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Charlie Parker (Sax): Live: Still Chasin' the Bird

CD / Mr. Music / 2012-11-20

Tracks: Floogie Boo; Slim's Jam; Groovin's High; Shaw Nuff; Dizzy Atmosphere; Cherokee; Hot House; Fine and Dandy; On the Sunny Side of the Street; How Deep is the Ocean?; Tiger Rag; Night In Tunisia, A; Diz...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Liner Note Author: Scott Yanow.

Recording information: Belltone Studios, Hollywood, CA (02/12/1945); Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (02/12/1945); NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA (02/12/1945); Penguin S...continue...

James Taylor Quartet (Organ/Keys)/James Taylor (Organ/Keys): The Template [Digipak] *

CD / ChinChin Records / 2012-07-10

Tracks: Template, The; Woman; Home is Where the Hatres is; Autumn River; Light Up Your Soul; Pressure Gauge; Crossing Over; Why Can't We Get Along; Lucky Jim; Loneliness; Koko; Song For My Dad
Artists: James Taylor Quartet (Organ/Keys)/James Taylor (Organ/Keys)

Personnel: John Turrell (vocals); Hugh Gledhill (guitar); Gareth Lockrane (flute); Jim Riley (harmonica); Rob Townsend (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Nick Smart (trumpet, flugelhorn); James Ta...continue...

Duke Ellington/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: American Music on the Radio

CD / Quicksilver / 2012-04-03

Tracks: Tutti For Coutie; Call Me Irresponsible; Stompy Jones; Koko; Blue Is the Night; Lullaby of Birdland; Change My Ways; Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Please Be Kind; Time On My Hands
Artists: Duke Ellington/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Charlie Parker (Sax): Groovin' High [BCI]

1 CD / Fabulous (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Bebop; Scrapple from the Apple; 'Round Midnight; Yardbird Suite; Bird of Paradise; Don't Blame Me; How High the Moon; Street Beat; Cherly; Groovin' High; Slow Boat to China; Hot House; Moose the Mooc...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

James Taylor Quartet (Organ/Keys)/James Taylor (Organ/Keys): The Template

CD / ChinChin Records / 2011-07-19

Tracks: Template, The; Woman; Home is Where the Hatred is; Autumn River; Light Up Your Soul; Pressure Gauge; Crossing Over; Why Can'T We Get Along; Lucky Jim; Loneliness; Koko; Song For My Dad
Artists: James Taylor Quartet (Organ/Keys)/James Taylor (Organ/Keys)

The James Taylor Quartet continues its funk, soul-jazz, and acid jazz blend with The Template, honoring the group's 25th anniversary and highlighted by a wonderful version of Gil Scott-Heron's "Home I...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker (Reborn and Remastered) [Digipak]

CD / World Music Network / 2011-05-31

Tracks: Red Cross - (featuring Charlie Parker); Groovin' High - (featuring Charlie Parker); All the Things You Are; Salt Peanuts; Now's the Time; Koko; Ornithology; Cool Blues; Embraceable You; Scrapple From...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Vincent Gardner: Vin-Slidin'

1 CD / SteepleChase / 2008-07-08

Tracks: Teaneck; Pensativa; For Heaven's Sake; Koko; Rocks In My Bed; Wild Flower; Just One of Those Things
Artists: Vincent Gardner

Vincent Gardner: Tom Guarna (guitar); Vincent Gardner (trombone); Greg Williams (upright bass); Quincy Davis (drums).

For his third date for Steeplechase, trombonist Vincent Gardner not only om...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Washington D.C. 1948

1 CD / Uptown Jazz / 2008-06-17

Tracks: Tiny's Blues; Bernie's Tune; These Foolish Things; Scrapple From The Apple; Ornithology; Buddy Rich, "We Have Requests"; KoKo; C Jam Blues
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

LEGEND CHARLIE PARKER PERFORMING LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC IN 1948. UPTOWN JAZZ...continue...
Charlie Parker connoisseurs often claim that the legendary alto saxophonist was at the peak of his powers in the late 1940s. Having just recuperated from a mental breakdown during a six-month stint in...continue...

