Charlie Parker (1) (1920–1955)

Author of Charlie Parker Omnibook: For C Instruments (Treble Clef)

For other authors named Charlie Parker, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Charlie Parker taught himself to play the alto saxophone, a present from his mother when he was 11 years old. At the age of 15, Parker left school and became a professional musician. In 1939 he moved to New York. In 1941, as a member of Jay McShann big band, he made his show more first recording. He later formed a quartet with Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he developed a new style of jazz known as be-bop. Parker, however, is commonly known as the leader of be-bop, because he developed a unique improvising technique for which he will always be remembered. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Image credit: Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (1920-1955)

Series

Jazz Immortal Series

Works by Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker Omnibook: For E Flat Instruments : Recorded Solos (1978) 33 copies, 1 review

Jazz at Massey Hall [sound recording] (1953) 29 copies

Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes [Sound Recording] (1995) 17 copies

Bird and Diz (1997) 16 copies

Charlie Parker (2016) 15 copies

Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection (1997) 12 copies

The Essential Charlie Parker [sound recording] (1961) — Saxophone — 11 copies

Bird: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988) — Composer — 10 copies

Charlie Parker Omnibook: For All Bass Clef Instruments (2009) 9 copies

Ken Burns Jazz: Charlie Parker [sound recording] (2000) 9 copies

Verve Jazz Masters 15: Charlie Parker (1994) 8 copies

Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years (1995) 7 copies

Now's the Time (2006) 7 copies

Bird: Original Recordings [sel. from box set] (1990) 6 copies

Charlie Parker Omnibook: Transposed for B Flat Instruments (2009) 6 copies

Verve Jazz Masters 28: Charlie Parker Plays Standards 6 copies

Boss Bird: Studio Recordings, 1944-1951 (2002) 6 copies

Jazz 'Round Midnight (1991) 6 copies

The Charlie Parker story (2003) 5 copies

Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1995) 5 copies

Cole Porter Songbook (1991) 5 copies

Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker (1992) 4 copies

In a Soulful Mood (1998) 4 copies

Charlie Parker plays the blues (1992) 4 copies

The Very Best of Bird [Vinyl] (1990) 4 copies

At Storyville (1990) 4 copies

Charlie Parker - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments (Jazz Transcriptions) (2009) 4 copies

Jazz at the Philharmonic 1949 (2004) 4 copies

Jazz At The Philharmonic: 1946 (1977) 4 copies

Ultimate Charlie Parker (1999) 4 copies

The Genius of Charlie Parker - Jazz Perennial (1949-1953) 4 copies

Legendary Dial Masters 1 (1993) 3 copies

Gold Collection 3 copies

Charlie Parker (2004) 3 copies

Complete Savoy Masters (2015) 3 copies, 1 review

The Savoy Recordings (1985) 3 copies

Charlie Parker at Storyville 3 copies

Charlie Parker Omnibook - Volume 1: C Instruments Edition with Online Audio (2019) 3 copies

Bird of Paradise (2005) 3 copies

Legendary Dial Masters 1 & 2 (1996) 3 copies

Ornithology. CD 3 copies

Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter (2012) 3 copies

Bird at St. Nick's (2011) 3 copies

Charlie Parker - The Best of the Bird (1994) 3 copies

Charlie Parker Jam Session (2005) 3 copies

Charlie Parker No. 3 (2006) 3 copies

Original Bird : the best of Bird on Savoy 3 copies

Bird Flies High 3 copies

The Charlie Parker collection (2005) 3 copies

The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes [Sound Recording] (2002) 3 copies

Bird on 52 Street (1994) 3 copies

Charlie Parker Memorial 1 3 copies

Groovin High 2 copies

Best of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings (2002) 2 copies

Milestones of a Legend 2 copies

Bluebird. CD 2 copies

Genius of Charlie Parker 2 copies

Charlie Parker - All Bird (Volume 6) (2000) 2 copies

Charlie Parker Story 2 copies

Embraceable You 2 copies

Essence of (2007) 2 copies

Complete Dial Sessions 1945-47 2 copies

Parker's Mood 2 copies

April in Paris. Charlie Parker with Strings (1957) 2 copies

Charlie Parker Omnibook - Volume 2: for C Instruments (2019) 2 copies

Immortal Charlie Parker 2 copies

The Complete Verve Master Takes 2 copies

Charlie Parker Memorial 2 2 copies

Bird at the Roost / Savoy Years (The Complete Royal Roost Performances, Vol. 1) (1991) 2 copies

Early Bird (1989) 2 copies

Bird symbols; Charlie "Bird" Parker 2 copies

Kind of Parker (2009) 2 copies

Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall [sound recording] (1997) 2 copies

