
22 - 24:Sep. 4, 1945
Buck Clayton - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Sir Charles Thompson - piano
Danny Barker - guitars
Jimmy Butts - bass
J.C. Heard - drums
25 - 27:May 25, 1945
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Charlie Parker - alto saxophone
Flip Phillips - tenor saxophone
Nat Jaffe, Tadd Dameron - piano
Bill De Arango - guitars
Curley Russell - bass
Max Roach - drums
Sarah Vaughan - vocals
モダン・ジャズの歴史は、Louis Armstrongを出発点に、
Charlie Parkerを経、Miles Davisへ連なる一本の線上に
成り立っている。
それ以外、またそれ以降に起こったことはすべて、
その線上の焼き増し、または拡大解釈でしかない。
今時のジャズ・ファンは、Charlie Parkerと
いわれてもピンとこないかもしれないが、
それがアルトであれテナーであれ、
サックスに関する限り、バードの影響抜きに
吹くことは到底不可能であり、全てのサックス奏者は、
無意識のうちにもバードの影響を受けているのである。
そのバードと共演したMiles Davisもまた、
今日のトランペット演奏に多大な影響を与え、
マイルスの影響抜きにトランペットを吹くことは
不可能なわけですが、彼がサッチモやバードと異なるのは、
単なるトランペット吹きではないということだ。
Duke Ellingtonは自らのバンドを装置だと言ったが、
マイルスはそれをショート・コンボでやった。
バンドそのものがマイルスの楽器なのである。