Greatest Verve Bop Quintets

~ Release by Charlie Parker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Segment
recording of:
Segment (on 1949-05-05)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
3:22
2Passport
recording of:
Passport (on 1949-05-05)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:02
3Bloomdido
recording of:
Bloomdido (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:27
4An Oscar For Treadwell
recording of:
An Oscar for Treadwell (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:25
5Mohawk
recording of:
Mohawk (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:37
6My Melancholy Baby
instrumental recording of:
My Melancholy Baby (on 1950-06-06)
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
3:26
7Leap Frog
recording of:
Leap Frog (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:31
8Relaxin' With Lee
recording of:
Relaxin' with Lee (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:48
9Celebrity
recording of:
Celebrity (in 1950)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
1:36
10Ballade
recording of:
Ballade (in 1950)
composer:
Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:58
11Au Privave
recording of:
Au Privave (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:45
12She Rote
recording of:
She Rote (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:08
13K.C.Blues
recording of:
K.C. Blues (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:27
14Star Eyes
recording of:
Star Eyes (on 1951-01-17)
composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
Red Cape Songs
3:37
15Blues For Alice
recording of:
Blues for Alice (on 1951-08-08)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:49
16Si Si
recording of:
Si Si (on 1951-08-08)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
JATAP Publishing Co.
2:41
17Swedish Schnapps
recording of:
Swedish Schnapps
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:13
18Back Home Blues
recording of:
Back Home Blues (on 1951-08-08)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:50
19Lover Man
instrumental recording of:
Lover Man (on 1951-08-08)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:26
20Passport
recording of:
Passport (on 1949-05-05)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:57
21An Oscar for Treadwell
recording of:
An Oscar for Treadwell (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:23
22Mohawk
recording of:
Mohawk (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:51
23Relaxin' With Lee
recording of:
Relaxin' with Lee (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:55