Charlie Parker Discography - session index

1940 (The age of 20)

• Charlie Parker 1  prob. Kansas City, KS, May 11, 1940
• Jay McShann Orch.  Trocadero Ballroom, Wichita, KS, Aug. 9, 1940
• Jay McShann Orch.  Trocadero Ballroom, Wichita, KS, Nov. 30, 1940
• Jay McShann Orch.  Trocadero Ballroom, Wichita, KS, Dec. 2, 1940

1941

• Jay McShann Orch.  Dallas, TX, Apr. 30, 1941
• Kansas City Band  Vic Damon Studio, Kansas City, KS, Sep., 1941, 1942

1942

• Clark Monroe  Clark Monroe's Uptown House, NYC, Jan.-Mar., 1942
• Jay McShann Orch.  Savoy Ball Room, NYC, Feb. 13, 1942
• Jay McShann Orch.  NYC, July 2, 1942

1943

• Billy Eckstine's Jam Session  Room 305 Of Savoy Hotel, Chicago, IL, Feb. 15, 1943
• Billy Eckstine's Jam Session  Room 305 Of Savoy Hotel, Chicago, IL, Feb. 28, 1943
• Benny Goodman 3 & 4  Chicago, IL, Feb., 1943
• Charlie Parker  same location, date
• Charlie Parker - Hazel Scott  Chicago, IL, 1943

1944

• Tiny Grimes 5  WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC, Sep. 15, 1944

1945 (The age of 25)

• Clyde Hart's All Stars  NYC, Jan. 4, 1945
• Clyde Bernhardt Kansas City Buddies  NYC, Jan., 1945
• Cootie Williams Orch.  RB, Savoy Ballroom, NYC, Feb. 12, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Feb. 28, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie All Stars  NYC, May 11, 1945
• Sarah Vaughan w/ Dizzy Gillespie 7  NYC, May 25, 1945
• Charlie Parker 6  Lincoln Square, NY, May 30, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, PA, June 5, 1945
• Red Norvo Selected 6  WOR Recording Studios, NYC, June 6, 1945
• Red Norvo Selected 6  same location, date
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker  Town Hall, NYC, June 22, 1945
• Sir Charles Thompson All Stars  NYC, Sep. 4, 1945
• Charlie Parker Rebeboppers  WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC, Nov. 26, 1945
• Charlie Parker  NYC, late 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie Bebop Six  AFRS Jubilee, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA, Dec. 29, 1945
• Slim Gaillard Orch.  prob. Hollywood, CA, Dec. 29, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker  prob. NYC, 1945

1946

• Dizzy Gillespie Rebop Six  WEAF RB, Billy Berg's Supper Club, Hollywood, CA, Jan. 24, 1946
• JATP  Philharmonic Auditorium, LA, Jan. 28, 1946
• JATP  same location, date
• Tempo Jazz Men / Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen  Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA, Feb. 5, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  California, Feb., 1946
• Charlie Parker 5  Finale Club, LA, early Mar., 1946
• Charlie Parker 7  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 28, 1946
• Charlie Parker w/ Nat King Cole 3  LA, Mar.-Apr., 1946
• JATP  Embassy Auditorium, LA, Apr. 22, 1946
• Charlie Parker 5  C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, CA, July 29, 1946
• Howard McGhee 5  same location, date

1947

• Howard McGhee 7  Chuck Copely's home, Hollywood, CA, Feb. 1, 1947
• Charlie Parker 7  same location, date
• Charlie Parker 4  same location, date
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Earl Coleman  C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, CA, Feb. 19, 1947
• Charlie Parker 4  same location, date
• Charlie Parker's New Stars  C.P. MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, CA, Feb. 26, 1947
• Howard McGhee 5  Hi-De-Ho Club, LA, Mar. 9, 1947
• Charlie Parker All Stars  Harry Smith Studios, NYC, May 8, 1947
• Miles Davis All Stars  Harry Smith Studios, NYC, Aug. 14, 1947
• Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians  WOR RB, NYC, Sep. 13, 1947
• Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians  WOR RB, NYC, Sep. 20, 1947
• Charlie Parker 5  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 29, 1947
• Original Charlie Parker 5  WOR Studios, NYC, Oct. 28, 1947
• Original Charlie Parker 5  WOR Studios, NYC, Nov. 4, 1947
• Barry Ulanov Metronome Jazzmen  RB, NYC, Nov. 8, 1947
• The Lost Milton H. Green Home Recordings  Milton H. Greene's photography studio, 480 Lexington Ave., NYC, late 1947
• Original Charlie Parker 5 w/ J.J. Johnson  WOR Studios, NYC, Dec. 17, 1947
• Original Charlie Parker 5  United Sound Studios, Detroit, MI, Dec. 21, 1947
• Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orch.  NYC, Dec., 1947, aut. 1948

