
This article lists Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions as leader, which were recorded between 1945 and 1948.
Also included is Miles Davis's first session as leader in 1947, with Parker on tenor saxophone (Session 7).
Session 1[edit]
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Charlie Parker's Reboppers. Recorded November 26, 1945, in New York City for Savoy Records.[1]
- 'Billie's Bounce'
- 'Warming Up a Riff'
- 'Now's the Time'
- 'Thriving from a Riff' (a.k.a. 'Anthropology')
- 'Meandering' (based on 'Embraceable You')
- 'Ko-Ko' (based on 'Cherokee')

Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet, 1,3,4), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, 6; piano, 1,3,5,6), Sadik Hakim (piano, 2,4), Curley Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 2[edit]
Charlie Parker Septet. Recorded March 28, 1946, in Hollywood for Dial Records.[2]
- 'Moose the Mooche'
- 'Yardbird Suite'
- 'Ornithology' (based on 'How High the Moon')
- 'A Night in Tunisia'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Lucky Thompson (tenor sax), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Arv Garrison (guitar), Vic MicMillan (bass), Roy Porter (drums)
Session 3[edit]
Charlie Parker Quintet. Recorded July 29, 1946, in Hollywood for Dial Records.[3]
- 'Max Is Making Wax'
- 'Lover Man'
- 'The Gypsy'
- 'Bebop'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Jimmy Bunn (piano), Bob Kesterson (bass), Roy Porter (drums)
Session 4[edit]
Charlie Parker Quartet. Recorded February 19, 1947, in Hollywood for Dial Records.[4]
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- 'This Is Always'
- 'Dark Shadows'
- 'Bird's Nest'
- 'Cool Blues'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Erroll Garner (piano), Red Callender (bass), Doc West (drums), Earl Coleman (vocals on 1 and 2)
Session 5[edit]
Charlie Parker's New Stars. Recorded February 26, 1947, in Hollywood for Dial Records.[5]
- 'Relaxin' at Camarillo'
- 'Cheers'
- 'Carvin' the Bird'
- 'Stupendous'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Wardell Gray (tenor sax), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Red Callender (bass), Don Lamond (drums)
Session 6[edit]
Charlie Parker Quintet. Recorded May 8, 1947, in New York City for Savoy Records.[6]
- 'Donna Lee' (based on 'Back Home Again in Indiana')
- 'Chasin' the Bird'
- 'Cheryl'
- 'Buzzy'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 7[edit]
Miles Davis All Stars, Recorded August 14, 1947, in New York City for Savoy Records.[7]
- 'Milestones'
- 'Little Willie Leaps'
- 'Half Nelson'
- 'Sippin' at Bells'
Miles Davis (trumpet), Charlie Parker (tenor sax), John Lewis (piano), Nelson Boyd (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 8[edit]
Charlie Parker Quintet. Recorded October 28, 1947, in New York City for Dial Records.[8]
- 'Dexterity'
- 'Bongo Bop'
- 'Dewey Square'
- 'The Hymn'
- 'Bird of Paradise' (based on 'All The Things You Are')
- 'Embraceable You'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 9[edit]
Charlie Parker Quintet. Recorded November 4, 1947, in New York City for Dial Records.[9]
- 'Bird Feathers'
- 'Klact-Oveereds-Tene'
- 'Scrapple from the Apple'
- 'My Old Flame'
- 'Out of Nowhere'
- 'Don't Blame Me'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 10[edit]
Charlie Parker Sextet. Recorded December 17, 1947, in New York City for Dial Records.[10]
- 'Drifting on a Reed'
- 'Quasimodo' (based on 'Embraceable You')
- 'Charlie's Wig'
- 'Bongo Beep'
- 'Crazeology'
- 'How Deep Is the Ocean'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 11[edit]
Charlie Parker Quintet. Recorded December 21, 1947, In Detroit, Michigan, for Savoy Records.[11]
- 'Another Hair-Do'
- 'Bluebird'
- 'Klauntsance'
- 'Bird Gets the Worm'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Duke Jordan (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 12[edit]
Charlie Parker All Stars. Recorded September 18, 1948, in New York City for Savoy Records.[12]
- 'Barbados'
- 'Ah-Leu-Cha'
- 'Constellation'
- 'Parker's Mood'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet) except track 4, John Lewis (piano), Curley Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Session 13[edit]
Charlie Parker All Stars. Recorded September 24, 1948, in New York City for Savoy Records.[13]
- 'Perhaps'
- 'Marmaduke'
- 'Steeplechase'
- 'Merry-Go-Round'
Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Curley Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums)
References[edit]
- ^'Miles Ahead: Charlie Parker Sessions'. Plosin.com. 1945-11-26. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^'Session details: Radio Recorders Studio (March 28, 1946)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: C.P. MacGregor Studio (July 29, 1946)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: C.P. MacGregor Studio (February 19, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: C.P. MacGregor Studio (February 26, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: Harris Smith Studio (May 8, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: Harris Smith Studio (August 14, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: WOR Studio (October 28, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: WOR Studio (November 4, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: WOR Studio (December 17, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: United Sound Studio (December 21, 1947)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: Harris Smith Studio (September 18, 1948)'. www.plosin.com.
