Artist	Song
Charlie Parker	Koko
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	52nd St Theme
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	Ornithology
from Live Performances (1969)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	Confirmation
from Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall (Live) (1997)
Charlie Parker	Scrapple from the Apple
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Curly Russell, Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk	Leap Frog
from Confirmation - The Best of the Verve Years (1995)
Charlie Parker	Anthropology
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	East of the Sun
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	Blues For Alice
from Confirmation - The Best of the Verve Years (1995)
Charlie Parker	Groovin High
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	Salt Peanuts
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	Chi Chi
from Confirmation - The Best of the Verve Years (1995)
Charlie Parker	Chasin' the Bird
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	How High the Moon (Live)
from Live Sessions - Charlie Parker (Live) (2007)
Charlie Parker	Bebop
from Burnin' Bird (2002)
Charlie Parker	Half Nelson
from The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes (2002)
Charlie Parker Quintet	My Old Flame
from The Dial Masters - Original Choice Takes (1995)
Charlie Parker Quintet	Swedish Schnapps
from Confirmation - The Best of the Verve Years (1995)
Charlie Parker Septet	Cardboard
from Confirmation - The Best of the Verve Years (1995)
Charlie Parker Septet	La Cucuracha
from South of the Border - The Latin Jazz Sides (1995)
Charlie Parker	Red Cross (Pt. 2)
from The Immortal Charlie Parker (2003)
Charlie Parker	Barbados
from Bird Up - The Originals (2003)
Charlie Parker	Big Foot
from Live Performances (1969)
Charlie Parker	Little Willie Leaps
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)
Charlie Parker	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
from Best of the Complete Live Performances On Savoy (2002)

Comment:

In the annals of jazz, the Charlie Parker quintet’s 1948-49 residency at NYC bebop hotspot the Royal Roost — usually including Miles Davis on trumpet and Max Roach on drums — is a glittering, golden moment. Bird never achieved as much altitude in the studio as he did live, and on a Roost run through “Anthropology,” his horn is an endless fount of ideas, making him sound like three different saxmen taking turns on the same solo. On the standard “East of the Sun,” Parker wrings some of the warmest, sweetest riffs in his repertoire from his trusty alto. And on the wild Roost ride “Chasin’ the Bird,” Miles, Max, & co. try to take the title literally, but there’s never been anyone who could keep a hold on Bird once he started flapping his wings skyward.

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