Daniel Block: Almost Modern: The Swing to Bop Project *

1 CD / Sackville (Canada) / 2007-07-17

Tracks: Dexter Rides Again; Too Much of a Good Thing; Byas'd Opinion; Illinois Goes to Chicago; I Waited for You; That's Earl's Brother; Dizzy Atmosphere; Meandering; Setting the Pace; I Mean You; Sportsman'...
Artists: Daniel Block

Personnel: Daniel Block (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Chris Flory, Jon Hart (guitar); Larry Ham (piano); Chuck Riggs (drums).

Liner Note Author: Daniel Block.

Recording information: Leon ...continue...

Anthony Braxton: Charlie Parker Project 1993

1 CD / Hatology / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Hot House; Night in Tunisia, A; Dewey Square; Klact-Oveeseds-Tene; Oscar for Treadwell, An; Bebop; Bongo Bop; Yardbird Suite; Night in Tunisia, A; Passport; Klact-Oveeseds-Tene; Scrapple from the App...
Artists: Anthony Braxton

Personnel: Anthony Braxton (alto saxophone, sopranino & contrabass clarinets); Ari Brown (soprano & tenor saxophones); Paul Smoker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Misha Mengelberg (piano); Joe Fonda (bass); Ha...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): The Best of the Bird [Collectables]

1 CD / Collectables / 2006-11-21

Tracks: Koko; Cheryl; Street Beat, The; Big Foot; Be Bop; Barbados; Ooh Bop She Bam; Rocker; Sly Mongoose; Theme; Gypsy, The; Carvin' the Bird; Bongo Bop; Charlie's Wig; Bird Feathers
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (saxophone).

This Collectables compilation features early performances of Bird, from Dial and other places. The music is top-notch, and the recording quality is a bit ...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Now's the Time [Savoy Jazz]

1 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2006-02-14

Tracks: Koko; Now's the Time; Thrivin' On a Riff; Billie's Bounce; Donna Lee; Chasin' the Bird; Cheryl; Buzzy; Another Hair Do; Bluebird; Bird Gets the Worm; Barbados; Constellation; Parker's Mood; Perhaps; ...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Charlie Parker ; Duke Jordan, John Richard Lewis, Argonne Thornton (piano); Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, piano); Miles Davis (trumpet); Bud Powell (piano); Max...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Liveology

1 CD / Re Records / 2005-02-15

Tracks: Koko; Big Foot; Cheryl; Be-Bop; Barbados; Ooh Bop Sh'bam; Street Beat; Ornithology; 'Round Midnight; Wahoo; Cool Blues; Moose the Mooche; My Little Suede Shoes; Lester Leaps In; Sly Mongoose
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Charlie Parker (saxophone); Mundell Lowe (guitar); Teddy Kotick (bass instrument); Art Blakey (drums); Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis (trumpet); Al...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): The Genius of Charlie Parker [Savoy 2 CD] [Digipak]

2 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2005-02-08

Tracks: 52nd Street Theme; Tiny's Tempo; Shaw 'Nuff; Hot House; Billie's Bounce; Now's the Time; Koko; Anthropology; Yardbird Suite; Ornithology; Night in Tunisia, A; Chasin' the Bird; Relaxin' at Camarillo;...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Arv Garrison, Tiny Grimes, Barney Kessel (guitar); Dodo Marmarosa, Wardell Gray (tenor saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Howard McGhee, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis...continue...

Lanny Morgan: A Suite For Yardbird *

1 CD / Fresh Sound (Spain) / 2004-10-12

Tracks: Ornithology; Blues for Alice; Segment; Koko; Yardbird Suite; Marmaduke; Steeplechase; Hymn, The; Klact-Oveeseds-Tene; Donna Lee; Bird Feathers; Kim/Country Gardens/Sign Off
Artists: Lanny Morgan

Personnel: Lanny Morgan (alto saxophone); Lou Levy (piano); Paul Kreibich (drums).

Audio Mixer: James Mooney.

Liner Note Authors: Alun Morgan; Dick Bank.

Recording information: Sa...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Birdsong

1 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2004-01-13

Tracks: Billie's Bounce; Now's the Time; Moose the Mooche; Yardbird Suite; Cheryl; Hymn, The; Bird of Paradise; Klactoveesedstene; Scrapple From the Apple; Quasimodo; Bluebird; Bird Gets the Worm; Barbados; ...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Miles Davis (trumpet); Duke Jordan (piano); Tommy Potter (bass instrument); Max Roach (drum).

