Charlie Parker - Simply The Best '2002
| Artist | Charlie Parker Related artists |
| Album name | Simply The Best |
| Country | |
| Date | 2002 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Play time | 00:47:35 |
| Format / Bitrate | FLAC Stereo 627 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
| Media | CD |
| Size | 241.19 Mb |
| Price | $2.95 |
Track list
1. (00:02:43) Charlie Parker - Chasin' The Bird
2. (00:02:24) Charlie Parker - Constellation
3. (00:03:57) Charlie Parker - 52nd Street Theme
4. (00:02:26) Charlie Parker - Donna Lee
5. (00:07:38) Charlie Parker - Ornithology
6. (00:02:56) Charlie Parker - Cheryl
7. (00:02:51) Charlie Parker - Koko
8. (00:05:10) Charlie Parker - How High The Moon
9. (00:03:03) Charlie Parker - Hot House
10. (00:03:17) Charlie Parker - Out Of Nowhere
11. (00:03:53) Charlie Parker - Scrapple From The Apple
12. (00:02:21) Charlie Parker - Tea For Two
13. (00:04:56) Charlie Parker - Cool Blues
Archive content
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Album
- 2025 Boppin Bird
- 2025 The Fire and the Flight [Remastered]
- 2024 Jazz, Vol. 1
- 2024 Charlie Parker, Chasin His Legendary Tunes
- 2024 Bird In Kansas City [2]
- 2023 Jazz Master
- 2023 Charlie Parker With Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra: The Latin Bird [Remastered]
- 2022 Ballade (The Jazz Master Songs)
- 2022 Crazeology
- 2022 La Paloma
- 2022 Right on Time
- 2022 The Gypsy
- 2022 On Savoy: Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
- 2022 On Savoy: Charlie Parker
- 2021 Bird And Diz
- 2021 52nd Street Theme
- 2021 Charlie Parker Sextlet
- 2021 Fiesta
- 2021 The Art of Charlie Parker
- 2021 The Savoy Recordings
- 2021 This Time the Dream On Me
- 2021 Yardbird in Lotusland
- 2021 Rara Avis 1945-1951
- 2020 The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection
- 2020 Dizzy Atmosphere
- 2020 Live At The Hi Hat 1953-1954
- 2020 At The Open Door
- 2020 Work From Home with Charlie Parker
- 2020 The Birth Of BeBop: Celebrating Bird At 100 Vol. 1
- 2020 The Birth Of BeBop: Celebrating Bird At 100 Vol. 2
- 2020 Greatest Charlie Parker
- 2020 The Complete Savoy Masters (Bonus Track Version)
- 2020 The Complete Dial Masters (Bonus Track Version)
- 2019 At The Pershing Ballroom With The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band 1948
- 2019 Cuban Holiday
- 2019 How High the Moon
- 2019 Diplomat Hotel, NYC / 136th Street Session 1950
- 2019 At the Pershing Ballroom, Chicago 1950
- 2018 Slow Boat to China
- 2017 3 Essential Albums
- 2016 Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes (2CD)
- 2016 BeBop Jazz, Charlie Parker Vol. 2
- 2015 BD Music Presents: Charlie Parker
- 2013 If I Had You
- 2013 This Is Always
- 2013 Classicos
- 2013 L immortel Charlie Parker (Mono Version)
- 2013 Verve Ultimate Cool
- 2012 Bird Is Free
- 2012 Complete Bird At The Bandbox
- 2011 Rough Guide To Charlie Parker
- 2011 Complete Live at Café Society
- 2009 Complete Jazz Series 1947-1949
- 2008 Now's The Time(2008)
- 2007 In A Soulful Mood
- 2006 The Essence Of Charlie Parker (2CD)
- 2006 Charlie Parker For Lovers
- 2006 Parker's Mood 1948 (Jazz Archives No. 212)
- 2006 Charlie Parker's White Christmas
- 2005 Rétrospective 1940-1953
- 2005 Chasin' The Bird
- 2005 Liveology
- 2005 The Very Best Of The Dial Years
- 2005 Charlie Parker - The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes
- 2005 Chasin The Bird
- 2004 The Jazz Biography
- 2004 Saga Jazz: Together
- 2002 Bluebird - Boss Bird (Studio Recordings 1944-1951) [CD2]
- 2002 My Little Suede Shoes
- 2002 Ornithology
- 2002 Bluebird
- 2002 Parker's Mood
- 2002 Super Session
- 2002 Boss Bird
- 2001 Portrait Of A Genius (CD2)
- 2001 Portrait Of A Genius (CD1)
