Artist: Charlie Parker

Aliases

Charley Parker
Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
Charlie Parker & His Orchestra
Charlie Parker All Stars
Charlie Parker Bebop Boys
Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border
Charlie Parker Quartet
Charlie Parker Quintet
Charlie Parker Septet
Charlie Parker Sextet
Charlie Parker String Ensemble
Charlie Parker With Strings
Charlie Parker's All Stars
Charlie Parker's Allstars

Real name

Charles Christopher Parker Jr.

Born

August 29, 1920

Died

March 12, 1955

Country

United States

Comments

Legendary alto saxophonist, composer, and one of the originators of bebop.

Performances

Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
1	Ah Leu Cha	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1949	(18 artists)
2	Au Privave	Charlie Parker & His Orchestra	1952	(43 artists)
3	Barbados	Charlie Parker's All Stars	1950	(24 artists)
4	Billies Bounce	Charley Parker's Ree Boppers	1946	(35 artists)
5	Blues for Alice	Charlie Parker	1955	(10 artists)
6	Buzzy	Charley Parker	1947	(9 artists)
7	Chasin' the Bird	Charlie Parker's All Stars	1949	(16 artists)
8	Dark Shadows	Charlie Parker Quartet	1947	Shelley Neill
9	Dewey Square	Charlie Parker Quintet	1948	(15 artists)
10	Donna Lee	Charley Parker	1947	(52 artists)
11	Groovin' High	Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker	1945	(27 artists)
12	Half-Nelson	Miles Davis-Charlie Parker	1949	(13 artists)
13	Hot House	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell	September 1945	(34 artists)
14	Ko Ko	Charlie Parker Bebop Boys	1946	(5 artists)
15	Marmaduke	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1948	(8 artists)
16	Mohawk	Charlie Parker & His Orchestra	1950	(3 artists)
17	Moose the Mooche	Charlie Parker Septet	1946	(28 artists)
18	My Little Suede Shoes	Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border	1951	(17 artists)
19	Now's the Time	Charley Parker's Ree Boppers	1946	(22 artists)
20	Ornithology	Charlie Parker Septet	1946	(30 artists)
21	Parker's Mood	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1950	(25 artists)
22	Quasimodo	Charlie Parker Sextet	1948	(8 artists)
23	Relaxin' at Camarillo	Charlie Parker All Stars	1947	(19 artists)
24	Scrapple From the Apple	Charlie Parker Quintet	1947	(40 artists)
25	Segment	Charlie Parker	1957	(9 artists)
26	Steeplechase	Charlie Parker's All Stars	1949	(21 artists)
27	Yardbird Suite	Charlie Parker Septet	1946	(42 artists)

Covers

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1	A Night in Tunisia	Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker	1949	Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
2	A Night in Tunisia	Charlie Parker Septet	1946	Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
3	Algo bueno (Woody'n You)	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
4	Chi Chi	Charlie Parker	1954	Max Roach Quartet
5	Confirmation	Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker	1949	Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
6	Don't Blame Me	Charlie Parker Quintet	1947	Walter Woolf King
7	Embraceable You	Charlie Parker	1986	Ginger Rogers & Allan Kearns
8	Good Bait	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
9	Hot House	Charlie Parker Quintet	1948	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell
10	Hot House	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell
11	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Charlie Parker String Ensemble	1950	Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar
12	I Love Paris	Charlie Parker	1957	Lilo
13	I Remember You	Charlie Parker	1954	Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
14	Just Friends	Charlie Parker With Strings	1950	Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
15	Love for Sale	Charlie Parker	1957	Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend
16	Lover Man	Charlie Parker Quintet	1946	Billie Holiday
17	Lover Man	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Billie Holiday
18	Lover Man - Oh, Where Can You Be	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell	1945	Billie Holiday
19	Manteca	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
20	My Old Flame	Charlie Parker Quintet	1947	Mae West & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
21	Round Midnight	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
22	Salt Peanuts	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell	September 1945	Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
23	Star Eyes	Charlie Parker	1952	Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly With Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
24	Summertime	Charlie Parker String Ensemble	1950	Abbie Mitchell
25	Sweet Georgia Brown (Part 1)	Charlie Parker	1986	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
26	This Is Always	Charlie Parker Quartet with Earl Coleman	1947
27	Yesterdays	Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	1995	Fay Templeton

