Charlie Parker – The Charlie Parker Story

Album rilasciato nel 1956 (postumo), contiene registrazioni di Charlie Parker fatte nel novembre del 1945.

Track list
All tracks are written by Charlie Parker.

Side A
No. Title Length
1. “Billie’s Bounce” (new take #1) 2:20
2. “Billie’s Bounce” (short take #2) 1:20
3. “Billie’s Bounce” (new take #3) 3:05
4. “Warming up a Riff” (orig. take #1[i]) 2:30
5. “Billie’s Bounce” (new take #4[ii]) 2:00
6. “Billie’s Bounce” (orig. take #5[iii]) 3:05
7. “Now’s the Time” (short take #1) 0:20
8. “Now’s the Time” (short take #2) 0:37
9. “Now’s the Time” (new take #3) 3:05
Side B
No. Title Length
1. “Now’s the Time” (orig. take #4[iv]) 3:15
2. “Thriving From a Riff” (new take #1) 3:00
3. “Thriving From a Riff” (short take #2) 0:20
4. “Thriving From a Riff” (orig. take #3[v]) 3:00
5. “Meandering” (only take) 3:15
6. “Koko” (short take #1) 0:40
7. “Koko” (orig. take #2[vi]) 2:50
Line Up :
Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
Miles Davis – trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie – piano and trumpet[vii]
Bud Powell  – piano
Max Roach  – drums
Curley Russell – double bass[viii]