Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection

by Charlie Parker

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This collection presents the foundational vocabulary of bebop, pioneered by alto saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker. The material showcases his revolutionary improvisational style, characterized by blistering tempos, advanced harmonic substitutions, and a fluid, rhythmically complex approach that redefined jazz from dance music to a virtuosic art form. Key tracks, drawn from his landmark sessions, demonstrate Parker's compositional genius and his seminal role in shaping the small-group interplay that would become central to modern jazz.

Genres

  • Bebop

Tracklist

  1. Groovin' High
  2. All The Things You Are
  3. Dizzy Atmosphere
  4. Salt Peanuts
  5. Shaw 'Nuff
  6. Hot House
  7. Now's The Time
  8. Ko Ko
  9. Moose The Mooche
  10. Yardbird Suite
  11. Ornithology
  12. Cool Blues
  13. Relaxin' At Camarillo
  14. Donna Lee
  15. Chasing The Bird
  16. Dewey Square
  17. Bird Of Paradise
  18. The Hymn
  19. Embraceable You
  20. Klactoveedsedstene
  21. Scrapple From The Apple
  22. Out Of Nowhere
  23. Don't Blame Me
  24. Quasimado
  25. Klaunstance
  26. Parker's Mood
  27. Bloomdido
  28. Star Eyes
  29. She Rote
  30. My Little Suede Shoes
  31. Confirmation
  32. Blue 'N' Boogie
  33. 'Round Midnight
  34. Night In Tunisia
  35. Just Friends
  36. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  37. East Of The Sun
  38. Laura