Charlie Parker

Since 1945

Charlie Parker's albums, compilations, singles and EPs, and videos discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

Charles Parker Jr.

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American alto saxophonist, composer and bebop pioneer (b. August 29, 1920, Kansas City - d. March 12, 1955, New York City, aged 34). Widely considered to be one of the most influential of jazz saxophonists, jazz musicians, and indeed musicians in general. Also known as 'Bird' (a shortening of 'Yardbird', Parker acquired the nickname early in his career with many contradictory stories regarding the name's origin). Parker was an extremely fast virtuoso and introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Parker died on March 12, 1955 in the age of only 34 in the suite of his friend and patron Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter at the Stanhope Hotel in New York City. The official causes of death were lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, but Parker also had an advanced case of cirrhosis and had suffered a heart attack. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. Common-law husband of Chan Parker.

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Discography

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Charlie Parker Sextet

1950

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Charlie Parker Sextet

Alternate Masters Vol. 1

South Of The Border

Charlie Parker

The Immortal Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker Memorial

Charlie Parker Memorial Vol. 2

Charlie Parker Memorial Volume One

A Night At Carnegie Hall With Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie

Bird At St. Nick's

Bird On 52nd Street

Jazz Perennial

Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter

All Star Sextet

Bird in Sweden

"Bird" Is Free

The Happy "Bird"

Charlie Parker Memorial Volume 6

An Historical Meeting At The Summit

The Bird Returns

Historical Masterpieces Vol.2

Newly Discovered Sides By The Immortal Charlie Parker

Vol 4 'Jazz At Massey Hall'

Vol. 2

Charlie Parker

Bird With The Herd - 1951

Broadcast Performances Vol. 2

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At Their Rare Of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1

New Bird Volume 2

New Bird - Hi Hat Broadcasts 1953

Classic Kansas City Jazz

One Night In Birdland

Bird With Strings (Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland)

Encores

Bird At The Roost

Apartment Sessions

One Night In Chicago

Bird At The Apollo

One Night In Washington

Birdology

Fragments

At the Apollo Theatre and St. Nick's Arena + The Stan Getz Brothers Band

Parker Plus Strings

Bird and Diz Vol 2

Charlie Parker At Storyville

Charlie Parker In France 1949

The Bird Flies Deep