Birdsong is a solid single-disc collection of the legen...continue...

Lanny Morgan: It's About Time

1 CD / Quicksilver / 2003-08-05

Tracks: Friends Again; Jitterbug Waltz; Koko; It's About Time; Easy Living; Bagatelle; Acapulco Hot
Artists: Lanny Morgan

Personnel: Lanny Morgan (saxophone); Don Rader (flugelhorn); Lou Levy (piano); Bruce Forman (guitar); Monty Budwig (bass); Nick Ceroli (drums).

Recorded at sage & Sound Studios, Hollywood, Cali...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes

3 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2002-09-10

Tracks: Tiny's Tempo; I'll Always Love You Just the Same; Romance Without Finance; Red Cross; Warming up a Riff; Billie's Bounce; Now's the Time; Thriving on a Riff; Meandering; Koko; Diggin' Diz; Moose the ...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Earl Coleman (vocals); Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Howard McGhee (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Clyde...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Best of the Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings

1 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2002-06-18

Tracks: Tiny's Tempo; Koko; Moose the Mooche; Yardbird Suite; Ornithology; Night in Tunisia, A; Cool Blues; Relaxin' at Camarillo; Chasin' the Bird; Cheryl; Milestones; Embraceable You; Scrapple from the App...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Howard McGhee, Miles Davis (trumpet);

J.J. Johnson (trombone); Clye Hart, Sadik Haki...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): The Best of the Complete Live Performances on Savoy

1 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2002-05-21

Tracks: 52nd Street Theme; Koko; Hot House; Chasin' the Bird; Little Willie Leaps; East of the Sun (And West of the Moon); Scrapple from the Apple; Barbados; Groovin' High; Salt Peanuts; Cheryl; Anthropology...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (vocals, alto saxophone); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Tadd Dameron, Al Haig (piano); Curly Russell, Tomm...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Timeless

1 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2002-05-07

Tracks: Koko; Now's the Time; Thrivin' on a Riff; Billie's Bounce; Donna Lee; Chasin' the Bird; Cheryl; Buzzy; Another Hair Do; Bluebird; Bird Gets the Worm; Barbados; Constellation; Parker's Mood; Perhaps; ...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel includes: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, piano); Miles Davis (trumpet); John Lewis, Bud Powell, Argonne Thornton (piano); Curly Russell, Tommy Potter (bass); Max ...continue...

Dizzy Gillespie: The Dizzy Gillespie Story: 1939-1950 [Box Set] [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2002-04-30

Tracks: Blue Rhythm Fantasy; Hot Mallets; Pickin' the Cabbage; Bye Bye Blues; Once in a Lovetime; Stardust; Little John Special; Woody 'N' You; Disorder at the Border; I Stay in the Mood for You; I Can't Get...
Artists: Dizzy Gillespie

4CD compilation with 100 tracks tracing the career of Dizzie Gillespie from his early years with theTeddy Hill, Lionel Hampton, and Cab Calloway to his...continue...
This boxset includes recordings of Dizzy Gillespie as a member of the bands of Teddy Hill, Lionel Hampton and Cab Calloway.

Contains 100 tracks.

Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Sli...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Complete Savoy Live Performances: Sept. 29, 1947-Oct. 25, 1950

4 CD / Savoy Jazz (USA) / 2002-04-01

Tracks: 52nd Street Theme; Koko; Groovin' High; Big Foot; Ornithology; Slow Boat to China; Hot House; Salt Peanuts; Chasin' the Bird; Out of Nowhere; How High the Moon; Half Nelson; White Christmas; Little W...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Full Title: The Complete Live Performances On Savoy.

THE COMPLETE LIVE PERFORMANCES ON SAVOY comes with a 60-page booklet complete with rare photographs, liner notes by Orrin Keepnews, an essay...continue...

Junk Genius: Junk Genius

1 CD / Knitting Factory Works / 2002-01-15

Tracks: Tempus Fugit; Koko; Confirmation; Wail; Shaw 'Nuff; Hot House; Cheryl; Bebop; Hallucinations; Donna Lee; Poco Loco, Un; Tempus Fugit
Artists: Junk Genius

Junk Genius: Ben Goldberg (clarinet, bass clarinet); John Schott (guitar); Trevor Dunn (bass); Kenny Wollesen (drums, toy piano).