- ^'Session details: Harris Smith Studio (September 24, 1948)'. www.plosin.com.
| Charlie Parker discography | |
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Charlie Parker at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1947 |
This is a list of recordings by American jazzalto saxophonistCharlie Parker. Parker primarily recorded for three labels: Savoy, Dial, and Verve. His work with these labels has been chronicled in box sets. Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial Sessions have been issued on The Complete Savoy Sessions, Charlie Parker on Dial and Complete Charlie Parker on Dial and The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes. His Verve recordings are available on Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve and The Complete Verve Master Takes.
The listing below is in the form of a sessionography as opposed to a discography. Although organized chronologically the release titles listed refer to compilations of Parker material appearing decades after the recording sessions. In general they do not refer to records in the formats actually issued during Parker's lifetime, so with a few exceptions technically they should all come under the heading of compilations. For instance, no record label in 1944 would have issued an album of 78s entitled The Immortal Charlie Parker to describe a relative unknown at that time, and in 1948 there would never have been a record entitled Newly Discovered Sides by Charlie Parker as if an unearthed archeological artifact - anything by Bird in 1948 would have been fairly new. It is also worth noting that a significant proportion of the listings outside of the live list are in fact live recordings.
Savoy[edit]
1944
- The Immortal Charlie Parker
- Bird: Master Takes
- Encores
1945
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2
1947
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1
1948
- Bird At The Roost, Vol. 1
- Newly Discovered Sides By Charlie Parker
- The 'Bird' Returns
1949
- Bird At The Roost, Vol. 2
- Bird At The Roost
1950
- An Evening At Home With Charlie Parker Sextet
Dial[edit]
1945
- Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
1946
- Alternate Masters, Vol. 2
1947
- The Bird Blows The Blues
- Cool Blues c/w Bird's Nest
- Alternate Masters, Vol. 1
- Crazeology c/w Crazeology, II: 3 Ways Of Playing A Chorus
- Charlie Parker, Vol. 4
Verve[edit]
1946
- Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 2
- Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 4
1948
- Various Artists - Potpourri Of Jazz
- The Charlie Parker Story, #1
1949
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #7 - Jazz Perennial
- Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 7
- Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Ella Fitzgerald Set
- The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve - Bird
1950
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #4 - Bird And Diz (released on Verve's subsidiary label Clef)
- The Charlie Parker Story, #3
1951
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #6 - Fiesta
1952
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #3 - Now's The Time
1953
- The Quartet Of Charlie Parker
1954
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #5 - Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter (released posthumously)
1957
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #1 - night and day - Verve MGV-8003- mono (released posthumously)
Compilations[edit]
1940
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 1 (Philology)
- Charlie Parker With Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Early Bird (Stash)
- Jay McShann Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker - Early Bird (Spotlight)
1941
- Jay McShann - The Early Bird Charlie Parker, 1941-1943: Jazz Heritage Series (MCA)
- The Complete Birth Of The Bebop (Stash)
1943
- Birth Of The Bebop: Bird On Tenor 1943 (Stash)
1945
- Every Bit Of It 1945 (Spotlight)
- Charlie Parker, Vol. 3 Young Bird 1945 (Masters of Jazz)
- Dizzy Gillespie - In The Beginning (Prestige)
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 17 (Philology)
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 5 (Spotlight)
- Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session (Spotlight)
- Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker - Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 (Uptown Records (jazz))
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 4 (Philology)
- Yardbird In Lotus Land (Spotlight)
1946
- Rappin' With Bird (Meexa)
- Jazz At The Philharmonic - How High The Moon (Mercury)
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1 (Spotlight)
1947
- The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 2 (Stash)
- Various Artists - Lullaby In Rhythm (Spotlight)
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 2 (Spotlight)
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 3 (Spotlight)
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 4 (Spotlight)
- Various Artists - Anthropology (Spotlight)
- Allen Eager - In The Land Of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-1953 (Uptown)
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 6 (Spotlight)
- Various Artists - The Jazz Scene (Clef)
1948
- Gene Roland Band Featuring Charlie Parker - The Band That Never Was (Spotlight)
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 6 (Philology)
- Bird on 52nd St. (Jazz Workshop)
- Charlie Parker (Prestige)
- Charlie Parker - Live Performances (ESP)
- Charlie Parker On The Air, Vol. 1 (Everest)
1949
- Charlie Parker - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2 (ESP)
- The Metronome All Stars - From Swing To Be-Bop (RCA Camden)
- Jazz At The Philharmonic - J.A.T.P. At Carnegie Hall 1949 (Pablo)
- Rara Avis Avis, Rare Bird (Stash)
- Various Artists - Alto Saxes (Norgran)
- Bird On The Road (Jazz Showcase)
- Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird And Diz (Universal (Japan))
- Charlie Parker - Bird In Paris (Bird in Paris)
- Charlie Parker In France 1949 (Jazz O.P. (France))
- Charlie Parker - Bird Box, Vol. 2 (Jazz Up (Italy))
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 5 (Philology)
- Charlie Parker with Strings (Clef)
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 2 (Philology)
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 3 (Philology)
- Dance Of The Infidels (S.C.A.M.)