Songs written by

Original songs

	Title	Written by	Covered by
1	Ah Leu Cha	Charlie Parker	(18 artists)
2	Anthropology	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie	(45 artists)
3	Au Privave	Charlie Parker	(43 artists)
4	Barbados	Charlie Parker	(24 artists)
5	Billie's Bounce	Charlie Parker	(35 artists)
6	Blues for Alice	Charlie Parker	(10 artists)
7	Buzzy	Charlie Parker	(9 artists)
8	Chasin' the Bird	Charlie Parker	(16 artists)
9	Chi Chi	Charlie Parker	(10 artists)
10	Confirmation	Charlie Parker	(62 artists)
11	Cool Blues	Charlie Parker
12	Dewey Square	Charlie Parker	(15 artists)
13	Donna Lee	Charlie Parker	(52 artists)
14	It's Like That	Charlie Parker, Geoff Wilkinson, Mel Simpson, Kobie Powell
15	Ko Ko	Charlie Parker	(5 artists)
16	Marmaduke	Charlie Parker	(8 artists)
17	Mohawk	Charlie Parker	(3 artists)
18	Moose the Mooche	Charlie Parker	(28 artists)
19	My Little Suede Shoes	Charlie Parker	(17 artists)
20	Now's the Time	Charlie Parker	(22 artists)
21	Ornithology	Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris	(30 artists)
22	Parker's Mood	Charlie Parker	(25 artists)
23	Quasimodo	Charlie Parker	(8 artists)
24	Relaxin' at Camarillo	Charlie Parker	(19 artists)
25	Scrapple From the Apple	Charlie Parker	(40 artists)
26	Segment	Charlie Parker	(9 artists)
27	Steeplechase	Charlie Parker	(21 artists)
28	Yardbird Suite	Charlie Parker	(42 artists)

Releases

Audio album

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Birth of the Bebop	Charlie Parker	1986	Stash Records
2	Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker	1954	Clef Records
3	Charlie Parker Memorial, Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1955	Savoy
4	The Charlie Parker Story #2	Charlie Parker	1957	Verve
5	Diz 'n' Bird in Concert	Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker	1949	Roost
6	Jazz Perennial - The Genius of Charlie Parker #7	Charlie Parker	1957	Verve
7	The Magnificent Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker	1955	Clef Records
8	The Unheard Charlie Parker - Bird Seed, Volume 1	Charlie Parker	1995	Stash Records

Audio single

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	A Night in Tunisia	Charlie Parker Septet	1946	Dial
2	Ah Leu Cha	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1949	Savoy
3	An Oscar for Treadwell	Charlie Parker & His Orchestra	1950	Mercury
4	Au Privave	Charlie Parker & His Orchestra	1952	Mercury
5	Barbados	Charlie Parker's All Stars	1950	Savoy
6	Barbados	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1950	Savoy
7	Be-Bop - Lover Man	Howard McGhee Quintet - Charlie Parker Quintet	1946	Dial
8	Billies Bounce	Charley Parker's Ree Boppers	1946	Savoy
9	Bird's Nest	Charlie Parker Quartet	1947	Dial
10	Buzzy	Charley Parker	1947	Savoy
11	Chasin' the Bird - Little Willie Leaps	Charlie Parker's All Stars - Miles Davis' All Stars	1949	Savoy
12	Cool Blues	Charlie Parker Sextet	1948	Dial
13	Dewey Square	Charlie Parker Quintet	1948	Dial
14	Goin' to Mintons	Miles Davis-Charlie Parker	1949	Savoy
15	Groovin' High	Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker	1945	Guild
16	Hot House	Charlie Parker Quintet	1948	Debut
17	How High the Moon - Ko Ko	Don Byas Quintette - Charlie Parker Bebop Boys	1946	Savoy
18	Just Friends	Charlie Parker With Strings	1950	Mercury
19	Lover Man - Oh, Where Can You Be	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell	1945	Guild
20	My Little Suede Shoes	Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border	1951	Mercury
21	My Old Flame	Charlie Parker Quintet	1947	Dial
22	Perhaps	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1948	Savoy
23	Relaxin' at Camarillo	Charlie Parker All Stars	1947	Dial
24	Salt Peanuts	Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell	September 1945	Guild
25	Scrapple From the Apple	Charlie Parker Quintet	1947	Dial
26	Steeplechase	Charlie Parker's Allstars	1949	Savoy
27	Summertime	Charlie Parker String Ensemble	1950	Mercury
28	This Is Always	Charlie Parker Quartet with Earl Coleman	1947	Dial
29	Yardbird Suite	Charlie Parker Septet	1946	Dial

