Through the standards
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone, is on 80 recordings across 57 tunes on this site, from 1943 to 1954. Most often alongside Max Roach, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.
1940s
- Sweet Georgia BrownDizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Oscar Pettiford · 1943 · tenor saxophone · Stash
- All the Things You AreDizzy Gillespie Sextet with Charlie Parker · 1945 · alto saxophone · Musicraft
- Groovin' HighDizzy Gillespie Sextet · 1945 · alto saxophone · Guild
- Lover ManSarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie · 1945 · alto saxophone · Guild
- What Is This Thing Called LoveDizzy Gillespie · 1945 · alto saxophone · Guild
- Get HappyRed Norvo and His Selected Sextet · 1945 · alto saxophone · Comet
- AnthropologyCharlie Parker's Reboppers · 1945 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- Billie's BounceCharlie Parker's Re-Boppers · 1945 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- CherokeeCharlie Parker’s Reboppers · 1945 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- Now's the TimeCharlie Parker's Re-Boppers · 1945 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- Now's the TimeCharlie Parker's Re-Boppers · 1945 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- I've Found a New BabyCharlie Parker · 1946 · alto saxophone · Verve
- After You've GoneJazz at the Philharmonic · 1946 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Oh, Lady Be Good!Charlie Parker with Jazz at the Philharmonic · 1946 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Billie's BounceCharlie Parker Quintet · 1946 · alto saxophone · Spotlite
- A Night in TunisiaCharlie Parker Septet · 1946 · alto saxophone · Dial
- How High the MoonCharlie Parker Septet · 1946 · alto saxophone · Dial
- OrnithologyCharlie Parker Septet · 1946 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Yardbird SuiteCharlie Parker Septet · 1946 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Lover ManCharlie Parker Quintet · 1946 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Donna LeeCharlie Parker All Stars · 1947 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- Half NelsonMiles Davis All Stars · 1947 · tenor saxophone · Savoy
- Lady BirdMiles Davis All Stars · 1947 · tenor saxophone · Savoy
- ConfirmationDizzy Gillespie Quintet with Charlie Parker · 1947 · alto saxophone · Roost
- Groovin' HighDizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker · 1947 · alto saxophone · Roost
- All the Things You AreCharlie Parker Quintet · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Embraceable YouCharlie Parker Quintet · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Don't Blame MeCharlie Parker · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- My Old FlameCharlie Parker · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Out of NowhereCharlie Parker Quintet · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- Scrapple from the AppleCharlie Parker Quintet · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- How Deep Is the Ocean?Charlie Parker · 1947 · alto saxophone · Dial
- OrnithologyCharlie Parker Quintet · 1948 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- OrnithologyCharlie Parker Quintet · 1949 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- ConfirmationCharlie Parker Quintet · 1949 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- AnthropologyCharlie Parker Septet · 1949 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- PerdidoElla Fitzgerald at JATP · 1949 · alto saxophone · Verve
- April in ParisCharlie Parker with Jimmy Carroll's orchestra · 1949 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Everything Happens to MeCharlie Parker with Strings · 1949 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- I Didn't Know What Time It WasCharlie Parker with Strings · 1949 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- If I Should Lose YouCharlie Parker with Jimmy Carroll's orchestra · 1949 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Just FriendsCharlie Parker with Strings · 1949 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- SummertimeCharlie Parker with Strings · 1949 · alto saxophone · Mercury
1950s
- There's a Small HotelCharlie Parker Sextet · 1950 · alto saxophone · Savoy
- Now's the TimeCharlie Parker Quintet · 1950 · alto saxophone · Debut
- Scrapple from the AppleCharlie Parker Quintet · 1950 · alto saxophone · Jazz Workshop
- I'm in the Mood for LoveCharlie Parker Quartet · 1950 · alto saxophone · Verve
- Star EyesCharlie Parker Quartet · 1950 · alto saxophone · Norgran
- My Melancholy BabyCharlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Dancing in the DarkCharlie Parker · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)Charlie Parker with Strings · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Easy to LoveCharlie Parker with Joe Lippman's orchestra · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- I'm in the Mood for LoveCharlie Parker with Strings · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- LauraCharlie Parker with strings · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- They Can't Take That Away from MeCharlie Parker · 1950 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- AnthropologyDizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet · 1951 · alto saxophone · Columbia
- Blues for AliceCharlie Parker Quintet · 1951 · alto saxophone · Clef
- Autumn in New YorkCharlie Parker with Joe Lippman's Orchestra · 1952 · alto saxophone · Clef
- Stella by StarlightCharlie Parker with Joe Lippman · 1952 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Begin the BeguineCharlie Parker · 1952 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Night and DayCharlie Parker with Joe Lippman · 1952 · alto saxophone · Mercury
- Donna LeeCharlie Parker, Chet Baker and Sonny Criss · 1952 · alto saxophone · Jazz Chronicles
- The Song Is YouCharlie Parker Quartet · 1952 · alto saxophone · Clef
- These Foolish ThingsCharlie Parker with the Joe Theimer Orchestra · 1953 · alto saxophone · Elektra Musician
- Thou SwellCharlie Parker with the Joe Theimer Orchestra · 1953 · alto saxophone · Elektra/Musician
- AnthropologyCharlie Parker with quartet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Blue Note
- OrnithologyCharlie Parker Quartet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Blue Note
- A Night in TunisiaThe Quintet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Debut
- PerdidoDizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach · 1953 · alto saxophone · Debut
- What Is This Thing Called LoveThe Quintet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Debut
- In the Still of the NightCharlie Parker with Gil Evans orchestra and the Dave Lambert Singers · 1953 · alto saxophone · Clef
- Old FolksCharlie Parker · 1953 · alto saxophone · Verve
- ConfirmationCharlie Parker Quartet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Clef
- I Remember YouCharlie Parker Quartet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Clef
- Now's the TimeCharlie Parker Quartet · 1953 · alto saxophone · Clef
- Don't Blame MeCharlie Parker · 1953 · alto saxophone · Blue Note
- Now's the TimeCharlie Parker · 1953 · alto saxophone · Blue Note
- I Get a Kick Out of YouCharlie Parker Quintet · 1954 · alto saxophone · Verve
- I've Got You Under My SkinCharlie Parker Quintet · 1954 · alto saxophone · Verve
- Love for SaleCharlie Parker · 1954 · alto saxophone · Verve