TAKE NUMBERS listed here are true take numbers determined by actual sequence. If an item became known by an incorrect take number, that number will appear in brackets after the true number.

MASTERS were the takes selected during Charlie Parker's lifetime for the original issue.

ALTERNATE are complete performances of the same tunes issued later. Irregular procedures and sloppy bookeeping resulted in a large number of alternate takes being labelled as master during the LP era. These alternates will be noted in the listings as "LP" takes.

INCOMPLETE take which contains some improvisation by Bird.

MASTER and ALTERNATE denotes previously released material.

FALSE START, INCOMPLETE and COMPLETE denotes previously unreleased or recently discovered material.

Tracks 1-7, 2-4, 4-18 to 4-33, 7-6 to 7-12, 9-8 to 9-20, 10-2, 10-5, 10-13 to 10-18, 10-20, and 10-23 to 10-25 are previously unreleased.

Tracks 3-5 to 3-8 and 4-15 to 4-16 were recently discovered at the time of this release.

Thelonius Monk's credit is incorrectly written as Bass instead of Piano on the release.

Bird: The Complete Charlie

Tracklist:

Jazz at the Philharmonic - Monday January 28, 1946 - Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles
Sweet Georgia Brown
Piano - Mel Powelltrumpet - Dizzy Gillespie
Blues for Norman
Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee
I Can't Get Started
Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee
Oh, Lady Be Good
Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee 1
After You've Gone 1
Piano - Arnold Rosstrumpet - Howard McGhee 1
Jazz at the Philharmonic 1
Monday April 22, 1946 - Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles 1
I Got Rhythm 1
Introductions By 1
Jatp Blues 1
Jazz Scene 1
December 1947 - Recording Session at Carnegie Hall, New York City 1
The Bird 2
Repetition 2
Monday December 20, 1948 - Recording Studio, New York City 2
No Noise - Parts I ; II 2
Soloist - Charlie Parkertenor Saxophone, Soloist [On Part I] - Flip Phillips 2
No Noise - Part II (Complete Take) 2
Mango Mangue 2
January 1949 - Recording Studio, New York City 2
Okiedoke 2
Circa March 1949 - a Midtown Studio, New York City 2
Cardboard 3
Visa 3
Thursday May 5, 1949 - Recording Studio, New York City 3
Segment - Tune X 3
Diverse - Tune X Alternate 3
Passport - Tune y (Rare) 3
Passport - Tune Z (Common) 3
Jazz at the Philharmonic 3
Late Saturday Night (Midnight Start) Sunday September 18, 1949 - Carnegie Hall, New York City 3
The Opener 3
Lester Leaps in 4
Enbraceable You 4
The Closer 4
Ow 4
Flyin' Home 4
How High the Moon 4
Perdido 4
Wednesday November 30, 1949 - Mercury Studios, New York City 4
Just Friends 4
Everything Happens to Me 4
April in Paris 5
Summertime 5
I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5
If I Should Lose You 5
Late March - Early April 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City 5
Star Eyes 5
Blues (Fast) 5
I'm in the Mood for Love 5
Tuesday June 6, 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City 5
Bloomdido 5
An Oscar for Treadwell (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 6
An Oscar for Treadwell (Take 4 Master) 6
Mohawk (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 6
Mohawk (Take 6 [Take 4] Master) 6
My Melancholy Baby (Take 1) 6
My Melancholy Baby - Coda Rehearsal 6
My Melancholy Baby (Take 2 Master) 6
Leap Frog (Take 1 Incomplete) 6
Leap Frog (Take 2 Incomplete) 6
Leap Frog (Take 3 Incomplete) 6
Leap Frog (Take 4 Incomplete) 7
Leap Frog (Take 5 Complete) 7
Leap Frog (Take 6 Incomplete) 7
Leap Frog (Take 7 Incomplete) 7
Leap Frog (Take 8 [Take 4] Alternate) 7
Leap Frog (Take 9 Complete) 7
Leap Frog (Take 10 Incomplete) 7
Leap Frog (Take 11 [Take 6] Master) 7
Relaxing with Lee (Take 1 Incomplete) 7
Relaxing with Lee (Take 2 Incomplete) 7
Relaxing with Lee (Take 3 False Start) 8
Relaxing with Lee (Take 4 [Take 2] Alternate - LP) 8
Relaxing with Lee (Take 5 Incomplete) 8
Relaxing with Lee (Take 6 [Take 3] Master) 8
Late Summer 1950 - Possibly at Two Different Studios, New York City 8
Dancing in the Dark 8
Out of Nowhere 8
Laura (Take 1 Complete) 8
Laura (Take 2 Master) 8
East of the Sun 8
They Can't Take That Away from Me 9
Easy to Love 9
I'm in the Mood for Love (Take 2 Master) 9
I'm in the Mood for Love (Take 3 Alternate) 9
I'll Remember April (Take 1 Complete) 9
I'll Remember April (Take 2 False Start) 9
I'll Remember April (Take 3 [Take 2] Master) 9
Live at Carnegie Hall 9
Late Saturday Night (Midnight Start) Sunday September 17, 1950 - 9
What Is This Thing Called Love 9
April in Paris 10
Repetition 10
Easy to Love 10
Rocker 10
Jazz at the Philharmonic 10
