Biography

Charlie Parker's combination of sheer genius and pure emotion on the saxophone has few rivals, and after him, nothing would be the same. As one of the creators of bebop in the 1940s and 1950s (alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, and others), Parker, aka Bird, introduced a new level of expression to jazz, one that combined stunning technique, profound musical knowledge, and, above all, the ability to make complex ideas sound simple, soulful, and inevitable. Dead at just 34, Parker left behind a legacy that many have tried to equal, but none has surpassed.

Top Tracks

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• 4-f Blues

• 52nd Street Theme

• A Night In Tunisia

• A Night In Tunisia (night In Tunisia)

• A Night In Tunisia/jumpin' With Symphony Sid

• Afro-cuban Jazz Suite

• After You've Gone

• Ah-leu-cha

• All The Things You Are

• Anthropology

• April In Paris

• Au Privave

• Autumn In New York

• Back Home Blues

• Bebop

• Be-bop

• Begin The Beguine

• Bernie's Tune

• Billie's Bounce

• Billie's Bounce [new Take 1]

• Bird Feathers

• Bird Gets The Worm

• Bird Of Paradise

• Bird's Nest

• Bloomdido

• Blue 'n' Boogie

• Blues

• Blues (fast)

• Blues For Alice

• Bongo Beep

• Bongo Bop (parker's Blues)

• Carvin' The Bird

• Chasin' The Bird

• Chasing The Bird

• Cheers

• Cheryl

• Chi-chi

• Confirmation

• Congo Blues

• Constellation

• Cool Blues

• Cool Blues/52nd Street Theme

• Cool Breeze

• Cosmic Rays

• Crazeology

• Cubana Be, Cubana Bop

• Dewey Square

• Dexterity

• Dizzy Atmosphere

• Dizzy's Boogie

• Djangology

• Donna Lee

• Don't Blame Me

• Drifting On A Reed

• Easy To Love

• Embraceable You

• Everything Happens To Me

• Flat Foot Floogie

• God Bless The Child

• Groovin' High

• Groovin' High, Pt. 1

• Groovin' High, Pts 1 & 2

• Honeysuckle Rose

• Hootie Blues

• Hot House

• Hot House (what Is This Thing Called Love)

• How Deep Is The Ocean?

• How High The Moon

• I Can't Get Started

• I Get A Kick Out Of You

• I Got Rhythm

• I Love Paris

• I'll Remember April

• I'm In The Mood For Love

• In The Still Of The Night

• J.a.t.p. Blues

• Just Friends

• K.c. Blues

• Kim

• Klact-oveeseds-tene

• Ko Ko

• Koko

• Ko-ko

• Koko [short Take 1]

• La Cucaracha

• Laura

• Leap Frog

• Leapin' On Lenox

• Lester Leaps In

• Light Green

• Love For Sale

• Lover Man

• Loverman

• Mango Mangue

• Miss Brown To You

• Mohawk

• Moose The Mooch

• Moose The Mooche

• Move

• My Little Suede Shoes

• My Melancholy Baby

• My Old Flame

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

• Night And Day

• No Noise

• Now's The Time

• Now's The Time [short Take 1]

• Oh, Lady Be Good

• Old Folks

• Ooh! Ooh! My! My! Oh! Oh!

• Ornithology

• Ornithology, Pt. 1

• Ornithology, Pt. 2

• Ow!

• Parker's Mood

• Quasimodo

• Relaxin' At Camarillo

• Relaxin' In Camarillo

• Relaxin' With Lee

• Repetition

• Romance Without Finance

• 'round About Midnight

• 'round Midnight

• Royal Roost Bop

• Salt Peanuts

• Scrapple From The Apple

• Scrapple From The Apple (little Be-bop)

• Segment

• Seventh Avenue

• She Rote

• Sippin' At Bells

• Slam Slam Blues

• Star Eyes

• Sweet Georgia Brown

• Swingmatism

• The Bird

• The Famous Alto Break

• The Hymn

• These Foolish Things

• They Can't Take That Away From Me

• This Is Always

• Thriving On A Riff [new Take 1]

• Un Poquito De Tu Amor

• What Is This Thing Called Love

• What Is This Thing Called Love?

• What's This?

• White Christmas

• Yardbird Suite

Discography

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• Bird on 52nd St.

  Original Jazz Classics

  1958

• A Night at Carnegie Hall

  Birdland

  1956

• Quintet of the Year

  Debut

  1953

• Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border

  Mercury

  1953

• Charlie Parker [Verve]

  Verve

  1953

• Bird, Diz, Bud, Max

  Savoy

  1953

• One Night in Washington

  Elektra

  1953

• Yardbird: DC-53

  Vgm

  1953

• One Night at Birdland

  TriStar Music

  1950

• Charlie Parker Sextet

  Dial

  1950

• Carnegie Hall X-Mas '49

  Jass Records

  1950