Charlie Parker Story On Dial Volume 1: West Coast Days 01 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen Diggin' Diz (D. Gillespie) 02 The Charlie Parker Septet Moose The Mooche (C. Parker) 03 The Charlie Parker Septet Yardbird Suite (C. Parker) 04 The Charlie Parker Septet Ornithology (Harris, Parker) 05 The Charlie Parker Septet A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie, Paparelli) 06 The Charlie Parker Quintet Max Making Wax (Unknown Artista 07 The Charlie Parker Quintet Lover Man (Sherman, Davis, Ramirez) 08 The Charlie Parker Quintet The Gypsy (Reid) 09 The Howard McGhee Quintet Bebop (D. Gillespie) 10 The Charlie Parker Quartet This Is Always (Warren, Gordon) 11 The Charlie Parker Quartet Dark Shadows (S. Henry) 12 The Charlie Parker Quartet Bird's Nest (C. Parker) 13 The Charlie Parker Quartet Hot Blues (Cool Blues) (C. Parker) 14 The Charlie Parker Quartet Cool Blues (Hot Blues) (C. Parker) 15 The Charlie Parker Quartet Relaxin' At Camarillo (C. Parker) 16 The Charlie Parker Quartet Cheers (H. McGhee) 17 The Charlie Parker Quartet Carvin' The Bird (C. Parker) 18 The Charlie Parker Quartet Stupendous (C. Parker) Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (1), Howard McGhee (7 to 9, 15 to 18), Miles Davis (2 to 5, 15 to 18) Tenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (1 to 5), Wardell Gray (15 to 18) Guitar – Arvin Garrison (3 to 5), Barney Kessel (15 to 18) Piano – Dodo Marmarosa (2 to 5), Erroll Garner (10 to 14), George Handy (1), Jimmy Bunn (7 to 10) Bass – Bob Kesterson (6 to 9), Ray Brown (1), Red Callender (10 to 18), Vic McMillan (2 to 6) Drums – Don Lamond (15 to 18), Harold "Doc" West (10 to 14), Roy Porter (2 to 8), Stan Levey (1) Vocals – Earl Coleman (10 to 14) Recorded February 5th, 1946 to February 26, 1947; Hollywood, CA

1 "Catta" (Hill) 2 "Idle While" (Chambers) 3 "Les Noirs Marchant" (Hill) 4 "Dialogue" (Chambers) 5 "Ghetto Lights" (Hill) 6 "Jasper" (Hill) (CD Bonus) Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba (3, 4). Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone (1, 6) soprano saxophone (5), bass clarinet (4, 5, 6), flute (2, 3) Freddie Hubbard – trumpet Andrew Hill – piano Richard Davis – double bass Joe Chambers – drums (Note: CD was converted to 24bit PCM, and 2x up-sampled using an interpolative algorithm; thus the stream is of a 24-88 file, whereas the title describes the source properly as 16-44)

A1 Fine And Dandy A2 Fooling Myself A3 D.B. Blues A4 You're Driving Me Crazy A5 Easy Living B1 Polka Dots And Moonbeams B2 No Eyes Blues B3 This Years Kisses B4 There Will Never Be Another You B5 Jumpin' With Symphony Sid Trumpet – Paul Serreno Bass Trumpet – Cy Touff Vibraphone – Charles Stepney Piano – King Fleming Bass – Earl May, "L.D." Young Drums – Vernell Fournier Recorded at a club in Chicago in 1957.

"A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) "Here 'Tis" "Cool Blues" (Charlie Parker) "Watusi Jump" "Walk Wid Me" (All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as in Brackets) Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone Baby Face Willette - organ Grant Green - guitar Dave Bailey - drums Recorded January 23, 1961 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio