Charlie Parker - Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve (2005) 320 kbps

Tracklist

CD1

01 - Sweet Georgia Brown
02 - Blues For Norman
03 - I Can't Get Started
04 - Lady Be Good
05 - After You've Gone
06 - I Got Rhythm
07 - Introductions by Norman Granz
08 - JATP Blues

CD2

01 - The Bird
02 - Repetition
03 - No Noise - Parts I & II
04 - No Noise - Part II (ct)
05 - Mango Mangue
06 - Okiedoke
07 - Cardboard
08 - Visa
09 - Segment - Tune X
10 - Diverse - Tune X alternate
11 - Passport - Tune Y (rare)
12 - Passport - Tune Z (common)

CD3

01 - The Opener
02 - Lester Leaps In
03 - Embraceable You
04 - The Closer
05 - Ow - Introduction Of Ella Fitzgerald
06 - Flyin' Home
07 - How High The Moon
08 - Perdido

CD4

01 - Just Friends
02 - Everything Happens To Me
03 - April In Paris
04 - Summertime
05 - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
06 - If I Should Lose You
07 - Star Eyes
08 - Blues (fast)
09 - I'm In The Mood For Love
10 - Bloomdido
11 - An Oscar For Treadwell (tk 3 alt - LP)
12 - An Oscar For Treadwell (tk 4 mst)
13 - Mohawk (tk 3 alt - LP)
14 - Mohawk (tk 6 [tk 4] mst)
15 - My Melancholy Baby (tk 1)
16 - My Melancholy Baby (Coda Rehearsal)
17 - My Melancholy Baby (tk 2 mst)
18 - Leap Frog (tk 1 inc)
19 - Leap Frog (tk 2 inc)
20 - Leap Frog (tk 3 inc)
21 - Leap Frog (tk 4 inc)
22 - Leap Frog (tk 5 cpt)
23 - Leap Frog (tk 6 inc)
24 - Leap Frog (tk 7 inc)
25 - Leap Frog (tk 8 [tk 4] alt)
26 - Leap Frog (tk 9 cpt)
27 - Leap Frog (tk 10 inc)
28 - Leap Frog (tk 11 [tk 6] mst)
29 - Relaxing With Lee (tk 1 inc)
30 - Relaxing With Lee (tk 2 inc)
31 - Relaxing With Lee (tk 3 fs)
32 - Relaxing With Lee (tk 4 [tk 2] alt - LP)
33 - Relaxing With Lee (tk 5 inc)
34 - Relaxing With Lee (tk 6 [tk 3] mst)

CD5

01 - Dancing In The Dark
02 - Out Of Nowhere
03 - Laura (tk 1 cpt)
04 - Laura (tk 2 mst)
05 - East Of The Sun
06 - They Can't Take That Away From Me
07 - Easy To Love
08 - I'm In The Mood For Love (tk 2 mst)
09 - I'm In The Mood For Love (tk 3 alt)
10 - I'll Remember April (tk 1 cpt)
11 - I'll Remember April (tk 2 fs)
12 - I'll Remember April (tk 3 [tk 2] mst)
13 - What Is This Thing Called Love
14 - April In Paris
15 - Repetition
16 - Easy To Love (live at Carnegie Hall)
17 - Rocker
18 - Celebrity [with Buddy Rich]
19 - Ballade [with Coleman Hawkins]
20 - Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite

CD6

01 - Au Privave (tk 2 alt - LP)
02 - Au Privave (tk 3 mst)
03 - She Rote (tk 3 alt - LP)
04 - She Rote (tk 5 mst)
05 - K.C. Blues
06 - Star Eyes
07 - My Little Suede Shoes
08 - Un Poquito De Tu Amor
09 - Tico Tico
10 - Fiesta
11 - Why Do I Love You (tk 2 alt - LP)
12 - Why Do I Love You (tk 6 alt)
13 - Why Do I Love You (tk 7 mst)
14 - Blues For Alice
15 - Si Si
16 - Swedish Schnapps (tk 3 alt - LP)
17 - Swedish Schnapps (tk 4 mst)
18 - Back Home Blues (tk 1 alt - LP)
19 - Back Home Blues (tk 2 mst)
20 - Loverman

