Charlie Parker discography
This is a list of recordings by American jazz alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. Parker primarily recorded for three labels: Savoy, Dial, and Verve. His work with these labels has been chronicled in box sets. Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial Sessions have been issued on The Complete Savoy Sessions, Charlie Parker on Dial and Complete Charlie Parker on Dial and The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes. His Verve recordings are available on and The Complete Verve Master Takes.
The listing below is in the form of a sessionography as opposed to a discography. Although organized chronologically the release titles listed refer to compilations of Parker material appearing decades after the recording sessions. In general they do not refer to records in the formats actually issued during Parker's lifetime, so with a few exceptions technically they should all come under the heading of compilations. For instance, no record label in 1944 would have issued an album of 78s entitled The Immortal Charlie Parker to describe a relative unknown at that time, and in 1948 there would never have been a record entitled Newly Discovered Sides by Charlie Parker as if an unearthed archeological artifact - anything by Bird in 1948 would have been fairly new. It is also worth noting that a significant proportion of the listings outside of the live list are in fact live recordings.
Savoy
1944- The Immortal Charlie Parker
- Bird: Master Takes
- Encores
- Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker
- The Charlie Parker Story
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2
- Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1
- Bird At The Roost, Vol. 1
- Newly Discovered Sides By Charlie Parker
- The 'Bird' Returns
- Bird At The Roost, Vol. 2
- Bird At The Roost
- An Evening At Home With Charlie Parker Sextet
Dial
- Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
- Alternate Masters, Vol. 2
- The Bird Blows The Blues
- Cool Blues c/w Bird's Nest
- Alternate Masters, Vol. 1
- Crazeology c/w Crazeology, II: 3 Ways Of Playing A Chorus
- Charlie Parker, Vol. 4
Verve
- Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 2
- Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 4
- Various Artists - Potpourri Of Jazz
- The Charlie Parker Story, #1
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #7 - Jazz Perennial
- Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 7
- Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Ella Fitzgerald Set
- The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve - Bird
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #4 - Bird And Diz
- The Charlie Parker Story, #3
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #8 - Swedish Schnapps
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #6 - Fiesta
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #3 - Now's The Time
- The Quartet Of Charlie Parker
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #5 - Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #1 - night and day - Verve MGV-8003- mono
Compilations
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 1
- Charlie Parker With Jay McShann And His Orchestra - Early Bird
- Jay McShann Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker - Early Bird
- Jay McShann - The Early Bird Charlie Parker, 1941-1943: Jazz Heritage Series
- The Complete Birth Of The Bebop
- Birth Of The Bebop: Bird On Tenor 1943
- Every Bit Of It 1945
- Charlie Parker, Vol. 3 Young Bird 1945
- Dizzy Gillespie - In The Beginning
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 17
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 5
- Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
- Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker - Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 4
- Yardbird In Lotus Land
- Rappin' With Bird
- Jazz At The Philharmonic - How High The Moon
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 1
- The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 2
- Various Artists - Lullaby In Rhythm
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 2
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 3
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 4
- Various Artists - Anthropology
- Allen Eager - In The Land Of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-1953
- Charlie Parker On Dial, Vol. 6
- Various Artists - The Jazz Scene
- Gene Roland Band Featuring Charlie Parker - The Band That Never Was
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 6
- Bird on 52nd St.