1950
- Charlie Parker Live Birdland 1950 (EPM Musique (F) FDC 5710)
- Charlie Parker - Bird at St. Nick's (Jazz Workshop JWS 500)
- Charlie Parker At The Apollo Theater And St. Nick's Arena (Zim ZM 1007)
- Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes, Vol. 15 (Philology (It) W 845-2)
- Charlie Parker - Fats Navarro - Bud Powell (Ozone 4)
- Charlie Parker - One Night In Birdland (Columbia JG 34808)
- Charlie Parker - Bud Powell - Fats Navarro (Ozone 9)
- Charlie Parker - Just Friends (S.C.A.M. JPG 4)
- Charlie Parker - Apartment Jam Sessions (Zim ZM 1006)
- V.A. - Our Best (Clef MGC 639)
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #4 - Bird And Diz (Verve MGV 8006)
- The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis (Alto AL 701)
- Charlie Parker - Ultimate Bird 1949-50 (Grotto 495)
- Charlie Parker - Ballads And Birdland (Klacto (E) MG 101)
- Charlie Parker Big Band (Mercury MGC 609)
- Charlie Parker - Parker Plus Strings (Charlie Parker PLP 513)
- Charlie Parker - Bird With Strings Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall And Birdland (Columbia JC 34832)
- Charlie Parker - The Bird You Never Heard (Stash STCD 10)
- Norman Granz Jazz Concert (Norgran MGN 3501-2)
- Charlie Parker At The Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950 (Zim ZM 1003)
- The Charlie Parker Story, #3 (Verve MGV 8002)
- Charlie Parker - Bird In Sweden (Spotlite (E) SPJ 124/25)
- Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 2 (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 506)
- Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz (Clef MGC 689)
- An Evening At Home With Charlie Parker Sextet (Savoy MG 12152)
1951
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #8 - Swedish Schnapps (Verve MGV 8010)
- The Magnificent Charlie Parker (Clef MGC 646)
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #6 - Fiesta (Verve MGV 8008)
- Charlie Parker - Summit Meeting At Birdland (Columbia JC 34831)
- Charlie Parker - Bird Meets Birks (Klacto (E) MG 102)
- Charlie Parker - The Happy 'Bird' (Charlie Parker PLP 404)
- Charlie Parker Live Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn 1951 (EPM Musique (F) FDC 5711)
- Charlie Parker - Bird With The Herd 1951 (Alamac QSR 2442)
- Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 1 (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 505)
1952
- Charlie Parker - New Bird, Vol. 2 (Phoenix LP 12)
- Charlie Parker/Sonny Criss/Chet Baker - Inglewood Jam 6-16-'52 (Jazz Chronicles JCS 102)
- Norman Granz' Jam Session, #1 (Mercury MGC 601)
- Norman Granz' Jam Session, #2 (Mercury MGC 602)
- Charlie Parker Live At Rockland Palace (Charlie Parker PLP 502)
- Charlie Parker - Cheers (S.C.A.M. JPG 2)
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #3 - Now's The Time (Verve MGV 8005)
1953
Charlie Parker Complete Savoy And Dial Master Takes
- Miles Davis - Collectors' Items (Prestige PRLP 7044, released posthumously in 1956)
- Charlie Parker - Montreal 1953 (Uptown UP 27.36)
- Charlie Parker/Miles Davis/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird With Miles And Dizzy (Queen Disc (It) Q-002)
- Charlie Parker - One Night In Washington (Elektra/Musician E1 60019)
- Charlie Parker - Yardbird-DC-53 (VGM 0009)
- Charlie Parker At Storyville (Blue Note BT 85108)
- Charlie Parker - Star Eyes (Klacto (E) MG 100)
- Charles Mingus - The Complete Debut Recordings (Debut 12DCD 4402-2)
- The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall, Vol. 1 (Debut DLP 2)
- The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall (Debut DEB 124)
- Charlie Parker - Bird Meets Birks (Mark Gardner (E) MG 102)
