Bird's Best Bop on Verve

~ Release by Charlie Parker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Passport
recording of:
Passport (on 1949-05-05)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:01
2Bloomdido
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
orchestra:
Charlie Parker Quintet (on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
Bloomdido (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:26
3Leap Frog
recording of:
Leap Frog (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:31
4Relaxing With Lee
recording of:
Relaxin' with Lee (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:48
5Au Privave
recording of:
Au Privave (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Liberation Music (BMI, publisher for Charlie Haden)
2:40
6She Rote
recording of:
She Rote (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:07
7K.C. Blues
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1951-01-17)
double bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1951-01-17)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1951-01-17)
piano:
Walter Bishop, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1951-01-17)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1951-01-17)
recording of:
K.C. Blues (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:26
8Star Eyes
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1951-01-17)
double bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1951-01-17)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
piano:
Walter Bishop, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1951-01-17)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1951-01-17)
recording of:
Star Eyes (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Red Cape Songs
part of:
I Dood It (1943)
3:36
9Blues for Alice
recording of:
Blues for Alice (on 1951-08-08)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:48
10Swedish Schnapps
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1951-08-08)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1951-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1951-08-08)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-08-08)
trumpet:
Red Rodney (on 1951-08-08)
recording of:
Swedish Schnapps (on 1951-08-08)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:12
11The Song Is You
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (from 1952-12 until 1953-01)
double bass:
Teddy Kotick (from 1952-12 until 1953-01)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (from 1952-12 until 1953-01)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (from 1952-12 until 1953-01)
recording of:
The Song Is You (from 1952-12 until 1953-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co.
2:58
12Laird Baird
recording of:
Laird Baird
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:46
13Kim
recording of:
Kim (in 1950-12)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
recording of:
Kim (on 1952-12-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:00
14Chi-Chi
recording of:
Chi Chi (on 1953-07-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:04
15Now's the Time
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1953-07-30)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-07-30)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1953-07-30)
recorded at:
Fulton Street Studio (on 1953-07-30)
recording of:
Now’s the Time (on 1953-07-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
3:02
16Confirmation
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1953-07-30)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-07-30)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1953-07-30)
recorded at:
Fulton Recording in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-07-30)
recording of:
Confirmation (on 1953-07-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music/BMI (BMI)
2:59