This release can be seen, informed by the 100th anniversary of Parker’s birth, as an occasion for not only celebration, but reexamination and rediscovery, based upon the special qualities these particular performances provide. Parker is the focal point, the vortex of energy and ingenuity. The effect of hearing him in this arena of spontaneity and inventiveness is like watching Edison at work in his laboratory. It is Parker at his most audacious – and prophetic. (Art Lange) Track 1-16: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach (track 8-10: Kenny Dorham replaces Miles Davis) Track 17-22: Charlie Parker, Kenny Dorham, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach Track 23-27: Charlie Parker, Red Rodney, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haines Track 28-30: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Don Byas on 29 only, Al Haig, Curley Russell, Max Roach

Program

1. Groovin' High 04:51 2. Big Foot 04:44 3. Ornithology 05:38 4. Hot House 04:25 5. Salt Peanuts 03:52 6. Chasin' The Bird 04:22 7. Out Of Nowhere 03:20 8. Scrapple From The Apple 04:08 9. Be Bop 03:18 10. Hot House 05:09 11. Oop Bop Sh'bam 04:59 12. Scrapple From The Apple 04:34 13. Salt Peanuts 04:10 14. Scrapple From The Apple 03:46 15. Barbados 03:53 16. Salt Peanuts 03:39 17. Scrapple From The Apple 04:30 18. Barbados 03:53 19. Be Bop 03:15 20. Groovin' High 04:48 21. Confirmation 03:35 22. Salt Peanuts 03:43 23. Ornithology 04:24 24. Cheryl 05:02 25. KoKo 05:10 26. Birds Of Paradise 06:08 27. Now's The Time 05:11 28. Be Bop 06:31 29. A Night In Tunisia 07:16 30. Salt Peanuts 06:56