Jam Session 2 copies

The Bird Book: The Charlie Parker Real Book (2012) 2 copies

In Sweden 1950 (2003) 2 copies

Summit Meeting at Birdland 2 copies

Timeless Charlie Parker (2002) 2 copies

...charlie parker (disk 074) 2 copies

Compact Jazz 1 copy

The Best of Charlie Parker: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (2004) 1 copy

Charlie Parker's Bebop: Broadcast Performances (1990) — Saxophone; Saxophone — 1 copy

Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection 1 copy

Ornithology - Classic Recordings 1945-1947 (2006) 1 copy

Essential Masters of Jazz - Charlie Parker 1 copy

Night And Day: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #1 (2016) 1 copy

Bird: The Complete Charlie (1997) 1 copy

Complete Jazz at Massey Hall (2004) 1 copy

April in Paris ; Charlie Parker with strings 1 copy

Diz and the bird 1 copy

Washington Concerts 1 copy

Bird with the Herd 1 copy

A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 1 copy

Chasin' the Bird (4CD) (2005) 1 copy

the verve years, '52-54 LP 1 copy

Bird In Kansas City 1 copy

Five Classic Albums (Bird And Diz / Big Band / Charlie Parker With Strings / Charlie Parker / Plays Cole Porter) 1 copy

Bebop 1 copy

Charlie Parker At Storyville 1 copy

The genius of Charlie Parker, vol. 3 Now's the time 1 copy

Jazz Biography Series 1 copy

BIRD-ORIGINAL RECORDING OF CHARLIE PARKER 1 copy

The Magnificent Charlie Parker 1 copy

Complete Live at Birdland, May 17, 1950 [2 CD] (2009) 1 copy

Bird Savoy Recordings Vol. 1 1 copy

Bongo Bop EP 1 copy

Swedish Schnapps The Great Quintet Sessions 1949-51 (Vol. 5) (1991) 1 copy

Bird : The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker 1 copy

Charlie Parker: The Complete Live Performances on Savoy 1 copy

Bird and Diz 1 copy

Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter [6 of 9 tracks] 1 copy

Charlie Parker 1 copy

Jazz Perennial [7 of 11 tracks] 1 copy

The complete birth of the bebop 1 copy

Complete Jazz at Massey Hall 1 copy

Bird On Tenor 1943 / Birth Of The Bebop 1 copy

Bird With Strings 1 copy

Charlie Parker On Dial - The Complete Sessions 1 copy

Complete Live Performances on Savoy (1999) 1 copy

The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948 1 copy

Now's the Time by Charlie Parker, Quartet of Charlie Parker (music CD) 1 copy

Bop : Bird's best bop on Verve 1 copy

Bebop & Bird Vol. 1 1 copy

The Complete Dial Sessions 1 copy

Best of The Complete Live Performances on Savoy (2002) 1 copy

The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall 1 copy

Bop City 1 copy

Bird Returns 1 copy

The Very Best Of Bird 1 copy

The Very Best of Charlie Parker with Miles Davis 1 copy

Yardbird Suite II 1 copy

Europa Jazz 1 copy

16 Greatest Love Songs Vol. 3 — Contributor — 1 copy

Town Hall New York City June 22 1945 [music cd] 1 copy, 1 review

Diz' 'n' Bird in Concert (1985) 1 copy

Diz 'n' Bird: The Beginning 1 copy

100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950s 1 copy

Charlie Parker Featuring Miles Davis 1 copy

25 Best Jazz Legends 1 copy

The Early Bird... 1 copy

Blue Bird 1 copy

VIII Prêmio Eldorado de Música [sound recording] 1 copy, 1 review

Charlie Parker for piano : 15 piano solos arranged from his recorded solos 1 copy

Be Bop Era — Contributor — 1 copy

Charlie Parker’s be bop for alto sax : 4 solos with piano accompaniment 1 copy

Greatest Hits Vol. II 1 copy

K.C. Blues 1 copy

Legendary Dial Masters Vol 2 1 copy

The Original Bird [sound recording] 1 copy

Now's the Time (Jazz Club) 1 copy

Parkers Mood 1 copy

Cool Blues 1 copy

Yardbird Suite I 1 copy

PARKER, Charlie: Mellow Bird (1949-1952) 1 copy

The Verve Years 1952-1954 1 copy

Charlie Parker - Jazz Play-Along Volume 26 Book/Online Audio (Jazz Play-along Series) (2004) 1 copy

The bird. 1 copy

Rare Recordings 1947-1952 (2007) 1 copy

CONFIRMATION-BEST OF VERVE YEARS (1995) 1 copy

Greatest hits 1 copy

Chasin' the bird 1 copy

Charlie Parker - The Complete Scores Boxed Set (2020) 1 copy

Groovin' High (Live At The Hi-Hat, Boston, U.S.A./1953) 1 copy

3/27/65: Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert 1 copy

Charlie Parker for Piano - Book 3 : 15 Piano Solos Arranged from His Recorded Solos (2008) 1 copy

