tracks

Sweet Georgia Brown
Blues For Norman
I Can't Get Started
Oh, Lady Be Good
After You've Gone
I Got Rhythm
Introductions By
JATP Blues
The Bird
Repetition
No Noise - Parts I & II
No Noise - Part II (Complete Take)
Mango Mangue
Okiedoke
Cardboard
Visa
Segment - Tune X
Diverse - Tune X Alternate
Passport - Tune Y (Rare)
Passport - Tune Z (Common)
The Opener
Lester Leaps In
Enbraceable You
The Closer
OW
Flyin' Home
How High The Moon
Perdido
Just Friends
Everything Happens To Me
April In Paris
Summertime
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
If I Should Lose You
Star Eyes
Blues (Fast)
I'm In The Mood For Love
Bloomdido
An Oscar For Treadwell (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)
An Oscar For Treadwell (Take 4 Master)
Mohawk (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)
Mohawk (Take 6 [Take 4] Master)
My Melancholy Baby (Take 1)
My Melancholy Baby - Coda Rehearsal
My Melancholy Baby (Take 2 Master)
Leap Frog (Take 1 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 2 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 3 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 4 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 5 Complete)
Leap Frog (Take 6 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 7 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 8 [Take 4] Alternate)
Leap Frog (Take 9 Complete)
Leap Frog (Take 10 Incomplete)
Leap Frog (Take 11 [Take 6] Master)
Relaxing With Lee (Take 1 Incomplete)
Relaxing With Lee (Take 2 Incomplete)
Relaxing With Lee (Take 3 False Start)
Relaxing With Lee (Take 4 [Take 2] Alternate - Lp)
Relaxing With Lee (Take 5 Incomplete)
Relaxing With Lee (Take 6 [Take 3] Master)
Dancing In The Dark
Out Of Nowhere
Laura (Take 1 Complete)
Laura (Take 2 Master)
East Of The Sun
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Easy To Love
I'm In The Mood For Love (Take 2 Master)
I'm In The Mood For Love (Take 3 Alternate)
I'll Remember April (Take 1 Complete)
I'll Remember April (Take 2 False Start)
I'll Remember April (Take 3 [Take 2] Master)
What Is This Thing Called Love
April In Paris
Repetition
Easy To Love
Rocker
Celebrity
Ballade
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite
Au Private (Take 2 Alternate - Lp)
Au Private (Take 3 Master)
She Rote (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)
She Rote (Take 5 Master)
K.C. Blues
Star Eyes
My Little Suede Shoes
Un Poquito De Tu Amor
Tico Tico
Fiesta
Why Do I Love You? (Take 2 Alternate - Lp)
Why Do I Love You? (Take 6 Alternate)
Why Do I Love You? (Take 7 Master)
Blues For Alice
Si Si
Swedish Schnapps (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)
Swedish Schnapps (Take 4 Master)
Back Home Blues (Take 1 Alternate - Lp)
Back Home Blues (Take 2 Master)
Loverman
Temptation
Lover
Autumn In New York
Stella By Starlight
Mama Inez
La Cucuracha (Take 1 Complete)
La Cucuracha (Take 2 Incomplete)
La Cucuracha (Take 3 False Start)
La Cucuracha (Take 4 [Take 3] Master)
Estrellita (Take 2 Incomplete)
Estrellita (Take 4 Complete)
Estrellita (Take 5 False Start)
Estrellita (Take 6 [Take 5] Master)
Begin The Beguine
La Paloma
Night And Day
Almost Like Being In Love
I Can't Get Started
What Is This Thing Called Love
Jam Blues
What Is This Thing Called Love
All The Things You Are
Dearly Beloved
The Nearness Of You
I'll Get By
Everything Happens To Me
The Man I Love
What's New
Someone To Watch Over
Isn't It Romantic
Funky Blues
The Song Is You
Laird Baird
Kim (Take 2 Alternate - Lp)
Kim (Take 4 Master)
Cosmic Rays (Take 2 Master)
Cosmic Rays (Take 5 Alternate)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 1 False Start)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 2 Incomplete)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 3 Complete)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 4 Complete)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 5 False Start)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 6 Complete)
In The Still Of The Night (Take 7 Master)
Old Folks (Take 1 Incomplete)
Old Folks (Take 2 False Start)
Old Folks (Take 3 Complete)
Old Folks (Take 4 Incomplete - Bird Continues Playing Into Take 5 False Start)
Old Folks (Take 6 Complete)
Old Folks (Take 7 Incomplete)
Old Folks (Take 8 Complete)
Old Folks (Take 9 Master)
If I Love Again
Chi Chi (Take 1 Alternate - Lp)
Chi Chi (Take 2 False Start)
Chi Chi (Take 3 Alternate)
Chi Chi (Take 4 Complete)
Chi Chi (Take 5 False Start)
Chi Chi (Take 6 Master)
I Remember You
Now's The Time
Confirmation (Take 1 False Start)
Confirmation (Take 2 False Start)
Confirmation (Take 3 Master)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 1 Alternate)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 2 False Start And Rehearsal)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 3 False Start And Rehearsal)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 4 Incomplete)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 5 False Start)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 6 Incomplete)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 7 Master)
Just One Of Those Things
My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Take 1 False Start And Rehearsal)
My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Take 2 Master)
I've Got You Under My Skin
Love For Sale (Take 1 False Start)
Love For Sale (Take 2 Complete)
Love For Sale (Take 3 Incomplete)
Love For Sale (Take 4 Alternate)
Love For Sale (Take 5 Master)
I Love Paris (Take 2 Alternate)
I Love Paris (Take 3 Master)