1948

• Original Charlie Parker 5  Three Deuces, NYC, Mar. 31, 1948
• Original Charlie Parker 5  NYC, Mar., 1948
• Original Charlie Parker 5  Onyx Club, NYC, July 6, 1948
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Sep. 4, 1948
• Charlie Parker All Stars  Harry Smith Studios, NYC, Sep. 18, 1948
• Charlie Parker All Stars  Harry Smith Studios, NYC, Sep. 24, 1948
• Original Charlie Parker 5  NYC, aut. 1948
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Dec. 11, 1948
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Dec. 12, 1948
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Dec. 18, 1948
• Machito Orch.  NYC, Dec. 20, 1948
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Dec. 25, 1948

1949

• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 1, 1949
• The Metronome All Stars  RCA Studios, NYC, Jan. 3, 1949
• Royal Roost All Stars  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 8, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 15, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 22, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 29, 1949
• Machito Orch.  NYC, Jan., 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 4  NYC, Feb. 10, 1949
• JATP  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Feb. 11 or Nov. 2, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 12, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 19, 1949
• Charlie Parker 6  WPIX-TV Studios, NYC, Feb. 21, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 26, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  NYC, Feb.-Mar., 1949
• Charlie Parker All Stars  Adventures In Jazz, CBS-TV Studios, NYC, Mar. 4, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 12, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, May 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, May 8, 9 & 14 or 15, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Colisee Movie Theatre, Roubaix, France, May 12, 1949
• Festival International De Jazz All Stars  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, May 15, 1949
• Charlie Parker 6  NYC, sum. 1949
• JATP  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 18, 1949
• Ella Fitzgerald at JATP  same location, date
• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, aut. 1949
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Jimmy Carroll Orch.  Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 30, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, Nov., 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  The Stars Of Modern Jazz, Carnegie Hall, NYC, Dec. 24, 1949

1950 (The age of 30)

• Charlie Parker 5  Hotel Diplomat, NYC, early 1950
• Charlie Parker 6  Birdland, NYC, Feb. 14, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  St. Nicholas Arena, NYC, Feb. 18, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  same location, date
• Charlie Parker 4  NYC, Mar., 1950
• Gene Roland Orch.  Nola's Studio, NYC, Apr. 3, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  RB, Birdland, NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  same location, date
• Charlie Parker w/ Afro-Cuban Band  NYC, May 19 & 20, 1950
• Charlie Parker 7  NYC, May-July, 1950
• Apartment Jam Sessions  NYC, June 4, 11, 18 & 25, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  NYC, June 6, 1950
• Miles Davis' Birdland All Stars  Birdland, NYC, June 30, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  Birdland, NYC, June-July, 1950
• Charlie Parker 6  same location, date
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Joe Lippman Orch.  Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July 5, 1950
• Charlie Parker 4  prob. NYC, July, 1950
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Strings  Apollo Theater, NYC, Aug. 22, 1950
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Strings  Apollo Theater, NYC, Aug. 23, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  New Brunswick, NJ, Aug. 28, 1950
• Charlie Parker w/ Strings at JATP  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 16, 1950
• Charlie Parker 6  Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago, IL, Oct. 23, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, Oct., 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  Amiralen Dance Hall, Malmo, Sweden, Nov. 22, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  Folkets Park, Helsingborg, Sweden, Nov. 24, 1950
• Charlie Parker 7  same location, date
• Charlie Parker w/ Maurice Moufflard Orch.  Studio Washington, Le Poste Parisien, Paris, France, Nov. 28, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, Dec. 8, 1950
• Machito Orch.  NYC, Dec. 21, 1950 or late 1948
• Charlie Parker 6  live at unknown dance hall, Chicago, IL, 1950
• Apartment Jam Sessions  prob. NYC, c. 1950