- 2001 Complete Savoy & Dial Sessions (8CD)
- 2001 The Complete Savoy Sessions
- 2001 Greatest Verve Bop Quintets
- 2001 The Complete Sacoy Sessions (CD3)
- 2001 The Complete Savoy Sessions (CD4)
- 2001 The Complete Savoy Sessions (CD2)
- 2001 The Complete Savoy Sessions (CD1)
- 2000 Charlie Parker Memorial Vol.1
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD01) Groovin' High
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD10) Just Friends
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD03) Bird Of Paradise
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD05) Parker's Mood
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD04) Blue Bird
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD02) Now's The Time
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD06) Confirmation
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD07) What's New
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD08) Fiesta
- 2000 Charlie Parker Portrait (1941-1952) (CD09) Star Eyes
- 2000 Jazz Masters
- 2000 Bird Of Paradise (2CD)
- 1999 Complete Savoy Sessions [4]
- 1999 The Complete Dial Sessions [4]
- 1999 Parker's Mood
- 1999 1947-1949 Classics
- 1999 Complete Savoy Masters (CD2)
- 1999 Complete Savoy Masters (CD1)
- 1999 Bird's Eyes- Last Unissued, Vol. 14
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 17
- 1999 Bird's Eyes Vol. 18
- 1999 Bird's Eyes Vol. 20
- 1999 Bird's Eyes - Vol. 21
- 1999 Bird's Eyes Vol. 25
- 1999 Bird's Eyes - Vol. 10
- 1999 Bird's Eyes - Vol. 12
- 1998 Charlie Parker 1945 - 1947
- 1998 Complete Live Performances On Savoy (CD4)
- 1998 Complete Live Performances On Savoy (CD1) From The Royal Roost (part I)
- 1998 Complete Live Performances On Savoy (CD3) From the Royal Roost (Part III)
- 1998 Complete Live Performances On Savoy (CD2) From The Royal Roost (part II)
- 1997 With Strings
- 1997 Charlie Parker With Strings
- 1996 Charlie Parker With Strings
- 1996 Masterworks 1946-1947
- 1996 1945-1953
- 1996 Jazz At The Philharmonic '1946'
- 1996 The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert 1952 (2CD)
- 1996 Jam Session 1952
- 1996 Bird With The Herd [DE2-42442, RE, US]
- 1996 Birds Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 9
- 1995 Charlie Parker With Strings - The Master Takes
- 1995 Bird's Best Bop On Verve (1949-53)
- 1995 South Of The Border
- 1995 The Unheard Of Charlie Parker - Bird Seed [STB-2500, US]
- 1995 International Jam Sessions
- 1995 Jazz & Blues Collection
- 1995 Charlie Parker with Strings:The Master Takes
- 1994 Bird On 52nd Street
- 1994 Jazz Masters 28 - Charlie Parker Plays Standards
- 1994 Bird Of Paradise
- 1994 Verve Jazz Masters 15
- 1994 Carvin The Bird
- 1993 The Complete Dial Sessions (CD4)
- 1993 The Complete Dial Sessions (CD3)
- 1993 The Complete Dial Sessions (CD1)
- 1993 The Complete Dial Sessions (CD2)
- 1993 Don't Blame Me
- 1992 The Essential Charlie Parker
- 1992 Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker Plays The Blues
- 1991 The Immortal Charlie Parker [2]
- 1991 Jazz Round Midnight
- 1991 The Genius Of Charlie Parker
- 1990 Bird's Eyes 1 & 4
- 1990 Au Privave
- 1990 ''More Unissued'' Vol. 2 [RJD 506, DN]
- 1990 More Unissued Vol. 2
- 1989 Bird Flies High
- 1988 Jam Session
- 1988 Bird: The Original Recordings
- 1988 Bird
- 1988 Bird-The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker
- 1987 Compact Jazz
- 1986 Charlie Parker Story On Dial Vol. 2
- 1986 Charlie Parker Story On Dial Vol. 1
- 1985 At Storyville [1988, D 100801, RE, US]
- 1985 Charlie Parker Story On Dial Vol. 1 (Westcoast Days) [1986, CP32-5103, JAPAN]
- 1982 Birdology [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1982 Fragments [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1982 Royal Roost Bop [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1977 Summit Meeting at Birdland