notes

TAKE NUMBERS listed here are true take numbers determined by actual sequence. If an item became known by an incorrect take number, that number will appear in brackets after the true number.
MASTERS were the takes selected during Charlie Parker's lifetime for the original issue.
ALTERNATE are complete performances of the same tunes issued later. Irregular procedures and sloppy bookeeping resulted in a large number of alternate takes being labelled as master during the LP era. These alternates will be noted in the listings as "LP" takes.
INCOMPLETE take which contains some improvisation by Bird.
MASTER and ALTERNATE denotes previously released material.
FALSE START, INCOMPLETE and COMPLETE denotes previously unreleased or recently discovered material.
Tracks 1-7, 2-4, 4-18 to 4-33, 7-6 to 7-12, 9-8 to 9-20, 10-2, 10-5, 10-13 to 10-18, 10-20, and 10-23 to 10-25 are previously unreleased.
Tracks 3-5 to 3-8 and 4-15 to 4-16 were recently discovered at the time of this release.
Thelonius Monk's credit is incorrectly written as Bass instead of Piano on the release.

credits

Alto Saxophone – Benny Carter (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Freddie Skerritt, (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Gene Johnson (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Harry Terrill (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Johnny Hodges (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Murray Williams (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19), Toots Mondello (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Willie Smith (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Bass – Billy Hadnott (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8), Bob Haggart (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Roberto Rodriguez, (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Charles Mingus (tracks: 9-7 to 9-22), Curly Russell (tracks: 4-10 to 4-34), Percy Heath (tracks: 10-1 to 10-11), Ray Brown (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 3-1 to 3-8, 4-1 to 4-9, 5-1 to 5-12, 6-14 to 6-20, 7-16 to 7-19, 8-1 to 8-4), Teddy Kotick (tracks: 6-1 to 6-13, 7-5 to 7-15, 9-1 to 9-6, 10-12 to 10-29), Thelonious Monk (tracks: 4-10 to 4-34), Tommy Potter (tracks: 2-19 to 2-12, 5-13 to 5-17)
Bass Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Leslie Johnakins (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Stan Webb, (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4)
Bassoon – Manny Thaler (tracks: 9-7 to 9-22)
Bongos – Jose Mangual (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20, 6-7 to 6-13, 7-5 to 7-15)
Cello – Frank Miller (3) (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Maurice Brown (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
Clarinet – Hal McKusick (tracks: 9-7 to 9-22)
Conductor, Arranged By – Chico O'Farrill (tracks: 5-20), Jimmy Carroll (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Joe Lipman (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12, 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19)
Congas – Chino Pozo (tracks: 5-20), Luis Miranda (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 6-7 to 6-13, 7-5 to 7-15), Rafael Miranda (tracks: 5-20)
Drums – Buddy Rich (tracks: 1-6, 1-8, 3-1 to 3-8, 4-1 to 4-34, 5-1 to 5-12, 5-20), Don Lamond (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19), J.C. Heard (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 6-14 to 6-20), Lee Young (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Max Roach (tracks: 2-19 to 2-12, 6-1 to 6-6, 7-5 to 7-15, 9-1 to 9-22, 10-1 to 10-11), Roy Haynes (tracks: 5-13 to 5-17, 6-7 to 6-13, 10-12 to 10-29), Shelly Manne (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
French Horn – Junior Collins, (tracks: 9-7 to 9-22), Joseph Singer (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
Guitar – Art Ryerson (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Barney Kessel (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Freddie Green (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Irving Ashby (tracks: 1-6, 1-8), Jerome Darr (tracks: 10-12 to 10-29)