Circa Fall 1950 - Film Short Soundtrack Recordings 10
Celebrity 10
Ballade 10
Thursday December 21, 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City 10
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite 10
Wednesday January 17, 1951 - Recording Studio, New York City 11
Au Private (Take 2 Alternate - LP) 11
Au Private (Take 3 Master) 11
She Rote (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 11
She Rote (Take 5 Master) 11
K.C. Blues 11
Star Eyes 11
Monday March 12, 1951 - Recording Studio, New York City 11
My Little Suede Shoes 11
Un Poquito de Tu Amor 11
Tico Tico 12
Fiesta 12
Why Do I Love You? (Take 2 Alternate - LP) 12
Why Do I Love You? (Take 6 Alternate) 12
Why Do I Love You? (Take 7 Master) 12
Wednesday August 8, 1951 - Possibly RCA 24th Street Studios, New York City 12
Blues for Alice 12
Si Si 12
Swedish Schnapps (Take 3 Alternate - LP) 12
Swedish Schnapps (Take 4 Master) 12
Back Home Blues (Take 1 Alternate - LP) 13
Back Home Blues (Take 2 Master) 13
Loverman 13
January 22 or 23, 1952 - Recording Studio at First Avenue ; East 44th Street, New York City 13
Temptation 13
Lover 13
Autumn in New York 13
Stella By Starlight 13
Wednesday January 23, 1952 - Recording Studio, New York City 13
Mama Inez 13
La Cucuracha (Take 1 Complete) 14
La Cucuracha (Take 2 Incomplete) 14
La Cucuracha (Take 3 False Start) 14
La Cucuracha (Take 4 [Take 3] Master) 14
Estrellita (Take 2 Incomplete) 14
Estrellita (Take 4 Complete) 14
Estrellita (Take 5 False Start) 14
Estrellita (Take 6 [Take 5] Master) 14
Begin the Beguine 14
La Paloma 14
Tuesday March 25, 1952 - Recording Studio at First Avenue and East 44th Street, New York City 15
Night and Day 15
Almost Like Being in Love 15
I Can't Get Started 15
What Is This Thing Called Love 15
First Half of June, 1952 - Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California 15
Norman Granz Jam Session 15
Jam Blues 15
What Is This Thing Called Love 15
Ballad Medley 15
All the Things You Are 16
Dearly Beloved 16
The Nearness of You 16
I'll Get By 16
Everything Happens to Me 16
The Man I Love 16
What's New 16
Someone to Watch Over 16
Isn't It Romantic 16
- 16
Funky Blues 17
End of December, 1952 - Recording Studio, New York City 17
The Song Is You 17
Laird Baird 17
Kim (Take 2 Alternate - LP) 17
Kim (Take 4 Master) 17
Cosmic Rays (Take 2 Master) 17
Cosmic Rays (Take 5 Alternate) 17
Monday May 25, 1953 - Fulton Recording, New York City 17
In the Still of the Night (Take 1 False Start) 17
In the Still of the Night (Take 2 Incomplete) 18
In the Still of the Night (Take 3 Complete) 18
In the Still of the Night (Take 4 Complete) 18
In the Still of the Night (Take 5 False Start) 18
In the Still of the Night (Take 6 Complete) 18
In the Still of the Night (Take 7 Master) 18
Old Folks (Take 1 Incomplete) 18
Old Folks (Take 2 False Start) 18
Old Folks (Take 3 Complete) 18
Old Folks (Take 4 Incomplete - Bird Continues Playing Into Take 5 False Start) 18
Old Folks (Take 6 Complete) 19
Old Folks (Take 7 Incomplete) 19
Old Folks (Take 8 Complete) 19
Old Folks (Take 9 Master) 19
If I Love Again 19
Thursday July 30, 1953 - Fulton Recording, New York City 19
Chi Chi (Take 1 Alternate - LP) 19
Chi Chi (Take 2 False Start) 19
Chi Chi (Take 3 Alternate) 19
Chi Chi (Take 4 Complete) 19
Chi Chi (Take 5 False Start) 20
Chi Chi (Take 6 Master) 20
I Remember You 20
Now's the Time 20
Confirmation (Take 1 False Start) 20
Confirmation (Take 2 False Start) 20
Confirmation (Take 3 Master) 20
Wednesday March 31, 1954 - Fine Recording, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City 20
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 1 Alternate) 20
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 2 False Start and Rehearsal) 20
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 3 False Start and Rehearsal) 21
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 4 Incomplete) 21
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 5 False Start) 21
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 6 Incomplete) 21
I Get a Kick Out of You (Take 7 Master) 21
Just One of Those Things 21
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Take 1 False Start and Rehearsal) 21
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Take 2 Master) 21
I've Got You Under My Skin 21
Friday December 10, 1954 - Fine Recording, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City 21
Love for Sale (Take 1 False Start) 22
Love for Sale (Take 2 Complete) 22
Love for Sale (Take 3 Incomplete) 22
Love for Sale (Take 4 Alternate) 22
Love for Sale (Ta

UPC: 600753425497
Label: Imports
Release Date: 3.23.13
Format: CD

Charlie Parker - Bird: The Complete Charlie (CD)