1951

• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, Jan. 17, 1951
• Charlie Parker's Jazzers  NYC, Mar. 12, 1951
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Strings  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 22, 1951
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Strings  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 24, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 31, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  RB, Voice Of America, Birdland, NYC, spr. 1951
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Strings  Birdland, NYC, Apr. 7, 1951
• Charlie Parker 7  Christy's Restaurant, Framingham, Apr. 12, 1951
• Charlie Parker 4  Boston, MA or Philadelphia, PA or Brooklyn, NY, Apr., 1951
• Charlie Parker 4  Eastern Parkway Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY, June 23, 1951
• Charlie Parker 5  same location, date
• Charlie Parker 5  Boston, MA or Philadelphia, PA or Brooklyn, NY, June, 1951
• Charlie Parker 6  Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, June, 1951
• Woody Herman Orch.  Municipal Arena, Kansas City, July 22, 1951
• Charlie Parker 5  RCA 24th Street Studios, NYC, Aug. 8, 1951
• Charlie Parker 3  NYC, Aug., 1951
• Charlie Parker 6  NYC, 1951

1952

• Charlie Parker w/ Joe Lippman Orch.  First Ave. & East 44th St., NYC, Jan. 22, 1952
• Charlie Parker 6  NYC, Jan. 23, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  Dumont TV Studios, NYC, Feb. 24, 1952
• Charlie Parker 4  Loew's Valencia Theater, Jamaica, Mar. 24, 1952
• Charlie Parker w/ Joe Lippman Orch.  First Ave. & East 44th St., NYC, Mar. 25, 1952
• Charlie Parker 6  Loew's Valencia Theater, Jamaica, Mar. 25, 1952
• Harry Babasin 6  Trade Winds Club, Inglewood, CA, June 16, 1952
• Norman Granz' Jam Session  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, July, 1952
• Charlie Parker 4  RB, Birdland, NYC, Sep. 20, 1952
• Charlie Parker 5 w/ Strings  Rockland Palace, NYC, Sep. 26, 1952
• Charlie Parker 8  Howard Theater, Washington, DC, Oct. 17, 1952
• Charlie Parker 5  Birdland, NYC, Nov. 1, 1952
• Charlie Parker 5 w/ Strings  Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1st set, Nov. 14, 1952
• Charlie Parker 6 w/ Strings  Carnegie Hall, NYC, 2nd set, Nov. 14, 1952
• Charlie Parker 6  Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, Dec. 8-12, 1952
• Charlie Parker 4  Fulton Recording Studios, NYC, Dec. 30, 1952

1953

• Miles Davis 6  WOR Studios, NYC, Jan. 30, 1953
• Charlie Parker 6  CBC-TV Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Feb. 5, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  Chez Paree Nightclub, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Feb. 7, 1953
• Charlie Parker 7  Bandbox, NYC, Feb. 16, 1953
• Joe Theimer Orch.  Club Kavakos, Washington, DC, Feb. 22, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4  Howard Theater, Washington, DC, Mar. 8, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4  WHDH RB, Storyville, Boston, MA, Mar. 10, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  Bandbox, NYC, Mar. 23, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4  Bandbox, NYC, Mar. 30, 1953
• Charlie Parker 9  NYC, Apr., 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  Birdland, NYC, May 9, 1953
• The 5  Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
• Chalie Parker 4  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, May 22, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 6 w/ Miles Davis  Birdland, NYC, May 23, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Gil Evans Orch.  Fulton Recording Studios, NYC, May 25, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, May 30, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4  WJZ RB, NYC, May, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, June 14, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4  Fulton Recording Studios, NYC, July 28, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  WHDH RB, Storyville, Boston, MA, Sep. 22, 1953
• Chet Baker 4 w/ Charlie Parker  University Of Oregon, OR, Nov. 5, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, Dec. 19 & 20, 1953
• Tony Fruscella 5  Tony Fruscella's home, NYC, 1953
• Charlie Parker  prob. NYC, 1953?

1954

• Charlie Parker 5  WCOP RB, Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, Jan. 18, 1954
• Charlie Parker 6  WCOP RB, Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, Jan. 23, 1954
• Charlie Parker 5  WCOP RB, Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, Jan. 24, 1954
• Stan Kenton Orch. w/ Charlie Parker  Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR, Feb. 25, 1954
• Charlie Parker 5  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 31, 1954
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Strings  WABC RB, Birdland, NYC, Aug. 27, 1954
• Charlie Parker 5  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 25, 1954
• Charlie Parker 5  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 10, 1954

Others

• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, unknown date