Recorded at Annie's Hall, Berkeley, California on February 9, 1...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Ken Burns Jazz

1 CD / Verve / 2000-11-07

Tracks: Sepian Bounce; Salt Peanuts; Hot House; Koko; Anthropology; Now's the Time; Ornithology; Yardbird Suite; Lover Man; Relaxin' at Camarillo; Embraceable You; Scrapple from the Apple; Parker's Mood; Jus...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel includes: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet, piano); John Jackson (alto saxophone); Fred Culliver, Bob Mabane, Lucky Thompson, Wardell Gray (tenor saxophone);...continue...

Michael Farquharson: The Arrival *

1 CD / Jazz Inspiration / 2000-10-24

Tracks: 1969; My Kindred Spirit; Gabriel; Capt. William; Invention #3; Koko; Amelia's Skye Dance; Where You Hide; Invention #1; CD at the GC; Prophet, The; Arrival, The; Amelia's Skye Dance Reprise
Artists: Michael Farquharson

Personnel: Michael Farquharson (piano, keyboards, acoustic bass, electric bass); Belinda Metz (vocals); Joey Goldstein, Bruce Howell, Richard Fortin (guitar); George Gao (erhu); Phil Dwyer (saxophone)...continue...

Jerry Weldon: Head to Head

1 CD / Criss Cross / 1999-02-23

Tracks: Captain Morgan; Sweet and Lovely; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me); Big D; Late Last Summer; All the Way; Ow!; Far East; If Ever I Woild Leave You; Koko
Artists: Jerry Weldon

Personnel: Jerry Weldon, Michael Karn (tenor saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Billy Drummond (drums).

Recorded in Brooklyn, New York on June 9, 1998.

Recording i...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall

1 CD / Blue Note (Label) / 1997-06-17

Tracks: Night in Tunisia, A; Dizzy Atmosphere; Groovin' High; Confirmation; Koko; Cool Breeze; Relaxin' at Camarillo; One Bass Hit; Nearness of You, The; Salt Peanuts; Cubana Be, Cubana Bop; Hot House; Tocca...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (vocals); John Brown, Howard Johnson (alto saxophone); James Moody, Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone); C...continue...

Dizzy Gillespie: Oo Bop

1 CD / Tradition / 1996-08-29

Tracks: He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped; Good Dues Blues; Oop Bop Sh'bam; Perdido; Koko; Groovin' High; Salt Peanuts; Stormy Weather; Cocktails for Two
Artists: Dizzy Gillespie

Personnel includes: Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Alice Roberts, Gil Fuller (vocals); Charlie Parker, Don Byas, Sonny Stitt (saxophone); Dave Burns, Ray Orr (trumpet); Alton Moore (trombone); Mil...continue...

Max Roach: The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker

1 CD / Verve / 1995-06-20

Tracks: Yardbird Suite; Confirmation; Koko; Billie's Bounce; Au Privave; Parker's Mood; Raoul; This Time the Dream's on Me; Tune-Up; Anthropology
Artists: Max Roach

Personnel: Max Roach (drums), Hank Mobley, George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Nelson Boyd, George Morrow (bass).

Recorded in New York on December 20 & 23, 1957 and April ...continue...

Grant Stewart: Downtown Sounds

1 CD / Criss Cross / 1994-05-18

Tracks: Audobahn; Smada; Day Dream; From This Moment On; Bee Has Two Brains, A; Sweet and Lovely; Intimacy of the Blues, The; Koko
Artists: Grant Stewart

Personnel: Grant Stewart (tenor saxophone); Joe Magnarelli (trumpet); Brad Mehldau (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Kenny Washington (drums).

Recorded at RPM Studio, New York, New York on Dece...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): The Best of the Bird [Legacy]

1 CD / Legacy / 1991-04-08

Tracks: Koko; Cheryl; Street Beat, The; Big Foot; Bebop; Barbados; Oop Bop Sh'bam; Rocker; Sly Mongoose; Theme; Gypsy, The; Carvin' the Bird; Bongo Bop; Charlie's Wig; Bird Feathers
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (saxophone).

Photographer: Michael Ochs.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Charles Parker; Charlie Parker .

This compilation is sequenced in an odd but fascinat...continue...