Charlie Parker

Charles "Charlie" Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" and "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. Parker was a blazingly fast virtuoso and introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Primarily a player of the alto saxophone, Parker's tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber.

Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded primarily on June 6, 1950 in New York City. Two tracks featured on the original pressing, "Passport" and "Visa", were recorded by Parker, without Gillespie and with a different personnel than that of the other tracks, in March and May 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.

Bird at St. Nick's was a live tape recording by Charlie Parker.

Now's the Time: the Quartet of Charlie Parker, also released as The Genius of Charlie Parker, Vol. 3, is a studio album by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (Bird) and his quartet. It was recorded in 1952 and 1953 and released posthumously in 1956 by Verve.

The Cole Porter Songbook, also released as Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter, is the last recorded studio album by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. Recorded in New York City in March and December 1954, all the tunes recorded for the sessions featured Parker's renditions of Cole Porter compositions.

Summit Meeting at Birdland is a live album by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker recorded at Birdland in New York City in 1951 and 1953. It was released by Columbia Records in 1977.

Live at Rockland Palace, also released as The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert, is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, recorded in 1952 with strings at Rockland Palace in Harlem. The event was a benefit concert for local politician Benjamin Davis.

Inglewood Jam, also known as Bird and Chet and Live at the Trade Winds, is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, recorded in California in 1952 with trumpet player Chet Baker and Sonny Criss. It was released by the Jazz Showcase label in 1978.

South of the Border is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, first released in 1952 for Mercury Records as a 10" LP. An expanded release was made on CD by Verve Records in 1995, and all tracks were included on Verve's box set Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve.

The Washington Concerts is an album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, first released in 1983 by Elektra and re-released in its full form by Blue Note in 2001. The album's content is drawn from two live performances at the Howard Theatre and one at Club Kavakos.