Bird Goes Latin: Charlie Parker Originals (2015) 1 copy

Talkin' Bird 1 copy

"Bird" Symbols [VINYL] 1 copy

Hall of Fame 1 copy

Parker: Young Bird, Vol. 4, 1945 1 copy

Jazz Perennial (2007) 1 copy

Charlie Parker for Bass: 20 Heads & Sax Solos Arranged for Electric Bass with Tab (2014) 1 copy

Every Bit Of It (1981) (2 LPs) 1 copy

Memorial Charlie Parker (1957) (LP) 1 copy

The Bird Flies Deep (1987) (LP) 1 copy

Yardbird (LP) (1965) 1 copy

Bird Of Paradise, Vol. 1 1 copy

Complete Greatest Verve Bop Quintets 1 copy

Integrale Charlie Parker: "Groovin' High" 1940-1945 [3 CD] 1 copy

Jazz do it 1 copy

Yardbird Suite-Collection 1 copy

The Bird Returns (1948-1949) (1994) 1 copy

...Charlie Parker: Milestones of A Legend [10 CD Documents Box Set] 1 copy

Charlie Parker No. 1 1 copy

A Night in Tunisia b/w Ornithology [78 RPM sound recording] 1 copy

Charlie Parker No. 2 1 copy

Charlie Parket Sextet 1 copy

"Bird" Is Free 1 copy

The Happy Bird 1 copy

Charlie Parker in Historical Recordings, Vol. 1 (1944-1948) 1 copy

Evening at Home With the Bird 1 copy

Congo Blues. 1 copy

No Noise 1 copy

Jazz Biography (Cd) 1 copy

Burnin Bird (2002) 1 copy

Ultimato (2007) 1 copy

Charlie Parker Omnibook - Transposed for Bb Instruments - Transcribed Exactly From His Recorded Solos (Tenor and Soprano Sax, Trumpet and Clarinet) 1 copy

Charlie Parker For Lovers (2006) 1 copy

I'm In The Mood For Love 1 copy

Laird Bird (2005) 1 copy

Bird's the Word 1 copy

Masterworks: 1946-1947 1 copy

The Charlie Parker Collection: 20 Golden Greats [sound recording] (1988) 1 copy

Jazz Masters 1 copy

Jazz at the Philharmonic. Bird & Pres: Carnegie Hall 1949 1 copy

Charlie Parker vol. 2 1 copy

The Golden Greats (1988) 1 copy

Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (1990) 1 copy

Bird's Best Bop On Verve (1995) 1 copy

Charlie Parker 1 copy

Charlie Parker - Omnibook: for C Instruments (2009) 1 copy

New York to Hollywood 1942-1947 (1997) 1 copy

Bird/the Savoy recordings (master takes) 1 copy

Long Lost Bird Live Afro-Cubop Recordings (2015) 1 copy

Portrait (1900) 1 copy

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: The Founding Fathers Of Be Bop (2004) 1 copy

The Ultimate Charlie Bird Parker Collection : Yardbird Suite : Disc 2 1 copy

Bird The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes) 1 copy

Scrapple from the Apple 1 copy

Blue Bird Legendary Savoy Sessions (2005) 1 copy

Complete Dial Masters 1 copy

I Giganti Del Jazz - 25 1 copy

Hot House [sound recording] 1 copy

Charlie Parker Omnibook - CD Play-Along Edition (2012) 1 copy

Bird with Miles and Dizzy 1 copy

Ko-Ko 1 copy

klacktoveedsedsteen 1 copy

Little Benny 1 copy

Donna Lee 1 copy

Rise and Fall Of Charlie Parker (2007) 1 copy

A Charlie Parker Study Album (2008) 1 copy

Charlie Parker for Piano, Bk 2 (1989) 1 copy

Rebels - Charlie Parker Frank Muir Goes Into... Love 1 copy

Jazz & Blues 1 copy

Now's The Time (2007) 1 copy

MUSIC JAZZ CD - Charlie Parker- Charlie 'The Bird' Parker / What's New 1 copy

MUSIC JAZZ CD - Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker-Plays Standards 1 copy

Masters of Jazz 1 copy

Best of Bird 1 copy

From Dizzy to Miles 1 copy

Birds & Ballads (1990) 1 copy

Charlie Parker (Compilation) 1 copy

Charlie Parker Vol 2 1 copy

Inglewood Jam: Live At The Tradewinds 1 copy

Chasin' His Legendary Tunes (2008) 1 copy

Carvin' the Bird [Sound Recording] 1 copy

Charlie Parker Omnibook - Volume 1 - Transcribed Exactly from His Recorded Solos: E-Flat Instruments Edition with Online Audio (2019) 1 copy