- 1977 One Night In Birdland [2014, SICP 4031-2, RE, RM, JAPAN]
- 1972 Volume III
- 1971 Memorial
- 1966 Charlie Parker & Miles Davis / First Recordings, Vol. 2
- 1966 Charlie Parker & Miles Davis / First Recordings, Vol. 1
- 1964/2018 Newly Discovered Sides By The Immortal Charlie Parker (Live)
- 1962/2018 The Bird Returns (Live)
- 1962 Once There Was Bird [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1962 The Bird Returns [1996, CY-78810, RE, RM, JAPAN]
- 1961 An Historical Meeting At The Summit [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1961 ''Bird'' Is Free [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1961 The Happy ''Bird'' [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1961 Jazz Perennial: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #7
- 1961 The Genius Of Charlie Parker No. 7: Jazz Perennial [2020 Remastered]
- 1960 Volume II
- 1958 The Fabulous Bird (Mono Version)
- 1957 Swedish Schnapps + The Great Quintet Sessions (Remastered 1991)
- 1957 April In Paris [2]
- 1957 Bird At St. Nick's [2]
- 1957 Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter [2012, EJC55567, RE, RM, EU]
- 1957 Nows the Time
- 1957 Night And Day: The Genius Of Charlie Parker, Vol. 1
- 1956 Bird & Diz
- 1955 Charlie Parker Memorial Vol. 1 [1991, SV-0101, RE, RM, JAPAN]
- 1955 The Magnificent Charlie Parker [2021 Remastered]
- 1954 Charlie Parker [2022, RE, RM, EU]
- 1953-1955 South Of The Border [2020 Remastered, Limited Edition]
- 1953 Complete Jazz At Massey Hall (2003 Remastered)
- 1953 Now's The Time
- 1953 Montreal 1953
- 1953 Charlie Parker
- 1953 One Night In Washington
- 1952 Jam Session (remastered 1990)
- 1952 Super Session (Japan Remastering 2001)
- 1952 Charlie Parker Jam Session
- 1952 Bird & Diz [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1952 The Immortal Charlie Parker [1991, SV-0102, RE, RM, JAPAN]
- 1951 Swedish Schnapps [remastered 1991]
- 1950 Bird At St Nick's
- 1950 One Night In Birdland (2CD) [SICP 4031-32, JAPAN]
- 1949 Bird At The Roost Vol.2 (Japan 1st Press 1988)
- 1949 The Bird Returns
- 1948 Bird On 52nd Street (Reissue, Remastered 1994)
- 1948 Charlie Parker Memorial Vol.1 (Japan)
- 1947 Bird Of Paradise
- 1947 Story On Dial, Vol.1: Westcoast Days [2]
- 1947 The Complete Verve Master Takes 3CD
- 1946 Legendary Dial Masters, Vol.1 & Vol.2
- 1945 The Charlie Parker Story [2]
- 1945 1945-11-26, WOR Studios, New York, NY
Anthology
- 2003 A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 [4]
- 2003 A Studio Chronical 1940-1948 (Disc C)
- 2003 Complete Verve Master Takes (CD1)(1947-1950)
- 2003 Complete Verve Master Takes (CD2)(1950-1952)
- 2003 The Complete Verve Master Takes (CD3)(1952-1954)
- 2002 Complete Studio Recordings On Savoy Years (CD1)
- 2002 Complete Studio Recordings On Savoy Years (CD2)
- 2002 Complete Studio Recordings On Savoy Years (CD3)
- 2002 Complete Studio Recordings On Savoy Years (CD4)
- 1996 Legendary Dial Masters (2CD)
Bootleg
- 1954 1954-08-27, Birdland, New York, NY
- 1951 Charlie Parker with Woody Herman Kansas City 1951-07-22
- 1950 New Brunswick, NJ - 1950-08-28
- 1950 1950-12-08, Birdland, New York, NY (rm v.2 goody)
- 1946 Finale Club, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles CA
Compilation
- 2024 Bird ’49: The Savoy Royal Roost Recordings
- 2024 Ornithology: The Best Of Bird
- 2022 Charlie Parker - A Selection
- 2021 His Finest Recordings [4CD]
- 2021 Charlie Parker On Dial
- 2021 Cool Blues
- 2021 Bird In LA [UCCV-45001/2, JAPAN]
- 2020 Bird 100
- 2020 Five Classic Albums [AMSC1364, UK]
- 2019 Afro-Color Jazz...Some Latin Bird! [RM, EU]