Harp – Myor Rosen (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Verley Mills, (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12, 7-1 to 7-4), Wallace McManus (tracks: 5-13 to 5-17)
Maracas – Machito (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20)
Oboe – Eddie Brown, (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Tommy Mace, (tracks: 5-13 to 5-17, 9-7 to 9-22)
Oboe, Cor Anglais – Mitch Miller (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6)
Piano – Al Haig (tracks: 2-19 to 2-12, 5-13 to 5-17, 10-1 to 10-11), Bernie Leighton (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Hank Jones (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 3-1 to 3-8, 4-7 to 4-9, 9-1 to 9-6), John Lewis (2) (tracks: 6-14 to 6-20), Ken Kersey, (tracks: 1-6, 1-8), Lou Stein (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19, 8-1 to 8-4), Rene Hernandez (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Stan Freeman (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Tony Aless (tracks: 9-7 to 9-22), Walter Bishop, Jr. (tracks: 6-1 to 6-13, 7-5 to 7-15, 10-12 to 10-29)
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 1-6, 1-8), Flip Phillips (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8, 5-20, 7-16 to 7-19, 8-1 to 8-4), Hank Ross (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19), Jose Madera, (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Lester Young (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 3-1 to 3-8), Sol Rabinowitz (tracks: 5-20)
Timbales – Umbaldo Nieto, (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20)
Trombone – Bart Varsalona (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Bill Harris (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19), Lou McGarity (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Tommy Turk (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8), Will Bradley (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4)
Trumpet – Al Killian (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Al Porcino (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19), Al Stewart (3) (tracks: 5-20), Benny Harris (tracks: 7-5 to 7-13, 7-15), Bernie Privin (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4, 7-16 to 7-19), Bobby Woodlen (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Buck Clayton (tracks: 1-6, 1-8), Carl Poole (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Charlie Shavers (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Chris Griffin (3) (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 4-10 to 4-34), Sweets Edison, (tracks: 5-20), Jimmy Maxwell (tracks: 7-16 to 7-19), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 2-19 to 2-12), Mario Bauza, (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Miles Davis (tracks: 6-1 to 6-6), Paquito Davilla (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 5-20), Red Rodney (tracks: 6-14 to 6-20), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8)
Viola – Dave Uchitel (tracks: 5-13 to 5-17), Frank Brieff (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Isadore Zir (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
Violin – Bronislaw Gimpel (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Harry Melnikoff (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Howard Key (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Jack Zayde (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Max Hollander (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Milt Lomask (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6), Sam Rand (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Stan Karpenia (tracks: 5-13 to 5-17), Sylvan Shulman (tracks: 7-1 to 7-4), Ted Blume (tracks: 5-13 to 5-17), Zelly Smirnoff (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
Violin, Concertmaster – Sam Caplan (tracks: 5-1 to 5-17, 7-1 to 7-4)

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