Charlie Parker discography

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Box sets

10" shellac singles

Dial

• "Cool Blues" c/w "Bird's Nest"
• "Crazeology" c/w "Crazeology II: 3 Ways of Playing a Chorus"

  Appears on

• Norman Granz Jazz Concert #1 – live; 7x7", reissued 1953 on 2xLP; reissued 1956 on Columbia over two volumes
• Norman Granz' Jam Session, #1 – live; compiled on The Parker Jam Session
• Norman Granz' Jam Session, #2 – live; compiled on The Parker Jam Session
• Jazz at the Philharmonic, Vol. 2
• Jazz at the Philharmonic, Vol. 4
• Jazz at the Philharmonic, Vol. 7
• Jazz at the Philharmonic - The Ella Fitzgerald Set
• Potpourri of Jazz
• Jazz at the Philharmonic – J.A.T.P. at Carnegie Hall 1949
• Various artists – Anthropology – compilation
• Various artists – The Birth ''of Bop, Volume 1 – compilation, one track
• Various artists – Bird - Diz - Bud - Max – compilation, five tracks
• Various artists – The Jazz Scene – compilation, two tracks
• Various artists – Our Best – compilation, one track
• Various artists – Alto Saxes – compilation, three tracks
• Various artists – The Many Faces of the Blues – compilation, one track
• Various artists – The Jazz Hour'' – compilation, one track

  As sideman

With [Miles Davis]

• ''Collectors' Items''

  With [Allen Eager]

• In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947–1953 – compilation; Parker appears on three tracks

  With [Dizzy Gillespie]

• Groovin' High – compilation
• In the Beginning – 2xLP, compilation
• The Complete RCA Victor Recordings – compilation

  With [Machito]

• ''Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Music of Chico O'Farrill''

  With [Jay McShann]

• Early Bird – as Jay McShann Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker; compilation
• * Early Bird – as Jay McShann, Charlie Parker; reissue
• * Early Bird – as Charlie Parker with Jay McShann and His Orchestra; reissue

  With [Charles Mingus]

• The Complete Debut Recordings – box set; Parker appears on Jazz at Massey Hall tracks

  With [Red Norvo]

• Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
• * Once There Was Bird – under Parker's name

  With [Bud Powell]

• Summer Broadcasts 1953 – live; Parker appears on two tracks

  With [Gene Roland]

• The Band That Never Was – as Gene Roland Band Featuring Charlie Parker

  Compilations and live albums

• Charlie Parker on the Air, Vol. 1

• The Metronome All Stars - From Swing to Be-Bop
• Bird on the Road
• Charlie Parker - Bird in Paris
• Charlie Parker in France 1949
• Charlie Parker - Bird Box, Vol. 2
• Dance of the Infidels

• Charlie Parker Live Birdland 1950
• Charlie Parker at the Apollo Theater and St. Nick's Arena
• Charlie Parker - Fats Navarro - Bud Powell
• Charlie Parker - Bud Powell - Fats Navarro
• Charlie Parker - Just Friends
• Charlie Parker - Apartment Jam Sessions
• The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis
• Charlie Parker - Ultimate Bird 1949-50
• Charlie Parker - Ballads and Birdland
• Charlie Parker at the Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950
• Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 2

• Charlie Parker - Bird Meets Birks
• Charlie Parker Live Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn 1951
• Charlie Parker - Bird with the Herd 1951
• Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 1

• Charlie Parker - New Bird, Vol. 2
• Charlie Parker - Cheers

• Charlie Parker/Miles Davis/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird with Miles and Dizzy
• Charlie Parker - Yardbird-DC-53
• Charlie Parker - Star Eyes
• Charlie Parker - Bird Meets Birks
• Charlie Parker - New Bird: Hi Hat Broadcasts 1953

• Hi-Hat All Stars, Guest Artists, Charlie Parker
• Charlie Parker - Kenton and Bird
• Charlie Parker - Miles Davis - Lee Konitz
• V.A. - Echoes of an Era: The Birdland All Stars Live at Carnegie Hall

• ''Bird 'n' Diz the Beginning''

  Live albums

• Live at Townhall w. Dizzy
• Jazz at the Philharmonic
• Jazz at the Philharmonic
• Charlie Parker and the Stars of Modern Jazz at Carnegie Hall
• Bird in France
• Charlie Parker All Stars Live at the Royal Roost
• Bird at the Apollo Theatre and St. Nicklas Arena
• Apartment Jam Sessions
• Charlie Parker at the Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950
• Happy Bird
• Live at Rockland Palace
• Boston - 1952
• Jam Session
• At Jirayr Zorthian's Ranch, July 14, 1952
• The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert
• Charlie Parker: Montreal 1953
• ''One Night in Washington''

  Incomplete list of compositions

• "Ah-Leu-Cha"
• "Air Conditioning "
• "Another Hairdo"
• "Anthropology"
• "Au Privave"
• "An Oscar for Treadwell"
• Back Home Blues"
• "Ballade"
• "Barbados"
• "Billie's Bounce"
• "Bird Feathers"
• "Bird Gets the Worm"
• "Bird of Paradise"
• "Bloomdido"
• "Blue Bird"
• "Blues "
• "Blues for Alice"
• "Buzzy"
• "Card Board"
• "Celebrity"
• "Chasin' the Bird"
• "Cheryl"
• "Chi Chi"
• "Confirmation"
• "Constellation"
• "Cool Blues"
• "Cosmic Rays"
• "Dewey Square"
• "Dexterity"
• "Diverse"
• "Donna Lee"
• "Kim"
• "K.C. Blues"
• "Klaun Stance"
• "Ko-Ko"
• "Laird Baird"
• "Leap Frog"
• "Marmaduke"
• "Merry-Go-Round"
• "Moose the Mooche"
• "Mohawk"
• "My Little Suede Shoes"
• "Now's the Time"
• "Ornithology"
• "Parker's Mood"
• "Passport"
• "Perhaps"
• "Quasimodo"
• "Red Cross"
• "Relaxin' at Camarillo"
• "Relaxing with Lee"
• "Scrapple from the Apple"
• "Segment"
• "Shawnuff"
• "She Rote"
• "Si Si"
• "Steeplechase"
• "The Bird"
• "Visa"
• "Warming Up a Riff"
• "Yardbird Suite"