- 2019 The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection [CR02774, US]
- 2018 With Strings [Deluxe Edition, 2CD]
- 2017 3 Essential Albums [00600753764909, Italy]
- 2017 The Hits [3CD]
- 2016 Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes [00602547846587, EU]
- 2016 The Complete Integrale Charlie Parker, Vol. 12: Laird Baird 1952-1953
- 2012 The Complete Charlie Parker, Vol. 4 : Bird of Paradise 1947
- 2011 Chasin' The Bird [METRSL012, UK]
- 2010 150 Jazz Hits
- 2007 In A Soulful Mood [MCCD 620, UK]
- 2006 Charlie Parker For Lovers [0602498892985, EU]
- 2006 The Essence Of Charlie Parker [33310, RM, EU]
- 2006 BD Music & Cabu Present: Charlie Parker
- 2005 Chasin' The Bird (CD1) - Bird Takes Off
- 2005 Chasin' The Bird (CD2) - Bird At The Roost
- 2005 Chasin' The Bird (CD3) - Bird In Flight
- 2005 Chasin' The Bird (CD4) - Birdland And Elsewhere
- 2005 The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes CD2
- 2005 The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes CD1
- 2005 The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes CD4
- 2005 The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes CD3
- 2005 Liveology [545 450 663-2, RM, US]
- 2005 Retrospective 1940-1953 [2]
- 2005 The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes [DRCD 11273 4, SP]
- 2005 Chasin' The Bird [PROPERBOX 99, UK]
- 2005 Cool Blues [LATA123, NL]
- 2005 The Very Best Of The Dial Years [MCS 8031-2, RM, US]
- 2004 Jazz Ballads 16 (2CD)
- 2004 The Jazz Biography [TJB 55102, EU]
- 2004 Bird: 1941-1953
- 2003 Bird Up: The Originals [SVY 17148, US]
- 2003 The Complete Verve Master Takes [440 065 597-2, US]
- 2003 A Studio Chronicle 1940 - 1948 [JSP915, RM, UK]
- 2003 A Studio Chronicle: 1940-1948
- 2002 Boss Bird (CD1) - Ornithology
- 2002 Boss Bird (CD2) - Bluebird
- 2002 Boss Bird (CD3) - Parker's Mood
- 2002 Boss Bird (CD4) - My Little Suede Shoesp
- 2002 Simply The Best
- 2002 The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes [2]
- 2002 Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings [SVY 17120, US]
- 2002 Boss Bird (Studio Recordings 1944-1951) [PROPERBOX 46, RM, UK]
- 2002 Bird After Dark [SVY 17135, US]
- 2001 Greatest Verve Bop Quintets [DRCD11186, SP]
- 2000 Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Charlie Parker
- 2000 Complete Savoy & Dial Sessions [2001, DRCD44402, RE, RM, AD]
- 2000 Ken Burns Jazz - The Definitive Charlie Parker [314 549 084-2, US]
- 2000 1947-1949 [CLASSICS 1103, FR]
- 2000 Portrait [204128-325, DE]
- 2000 The Latin Bird [HDJ 4076, DE]
- 1999 Ultimate C. Parker
- 1999 Complete Savoy Sessions [DRCD11148, AD]
- 1999 Bluebird [311312, EU]
- 1999 Parker's Mood [CD 53329, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 10 [W 200.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes Last Unissued, Vol. 12 [W 842.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 13 [W 843.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 14 [W 844.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 15 - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody [W 845.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 16 [W 846.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 17 [W 847.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 18 - Stardust [W 848.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 19 [W 849.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 20 [W 850.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 21 [W 851.2, Italy]
- 1999 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 25 - Open Door '53 (2nd Part) [W 855.2, Italy]
- 1998 The Complete Live Performances On Savoy [SVY-17021-24, US]
- 1998 1945-1947 [CLASSICS 980, FR]
- 1998 1947 [CLASSICS 1000, FR]