- Bud Powell - Summer Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk' ESP 3023)
- Charlie Parker - New Bird: Hi Hat Broadcasts 1953 (Phoenix LP 10)
- The Quartet Of Charlie Parker (Verve 825 671-2)
1954
Charlie Parker Complete Savoy Live Recordings
- Hi-Hat All Stars, Guest Artists, Charlie Parker (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSR 303)
- Charlie Parker - Kenton And Bird (Jazz Supreme JS 703)
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #5 - Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter (Verve MGV 8007)
- Charlie Parker - Miles Davis - Lee Konitz (Ozone 2)
- V.A. - Echoes Of An Era: The Birdland All Stars Live At Carnegie Hall (Roulette RE 127)
Live[edit]
- Live at Townhall w. Dizzy (1945)
- Yardbird in Lotus Land (1945)
- Bird and Pres (1946) (Verve)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1946) (Polygram)
- Rapping with Bird (1946-1951)
- Bird and Diz at Carnegie Hall (1947) (Blue Note)
- The Complete Savoy Live Performances (1947–1950)
- Bird on 52nd Street (1948) (Jazz Workshop)
- The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings (1948–1951) (7 cds)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1949) (Verve)
- Charlie Parker and the Stars of Modern Jazz at Carnegie Hall (1949) (Jass)
- Bird in Paris (1949)
- Bird in France (1949)
- Charlie Parker All Stars Live at the Royal Roost (1949)
- One Night in Birdland (1950) (Columbia)
- Bird at St. Nick's (1950) (Jazz Workshop)
- Bird at the Apollo Theatre and St. Nicklas Arena (1950)
- Apartment Jam Sessions (1950)
- Charlie Parker at the Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950 (1950)
- Bird in Sweden (1950) (Storyville)
- Happy Bird (1951)
- Summit Meeting at Birdland (1951) (Columbia)
- Live at Rockland Palace (1952)
- Jam Session (1952) (Polygram)
- At Jirayr Zorthian's Ranch, July 14, 1952 (1952) (Rare Live Recordings)
- The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert (1952)
- Charlie Parker: Montreal 1953 (1953)
- One Night in Washington (1953) (VGM)
- Bird at the High Hat (1953) (Blue Note)
- Charlie Parker at Storyville (1953)
- Jazz at Massey Hall aka The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever (1953)
As sideman[edit]
With Dizzy Gillespie
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937-1949 [1995])
Charlie Parker The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Incomplete list of compositions[edit]
Charlie Parker Complete Savoy Dial Master Takes Rare
The following is an incomplete list of compositions written by Charlie Parker:
Charlie Parker Complete Savoy Masters
- 'Ah-Leu-Cha'
- 'Air Conditioning (Drifting On A Reed)'
- 'Another Hairdo'
- 'Anthropology' (AKA 'Thriving from a Riff')
- 'Au Privave'
- 'An Oscar for Treadwell'
- 'Back Home Blues'
- 'Ballade'
- 'Barbados'
- 'Billie's Bounce'
- 'Bird Feathers'
- 'Bird Gets the Worm'
- 'Bird of Paradise'
- 'Bloomdido'
- 'Blue Bird'
- 'Blues (Fast)'
- 'Blues for Alice'
- 'Buzzy'
- 'Card Board'
- 'Celebrity'
- 'Chasing the Bird'
- 'Cheryl'
- 'Chi Chi'
- 'Confirmation'
- 'Constellation'
- 'Cool Blues'
- 'Cosmic Rays'
- 'Dewey Square'
- 'Dexterity'
- 'Diverse'
- 'Donna Lee' (Miles Davis also claimed authorship)
- 'Kim'
- 'K.C. Blues'
- 'Klaun Stance'
- 'Ko-Ko'
- 'Laird Baird'
- 'Leap Frog'
- 'Marmaduke'
- 'Merry-Go-Round'
- 'Moose the Mooche'
- 'Mohawk'
- 'My Little Suede Shoes'
- 'Now’s the Time'
- 'Ornithology'
- 'Parker's Mood'
- 'Passport'
- 'Perhaps'
- 'Quasimodo'
- 'Red Cross'
- 'Relaxin' at Camarillo'
- 'Relaxing with Lee'
- 'Scrapple from the Apple'
- 'Segment'
- 'Shawnuff' (with Dizzy Gillespie)
- 'She Rote'
- 'Si Si'
- 'Steeplechase'
- 'The Bird'
- 'Visa'
- 'Warming Up a Riff'
- 'Yardbird Suite'
External links[edit]
