Yardbird suite: a compendium of the music and life of Charlie Parker

Introduction

The Musician: Many Things Was He

1. The Early Bird: Out of Nowhere (1920-1939)

2. Kansas City Roots: The Jay McShann Band (1939-1942)

3. Out of the Apple: On the Road with Hines, Eckstine, and Others (Late 1942-Fall 1944)

4. Fifty-second Street Scene

Part One: The Sideman (Fall 1944-Early 1945)

5. Fifty-second Street Scene

Part Two: Bird and Diz (March-November 1945)

6. So What, Horace Greeley? The Western Venture (December 1945-February 1946)

7. On the Coast: A Purgatorial Period (February 1946-March 1947)

8. The Classic Period

Part One: Chasin' the Bird (April-September 1947)

9. The Classic Period

Part Two: Bird Feathers (October-December 1947)

10. The Classic Period

Part Three: Merry-Go-Round (January-September 1948)

11. The Royal Roost: Live Recordings (September 1948-March 1949)

12. A European Jaunt: The Paris Festival (Spring 1949)

13. The String Group: Lullabies of Birdland (June-December 1949).