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Alto Sax	various artists	1955	Norgran Records

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	A Night at the Five Spot	Cecil Payne, Phil Woods, Frank Socolow, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor and Duke Jordan	1957	Signal
2	The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker	The Max Roach 4	1958	Mercury
3	Stitt Plays Bird	Sonny Stitt	1964	Atlantic Records
4	Supersax Plays Bird	Supersax	1973	Capitol Records
5	Supersax Plays Bird, Volume 2 - Salt Peanuts	Supersax	1974	Capitol Records
6	Bird Tracks - Remembering Charlie Parker	Roland Hanna	1978	Progressive (Japan)
7	Bird Fire - A Tribute to Charlie Parker	Archie Shepp Quartet	1979	Impro
8	I Remember Charlie Parker	Joe Pass	1979	Pablo Today
9	Looking at Bird	Archie Shepp & Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen	1981	SteepleChase
10	Rein de Graaff Plays Charlie Parker - Chasin' the Bird	Rein DeGraaff	1982	Timeless
11	Charlie Parker for Piano	Paul Smith [1]	1987	Granite
12	To Bird With Love	Eddie Daniels	1987	GRP Records
13	Tribute to Charlie	Barbara Dennerlein	1987	Koala Records
14	One for Bird	Red Rodney Quintet	1988	SteepleChase
15	Stone Bird	Supersax	1988	Columbia
16	Bird Songs	Sphere	1989	Verve
17	From One Charlie	Charlie Watts Quintet	1991	Continuum
18	A Tribute to Charlie Parker	Charlie Watts Quintet With Strings	1992	Continuum
19	Mohawk	Larry Schneider Quartet	1994	SteepleChase
20	Ornitology - Phil Salutes Bird	Phil Woods	1994	Philology
21	Parker's Mood	The Roy Hargrove/Christian McBride/Stephen Scott Trio	August 22, 1995	Verve
22	Bud Plays Bird	Bud Powell Trio	1996	Blue Note
23	Soaring With Bird	James Zollar	June 2, 1998	Naxos Jazz
24	Birdology - A Tribute to Charlie Parker	various artists	2002	Dreyfus
25	Parker's Mood	Stefano di Battista, Kenny Barron, Rosario Bonaccorso, Herlin Riley	January 25, 2005	Blue Note
26	Bird of Paradise	Marcus Printup Quartet	November 27, 2007	SteepleChase
27	Bird Songs	Joe Lovano / Us Five	January 11, 2011	Blue Note

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1	A supernatural cover (Bastien)	Report Errors	dany	1	2005-10-09 16:53:39 GMT by Bastien
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7	Artists who have covered their songs	Discussion	Simon	14	2013-03-04 21:26:48 GMT by Bastien
8	Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) covers by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker	Add songs	djFLWB	1	2013-04-21 15:39:34 GMT by tsk