Charlie Parker - The Chronological Classics: Charlie Parker 1945-1947 (1947)

"Bird's Nest" by the Charlie Parker Quartet


From Diz to Bird, Charlie Parker played alto saxophone with The Quintet and was a frequent collaborator of Dizzy Gillespie's.  He is spoken of as the most formative influence in the development of bebop jazz.

Here is the discography surrounding Charlie Parker's debut recordings:

The Complete Birth of the Bebop (1937-1945 recordings)
Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 (1945 live recordings)
Warming Up a Riff (1945 single with The Be Bop Boys)
Billie's Bounce (1945 single with his Ree Boppers)
Now's the Time (1945 single with his Ree Boppers)
The Complete Savoy Sessions Volume 1 (1944-1945) (1944-1945 recordings)
The Complete Savoy Sessions Volume 2 (1945) (1945 recordings)
Yardbird Suite (1946 single with his Septet)
A Night in Tunisia (1946 single with his Septet)
Yardbird in Lotus Land (1946 live recordings)
Jazz at the Philharmonic (1946 live recordings)
Lover Man (1946 single with his Quintet)
Charlie Parker on Dial Volume 1 (1946-1947 recordings)
Bird's Nest (1947 single with his Quartet)
Cool Blues (1947 single with his Quartet)
Relaxin' at Camarillo (1947 single with his All Stars)
Cheers (1947 single with his All Stars)
Chasin' the Bird (1947 single with his All Stars)
Charlie Parker on Dial Volume 2 (1947 recordings)
Donna Lee (1947 single with his All Stars)
The Complete Savoy Sessions Volume 3 (1947 recordings)
The Chronological Classics: Charlie Parker 1945-1947

"Ko-Ko" by the Charlie Parker Quintet


"Live at Town Hall, NYC, June 22, 1945" by Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker


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The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Jazz at Massey Hall by The Quintet


Max Roach was the drummer for a makeshift, one-night-only quintet that performed at Massey Hall in Toronto on May 15, 1953.  It featured five of bebop's pioneering musicians on their respective instruments: the aforementioned Max Roach, Charles Mingus on bass, Bud Powell on piano, Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, and Charlie Parker (billed as "Charlie Chan" for contractual reasons) on alto saxophone.  Billing themselves as "The Quintet" and the concert as "the greatest jazz concert ever", Jazz at Massey Hall came out on in 1953 on Debut Records, the record label founded by Max Roach and Charles Mingus.

Here is the complete discography for The Quintet:

Jazz at Massey Hall
Complete Jazz at Massey Hall (2004 album reissue)

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