CD7

01 - Temptation
02 - Lover
03 - Autumn In New York
04 - Stella By Starlight
05 - Mama Inez
06 - La Cucuracha (tk 1 cpt)
07 - La Cucuracha (tk 2 inc)
08 - La Cucuracha (tk 3 fs)
09 - La Cucuracha (tk 4 [tk 3] mst)
10 - Estrellita (tk 2 inc)
11 - Estrellita (tk 4 cpt)
12 - Estrellita (tk 5 fs)
13 - Estrellita (tk 6 [tk 5] mst)
14 - Begin The Beguine
15 - La Paloma
16 - Night And Day
17 - Almost Like Being In Love
18 - I Can't Get Started
19 - What Is This Thing Called Love

CD8

01 - Jam Blues
02 - What Is This Thing Called Love
03 - Ballad Medley
04 - Funky Blues

CD9

01 - The Song is You
02 - Laird Baird
03 - Kim (tk 2 alt - LP)
04 - Kim (tk 4 mst)
05 - Cosmic Rays (tk 2 mst)
06 - Cosmic Rays (tk 5 alt)
07 - In the Still of the Night (tk 1 fs)
08 - In the Still of the Night (tk 2 inc)
09 - In the Still of the Night (tk 3 ct)
10 - In the Still of the Night (tk 4 ct)
11 - In the Still of the Night (tk 5 fs)
12 - In the Still of the Night (tk 6 ct)
13 - In the Still of the Night (tk 7 mst)
14 - Old Folks (tk 1 inc)
15 - Old Folks (tk 2 fs)
16 - Old Folks (tk 3 ct)
17 - Old Folks (tk 4 inc. Bird continues playing into tk 5 fs)
18 - Old Folks (tk 6 ct)
19 - Old Folks (tk 7 inc ct)
20 - Old Folks (tk 8 mst)
21 - Old Folks (tk 9)
22 - If I Love Again

CD10

01 - Chi-Chi [Take 1 - Alt. take - LP]
02 - Chi-Chi [Take 2 - False start]
03 - Chi-Chi [Take 3 - Alt. take]
04 - Chi-Chi [Take 4 - Alt. take]
05 - Chi-Chi [Take 5 - False start]
06 - Chi-Chi [Take 6 - Master]
07 - I Remember You
08 - Now's The Time
09 - Confirmation [Take 1 - False start]
10 - Confirmation [Take 2 - False start]
11 - Confirmation [Take 5 - Master]
12 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 1 - Alt. take]
13 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 2 - False start & Rehearsal]
14 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 3Take 2 - False start & Rehearsal]
15 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 4 - inc.]
16 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 5 - False start]
17 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 6 - inc.]
18 - I Get a Kick Out of You [Take 7 - Master]
19 - Just One Of Those Things
20 - My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Take 1 - False Start & Rehearsal]
21 - My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Take 2 - Master]
22 - I've Got You Under My Skin
23 - Love for Sale [Take 1 - False start]
24 - Love for Sale [Take 2 - Alt. take]
25 - Love for Sale [Take 3 - inc.]
26 - Love for Sale [Take 4 - Alt. take]
27 - Love for Sale [Take 5 - Master]
28 - I Love Paris [Take 2 - Alt. take]
29 - I Love Paris [Take 3 - Master]

As a leader, Charlie Parker recorded for Savoy and Dial during 1945-1948 and then for Verve exclusively (at least in the studios) during 1949-1954. This remarkable ten-CD box set, which adds quite a bit of material to an earlier ten-LP set, contains all of these recordings plus Bird's earlier appearances with Jazz at the Philharmonic. The JATP jams are highlighted by Parker's perfect solo on "Oh Lady Be Good," a ferocious improvisation on "The Closer," and a solo on "Embraceable You" that tops his more famous studio recording. In addition, this box has all of the "Bird and Strings" sides, his meetings with Machito's Cuban orchestra, the 1950 session with Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, small-group dates (including a 1951 meeting with Miles Davis), odd encounters with voices and studio bands, the famous "Jam Blues" with fellow altoists Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter, and his final recordings, a set of Cole Porter tunes. The fact-filled 34-page booklet is also indispensable. Highly recommended.~Scott Yanow