One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense. "Bird," along with his contemporaries Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, is considered a founder of bebop; in reality he was an intuitive player who simply was expressing himself. Rather than basing his improvisations closely on the melody as was done in swing, he was a master of chordal improvising, creating new melodies that were based on the structure of a song. In fact, Bird wrote several future standards (such as "Anthropology," "Ornithology," "Scrapple from the Apple," and "Ko Ko," along with such blues numbers as "Now's the Time" and "Parker's Mood") that "borrowed" and modernized the chord structures of older tunes. Parker's remarkable technique, fairly original sound, and ability to come up with harmonically advanced phrases that could be both logical and whimsical were highly influential. By 1950, it was impossible to play "modern jazz" with credibility without closely studying Charlie Parker.
01 Swingmatism
02 The Jumpin' Blues
03 Tiny's Tempo
04 I'll Always Love You
05 Romance Without Finance
06 Red Cross
07 Dream Of You
08 Groovin' High
09 Dizzy Atmosphere
10 All The Things You Are
11 Salt Peanuts
12 Shaw 'nuff
13 Hot House
14 Hallelujah
15 Get Happy
16 Slam Slam Blues
17 Congo Blues
18 Takin' Off
19 20th Century Blues
20 The Street Beat
CD 2 - Now's The Time
01 Warming Up A Riff
02 Billie's Bounce
03 Now's The Time
04 Thriving On A Riff
05 Meandering
06 Ko-Ko
07 Dizzy's Boogie
08 Flat Foot Boogie
09 Poppity Pop
10 Slim's Jam
11 Diggin' Diz
12 Moose The Mooche
13 Yardbird Suite
14 Ornithology
15 Night In Tunisia
16 Max (Is) Making Wax
17 Lover Man
18 The Gypsy
19 Be-Bop
20 This Is Always
CD3 - Bird Of Paradise
01 Dark Shadows
02 Bird's Nest
03 Cool Blues
04 Relaxin' At Camarillo
05 Cheers
06 Carvin' The Bird
07 Stupendous
08 Donna Lee
09 Chasin' The Bird
10 Cheryl
11 Buzzy
12 Milestones
13 Little Willie Leaps
14 Half Nelson
15 Slippin' The Bells
16 Dexterity
17 Bongo Pop
18 Dewey Square
19 The Hymn
20 Bird Of Paradise
CD4 - Blue Bird
01 Embraceable You
02 Bird Feathers
03 Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
04 Scrapple From The Apple
05 My Old Flame
06 Out Of Nowhere
07 Don't Blame Me
08 Drifting On A Reed
09 Quasimodo
10 Charlie's Wig
11 Bongo Beep
12 Crazeology
13 How Deep Is The Ocean?
14 Another Hair-Do
15 Blue Bird
16 Klaunstance
17 Bird Gets The Worm
18 Barbados
19 Ah-Leu-Cha
20 Constellation
CD5 - Parker's Mood
01 Parker's Mood
02 Perhaps
03 Marmaduke
04 Steeplechase
05 Merry-Go-Round
06 Segment
07 Cardboard
08 Passport
09 Star Eyes
10 Ballade
11 Bloomdido
12 My Melancholy Baby
13 Relaxin' With Lee
14 Leap Frog
15 An Oscar For Treadwell
16 Mohawk
17 My Melancholy Baby
18 Relaxin' With Lee
19 Overtime
20 Victory Ball
CD6 - Confirmation
01 Oh, Lady, Be Good!
02 A Night In Tunisia
03 Dizzy Athmosphere
04 Groovin' High
05 Confirmation
06 Ko-Ko
07 Embraceable You
08 Ornithology
09 Cheryl
10 Ko-Ko
11 Bird Of Paradise
12 Now's The Time
CD7 - What's New
01 Sweet Georgia Brown (Part I + Ii)
02 Lady Be Good (Part I + Ii)
03 Ballad Medley
04 What Is This Thing Called Love
05 Jam Blues
CD8 - Fiesta
01 Mango Mangue
02 No Noise (Part I + Ii)
03 My Little Suede Shoes
04 Okiedoke
05 Un Poquito De Tu Amor
06 Why Do I Love You
07 Tico-Tico
08 Fiesta
09 Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
10 La Cucaracha
11 Mama Inez
12 Estrellita
13 La Paloma
14 Begin The Beguine
CD9 - Star Eyes
01 The Opener
02 Lover Man
03 Swedish Schnapps
04 Blues For Alice
05 K.C. Blues
06 She Rote
07 Star Eyes
08 Funky Blues
09 I Can't Get Started
10 What Is This Thing Called Love?
CD10 - Just Friends
01 Easy To Love
02 Summertime
03 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
04 If I Should Lose You
05 Just Friends
06 Everthing Happens To Me
07 I'm In The Mood For Love
08 I'll Remember April
09 Dancing In The Dark
10 Out Of Nowhere
11 Laura
12 East Of The Sun
13 They Can't Take That Away From Me
14 Temptation
15 Lover
16 Autumn In New York
17 Stella By Starlight