- 1998 Bird Of Paradise [20.1980-HI, DE]
- 1998 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 9 [W 120.2, Italy]
- 1996 Bluebird
- 1996 Bird's Eyes - Vol. 09
- 1996 Simply The Best [2002, MBB 5193, RE, RM, AR]
- 1996 The Legendary Dial Masters [JZCL-5003, UK]
- 1996 Charlie Parker (1945-1953)
- 1995 Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 17 [2]
- 1995 Bird's Best Bop On Verve [527 452-2, DE]
- 1995 South Of The Border [527 779-2, RE, US]
- 1994 Plays Standards - Verve Jazz Masters 28 [521 854-2, DE]
- 1994 Jazz Giants [UN 2029, DE]
- 1993 Montréal, 1953 [UPCD 27.36, US]
- 1993 Verve Jazz Masters 15 [1994, 314 519 827-2, CA]
- 1992 The Essential Charlie Parker [314 517 173-2, US]
- 1992 Charlie Parker's Best Selection 26 [JC-6006, JAPAN]
- 1992 Best Selection
- 1991 Swedish Schnapps + The Great Quintet Sessions 1949-51
- 1990 The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings Of Charlie Parker [MD7-129, US]
- 1990 Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 1/4 [W 5/18-2, Italy]
- 1989 Charlie Parker On Dial Completed [2]
- 1989 On Dial Completed [CJ25-5043~6, RM, JAPAN]
- 1989 The Complete Dial Sessions [1993, ST-CD-567/68/69/70, RE, US]
- 1989 Rara Avis (Rare Bird) [ST-CD-21, US]
- 1989 On Savoy Years: Complete Edition
- 1988 Bird (The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve) [2005, 983 3382, EU]
- 1988 Bird - The Original Recordings Of Charlie Parker [837 176-2, US]
- 1988 Bird At The Roost Volume Two [K30Y-6243~4, RM, JAPAN]
- 1987 Bebop's Heartbeat [CDOR 9017, Italy]
- 1987 Masterworks 1946-1947 [1996, CD 53007, RE, DE]
- 1987 Charlie Parker [833 288-2, RM, DE]
- 1985 Charlie Parker Story On Dial Vol. 2: New York Days [1986, CP32-5104, JAPAN]
- 1983 Au Privave [1990, OR0063, UK]
- 1981 West Coast Time [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1978 The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions [1986, K30Y 6131-3, RE, JAPAN]
- 1976 Complete Savoy Masters [1999, DRCD11140, SP]
- 1974 Charlie Parker Jam Session [2]
- 1974 Jam Session 1952 [1996, CD 53120, RE, Italy]
- 1973 Complete Jazz At Massey Hall [2003, JFCD22856, RE, RM, SP]
- 1962 Historical Masterpieces [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1961 A Treasure Of Immortal Jazzmen [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1961 ''Bird'' Symbols [2023, RE, RM, EU]
- 1957 Swedish Schnapps + The Great Quintet Sessions 1949-51 [1991, 849 393-2, RE, US]
- 1954 Big Band [1999, 559 835-2, RE, RM, US]
- 1947 The Complete Verve Master Takes
Live album
- 2024 Bird In Kansas City (Live 1941-1951)
- 2016 Bird In Boston - Live At The Hi-hat 1953-1954 (2CD)
- 2000 Charlie Parker Live in Sweden 1950
- 1998 Complete Live Performances On Savoy (disc 4)
- 1997 Diz 'N Bird At Carnegie Hall [CDP 7243 8 57061 2 7, US]
- 1995 Bird at Carnegie Hall (Live)
- 1993 Live at Birdland and Cafe Society
- 1992 Jazz At The Philharmonic ''1946'' [1996, CD 53107, RE, DE]
- 1991 Bird & Chet - Inglewood Jam (Live At The Trade Winds, June 16, 1952) [JD 1209, DE]
- 1983 Parker Plus Strings
- 1983 The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert 1952 [1996, CD-JZCL-5014, RE, RM, US]
- 1977 Bird With Strings: Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland
- 1977 One Night In Birdland
- 1973 Toronto, Massey Hall, May 15, 1953 [1990, CD 53036, Italy]
- 1969 Bird & Pres at JAPT (Jazz At The Philharmonic)
- 1953 The Washington Concerts
- 1953 Charlie Parker At Storyville
- 1952 The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert (2CD)
- 1952 The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert 1952
- 1950 Bird & Fats Live At Birdland 1950
- 1949 Jazz At The Philharmonic (Reissue 1993)
- 1946 Jazz At The Philharmonic