Best of Charlie Parker 1 copy

Charlie Parker featuring Miles Davis: The Best of the Dial Years (2000) 1 copy

Complete Savoy Sessions (1999) 1 copy

Masterworks 1946-1947 1 copy

West coast time 1 copy

Charlie Parker-- best of the complete Savoy & Dial studio recordings 1 copy

Charlie Parker: 18 Reflective Recordings 1 copy

The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection (2020) 1 copy

The World Of Charlie Parker (2012) 1 copy

Legendary Dial Masters 1 by Charlie Parker (1993-01-11) (1993) 1 copy

All "Bird" : play-a-long book & recording set 1 copy

Bird Seed 1: Unheard Parker 1 copy

Birdology. 1 copy

One Night In Washington 1 copy

Charlie Parker Volume II 1 copy

birth of bebop 1 copy

The Cole Porter Songbook 1 copy

Bird And Diz - Bird On Verve Vol. 2 1 copy

Bird on Verve Vol 1: Charlie Parker with Strings 1 copy

Charlie Parker en Europa 1950 1 copy

Chasin' The Bird (Live) (1994) 1 copy

Montreal (1953) (1995) 1 copy

The Definitive Charlie Parker Vol. 7 1 copy

Ultimate Jazz & Blues Series: Charlie Parker 1 copy

Now's the Time. 10 CD 1 copy

Charlie Parker ‎– 1945-1947. CD 1 copy

Charlie Parker ‎– 1947. CD 1 copy

Charlie Parker ‎– 1951-1952. CD 1 copy

Autumn In New York. CD 1 copy

The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall. CD 1 copy

"Bird" Com'era 1 copy

Jazz Ballads 16: Charlie Parker 1 copy

Charlie Parker contract 1 copy

Fiesta : the genius of Charlie Parker #6 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Milestones (1958) 59 copies, 1 review

The Best of Ken Burns' Jazz [sound recording] (1992) — Contributor — 57 copies

Bird [1988 film] (1998) — Composer — 50 copies, 1 review

The Essential Miles Davis (2001) — Contributor — 20 copies, 1 review

Verve Jazz Masters 20: Introducing Jazz Masters (1993) — Performer — 6 copies

Tease! The Beat of Burlesque [CD] (2005) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Parker, Charles, Jr.
Other names: Bird
Yardbird
Birthdate: 1920-08-29
Date of death: 1955-03-12
Gender: male
Occupations: musician
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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4 reviews

carptrash 3,135 reviews

The Complete Savoy Masters [music cd] by Charlie Parker

Tiny's Tempo 2:56
I'll Always Love You Just the Same 3:02
Romance Without Finance 3:03
Red Cross 3:10
Warming up a Riff 2:35
Billie's Bounce 3:12
Now's the Time 3:18
Thrivin' on a Riff 2:57
Meandering 3:18
Ko-Ko 2:57
Donna Lee 2:35
Chasin' the Bird 2:47
Cheryl 3:01
Buzzy 2:32
Milestones 2:40
Little Willie Leaps 2:55
Half Nelson 2:48
Sippin' at Bells 2:26
Another Hair-Do 2:42
Bluebird 2:55
Klaunstance 2:51
Bird Gets the Worm 2:41
Barbados 2:32
Ah-Leu-Cha 2:58
Constellation 2:32
Parker's Mood show more 3:05
Perhaps 2:45 show less

Apr 17, 2022

carptrash 3,135 reviews

Town Hall New York City June 22 1945 [music cd] by Dizzy Gillespie

1 Intro 1:20
2 Bebop
Tenor Saxophone – Don Byas
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
7:03
3 A Night In Tunisia
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
7:23
4 Groovin' High
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
6:54
5 Salt Peanuts
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
7:02
6 Hot House
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
6:38
7 Fifty Second Street Theme
Written-By – Thelonious Monk
2:14
credits:
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker
Bass – Curley Russell*
Drums – Max Roach (tracks: 2 to 5), Sidney Catlett (tracks: 6, show more 7)
Piano – Al Haig
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie show less

Apr 17, 2022

JohnBoudler 589 reviews

CC- Suijeito a guincho- VIII PRÊMIO ELDORADO DE MÚSICA by Luca Raele Jean-Michel Defaye, To Jobim, Cyro Pereira, Keith Jarret, Radamés Gnatalli, Stephen Soundheim, Charlie Parker,Pierre max Dubois

1-6. Six Pieces D'audition- Defaye
7. Choro a quatro para oito palhetas- Raele
8. Luiza- Tom Jobim
9. Devaneio- Pereira
10. Starbright- Jarret
11. Remexendo- Gnatalli
12. Send in the clowns- Soundheim
13. Billie's Bounce- Charlie Parker
14-17. Quator- Dubois
18. Alexander's Ragtime Band- Berlin

Dec 17, 2013Portuguese (Brazil)