- Charlie Parker
- Charlie Parker - Live Performances
- Charlie Parker On The Air, Vol. 1
- Charlie Parker - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2
- The Metronome All Stars - From Swing To Be-Bop
- Jazz At The Philharmonic - J.A.T.P. At Carnegie Hall 1949
- Rara Avis Avis, Rare Bird
- Various Artists - Alto Saxes
- Bird On The Road
- Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird And Diz
- Charlie Parker - Bird In Paris
- Charlie Parker In France 1949
- Charlie Parker - Bird Box, Vol. 2
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 5
- Charlie Parker with Strings
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 2
- Bird's Eyes, Vol. 3
- Dance Of The Infidels
- Charlie Parker Live Birdland 1950
- Charlie Parker - Bird at St. Nick's
- Charlie Parker At The Apollo Theater And St. Nick's Arena
- Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes, Vol. 15
- Charlie Parker - Fats Navarro - Bud Powell
- Charlie Parker - One Night In Birdland
- Charlie Parker - Bud Powell - Fats Navarro
- Charlie Parker - Just Friends
- Charlie Parker - Apartment Jam Sessions
- V.A. - Our Best
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #4 - Bird And Diz
- The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis
- Charlie Parker - Ultimate Bird 1949-50
- Charlie Parker - Ballads And Birdland
- Charlie Parker Big Band
- Charlie Parker - Parker Plus Strings
- Charlie Parker - Bird With Strings Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall And Birdland
- Charlie Parker - The Bird You Never Heard
- Norman Granz Jazz Concert
- Charlie Parker At The Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950
- The Charlie Parker Story, #3
- Charlie Parker - Bird In Sweden
- Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 2
- Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz
- An Evening At Home With Charlie Parker Sextet
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #8 - Swedish Schnapps
- The Magnificent Charlie Parker
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #6 - Fiesta
- Charlie Parker - Summit Meeting At Birdland
- Charlie Parker - Bird Meets Birks
- Charlie Parker - The Happy "Bird"
- Charlie Parker Live Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn 1951
- Charlie Parker - Bird With The Herd 1951
- Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 1
- Charlie Parker - New Bird, Vol. 2
- Charlie Parker/Sonny Criss/Chet Baker - Inglewood Jam 6-16-'52
- Norman Granz' Jam Session, #1
- Norman Granz' Jam Session, #2
- Charlie Parker Live At Rockland Palace
- Charlie Parker - Cheers
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #3 - Now's The Time
- Miles Davis - Collectors' Items
- Charlie Parker - Montreal 1953
- Charlie Parker/Miles Davis/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird With Miles And Dizzy
- Charlie Parker - One Night In Washington
- Charlie Parker - Yardbird-DC-53
- Charlie Parker At Storyville
- Charlie Parker - Star Eyes
- Charles Mingus - The Complete Debut Recordings
- The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall, Vol. 1
- The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall
- Charlie Parker - Bird Meets Birks
- Bud Powell - Summer Broadcasts 1953
- Charlie Parker - New Bird: Hi Hat Broadcasts 1953
- The Quartet Of Charlie Parker
- Hi-Hat All Stars, Guest Artists, Charlie Parker
- Charlie Parker - Kenton And Bird
- The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #5 - Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter
- Charlie Parker - Miles Davis - Lee Konitz
- V.A. - Echoes Of An Era: The Birdland All Stars Live At Carnegie Hall
Live
- Live at Townhall w. Dizzy
- Yardbird in Lotus Land
- Bird and Pres
- Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Rapping with Bird
- Bird and Diz at Carnegie Hall
- The Complete Savoy Live Performances
- Bird on 52nd Street
- The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings
- Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Charlie Parker and the Stars of Modern Jazz at Carnegie Hall
- Bird in Paris
- Bird in France
- Charlie Parker All Stars Live at the Royal Roost
- One Night in Birdland
- Bird at St. Nick's
- Bird at the Apollo Theatre and St. Nicklas Arena
- Apartment Jam Sessions
- Charlie Parker at the Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950
- Bird in Sweden
- Happy Bird
- Summit Meeting at Birdland
- Live at Rockland Palace
- Jam Session
- At Jirayr Zorthian's Ranch, July 14, 1952
- The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert
- Charlie Parker: Montreal 1953
- One Night in Washington
- Bird at the High Hat
- Charlie Parker at Storyville
- Jazz at Massey Hall aka.The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever
As sideman
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Incomplete list of compositions
- "Ah-Leu-Cha"
- "Air Conditioning "
- "Another Hairdo"
- "Anthropology"
- "Au Privave"
- "An Oscar for Treadwell"
- "Back Home Blues"
- "Ballade"
- "Barbados"
- "Billie's Bounce"
- "Bird Feathers"
- "Bird Gets the Worm"
- "Bird of Paradise"
- "Bloomdido"
- "Blue Bird"
- "Blues "
- "Blues for Alice"
- "Buzzy"
- "Card Board"
- "Celebrity"
- "Chasing the Bird"
- "Cheryl"
- "Chi Chi"
- "Confirmation"
- "Constellation"
- "Cool Blues"
- "Cosmic Rays"
- "Dewey Square"
- "Dexterity"
- "Diverse"
- "Donna Lee"
- "Kim"
- "K.C. Blues"
- "Klaun Stance"
- "Ko-Ko"
- "Laird Baird"
- "Leap Frog"
- "Marmaduke"
- "Merry-Go-Round"
- "Moose the Mooche"
- "Mohawk"
- "My Little Suede Shoes"
- "Now’s the Time"
- "Ornithology"
- "Parker's Mood"
- "Passport"
- "Perhaps"
- "Quasimodo"
- "Red Cross"
- "Relaxin' at Camarillo"
- "Relaxing with Lee"
- "Scrapple from the Apple"
- "Segment"
- "Shawnuff"
- "She Rote"
- "Si Si"
- "Steeplechase"
- "The Bird"
- "Visa"
- "Warming Up a Riff"
- "Yardbird Suite"