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There are 168 Charlie Parker live recordings in the Miles Ahead database (73 hr, 29 min). Click on a venue for details. See the main tapes page for a key to abbreviations and criteria for quality.
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| Probably May-November 1940 | Unknown venue, Kansas City | Charlie Parker solo | Private recording (Acetate) | C | 4 |
| August 9, 1940 | Trocadero Ballroom, Wichita | Jay McShann Orchestra | Private recording (Paper disc) | B- | 4 |
| November 30, 1940 | KFBI Studio, Wichita | Jay McShann Orchestra | KFBI radio recording (Acetate) | B- | 6 |
| December 2, 1940 | KFBI Studio, Wichita | Jay McShann Orchestra | KFBI radio recording (Acetate) | B- | 15 |
| February 6, 1941 | Unknown venue, Kansas City | Jay McShann Orchestra | Private recording (Acetate) | B- | 9 |
| Early 1942 | Clark Monroe's Uptown House, New York | Clark Monroe's Band | Private recording (Paper disc) | B- | 3 |
| February 13, 1942 | Savoy Ballroom, New York | Jay McShann Orchestra | Private recording (Acetate) | B | 23 |
| February 15, 1943 | Savoy Hotel, Room 305, Chicago | Informal trio | Private recording (Acetate) | B- | 8 |
| February 15, 1943 | Unknown venue, Chicago | Jam session | Private recording (Acetate) | B- | 23 |
| Unknown 1943 | Unknown venue, Unknown city | Charlie Parker playing along with records | Private recording (Acetate) | C+ | 8 |
| Autumn 1943 | Vic Damon Studio, Kansas City | Informal trio | Private recording (Acetate) | C | 14 |
| Unknown date 1944 | NBC Studios, New York | Jay McShann and His Orchestra | AFRS Jubilee | B | 23 |
| Unknown (late) 1944 | Savoy Ballroom, New York | Cootie Williams Sextet | Unknown radio broadcast | C+ | 4 |
| January 9, 1945 | Nola's at Broadway, New York | Clyde Bernhardt and His Kansas City Buddies | Private recording (Glass-based acetate test pressings) | C+ | 11 |
| February 12, 1945 | Savoy Ballroom, New York | Cootie Williams Orchestra/Sextet | WOR-AM radio broadcast | B | 31 |
| May 30, 1945 (?) | Lincoln Square, New York | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Acetate) | B- | 4 |
| June 5, 1945 | Academy of Music, Philadelphia | Dizzy Gillespie Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | B- | 4 |
| June 22, 1945 | Town Hall, New York | Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars | Private recording (acetate) | B | 41 |
| December 10, 1945 | NBC Studios, Hollywood | Dizzy Gillespie and His Rebop Six | AFRS Jubilee | B | 41 |
| December 17, 1945 | NBC Studios, Hollywood | Boyd Raeburn Orchestra | AFRS Jubilee | B | 31 |
| December 17, 1945 | Billy Berg's Club, Hollywood | Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra | Unknown radio broadcast | C | 15 |
| January 24, 1946 | NBC Studios, Hollywood | Dizzy Gillespie and His Rebop Six | WEAF-AM radio broadcast | C+ | 3 |
| February 4, 1946 | Freddie James's house, Los Angeles | Jam session | Private recording (Acetate) | C+ | 4 |
| March 1946 | Finale Club, Los Angeles | Charlie Parker Quintet | KXLA radio broadcast | B | 22 |
| April 1946 | NBC Studios, Hollywood | All-Star jam session | AFRS Jubilee | B | 10 |
| Unknown 1947 | Unknown venues, Los Angeles | Dean Benedetti items | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 17 |
| Unknown 1947 (?) | Unknown venue, Unknown city | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | C | 4 |
| Unknown 1947-1948 | Unknown venue, Unknown city | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | C | 6 |
| February 1, 1947 | Chuck Kopely's apartment, Hollywood | Jam session | Private recording (Acetate) | C | 15 |
| February-March 1947 | Unknown venue, Los Angeles | Jam session | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 2 |
| March 1, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 10 |
| March 2, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 31 |
| March 1-7, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 9 |
| March 1, 2, 4 or 5, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 23 |
| March 6, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 23 |
| March 7, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 36 |
| March 8, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 30 |
| March 9, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 34 |
| March 11, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 18 |
| March 12, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 21 |
| March 13, 1947 | Hi-De-Ho Club, Los Angeles | Howard McGhee Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti acetate) | C+ | 16 |
| May 5, 1947 | Carnegie Hall, New York | Jazz at the Philharmonic | Unknown radio broadcast | B | 12 |
| Autumn 1947 (?) | Milton Green's apartment, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Acetate) | C+ | 15 |
| September 13, 1947 | Mutual Studios, New York | Barry Ulanov and His All-Star Metronome Jazzmen | WOR-AM radio broadcast | B | 30 |
| September 20, 1947 | Mutual Studios, New York | Barry Ulanov and His All-Star Metronome Jazzmen | WOR-AM radio broadcast | B | 30 |
| November 8, 1947 | Mutual Studios, New York | Barry Ulanov and His All-Star Metronome Jazzmen | WOR-AM radio broadcast | B | 30 |
| November 11-23, 1947 (?) | Argyle Show Lounge, Chicago | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | C+ | 13 |
| Late 1947 (?) | Unknown venue, Waukegan | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | C+ | 15 |
| January 3-6, 1948 | New Savoy Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 4 |
| March 31, 1948 | Three Deuces, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) | B | 25 |
| May 23, 1948 | Washington Music Hall, Washington | Dixieland vs. Bebop All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B | 68 |
| May-June 1948 | Unknown location, New York | Charlie Parker interview | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 24 |
| July 6-11, 1948 | Onyx Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) | C | 56 |
| July 7, 1948 | Onyx Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) | C | 4 |
| July 10, 1948 | Onyx Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) | C | 36 |
| July 11, 1948 | Onyx Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Dean Benedetti tape) | C | 37 |
| September 4, 1948 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 57 |
| September 26, 1948 | Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Dizzy Gillespie Big Band | Private recording (Acetate) | C | 37 |
| September 26, 1948 | Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Tape) | C | 5 |
| October 16, 1948 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Dizzy Gillespie Big Band | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B- | 5 |
| November 22, 1948 | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles | Jazz at the Philharmonic | Acetate | B | 14 |
| December 11, 1948 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 33 |
| December 12, 1948 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 10 |
| December 18, 1948 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 14 |
| December 25, 1948 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 24 |
| January 1, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 53 |
| January 15, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 20 |
| January 22, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 17 |
| January 29, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 5 |
| February 5, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 14 |
| February 11, 1949 | Carnegie Hall, New York | Jazz at the Philharmonic | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 112 |
| February 12, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 30 |
| February 19, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 31 |
| February 21, 1949 | WPIX-TV Studio, New York | Metronome Award Show | WPIX-TV broadcast | B | 13 |
| February 26, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Septet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 30 |
| March 5, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Septet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 55 |
| March 5, 1949 | Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York | Charlie Parker All-Stars | Unknown air check | B- | 7 |
| March 11, 1949 | CBS-TV Studio, New York | Jam session | CBS-TV broadcast | B | 14 |
| March 12, 1949 | Royal Roost Club, New York | Charlie Parker Septet | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 41 |
| March 28-April 10, 1949 (?) | Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | C+ | 52 |
| May 8-15, 1949 | Salle Pleyel, Paris | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 66 |
| May 12, 1949 | Colisée Movie Theatre, Roubaix | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Acetate) | B- | 29 |
| May 15, 1949 | Salle Pleyel, Paris | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B | 5 |
| October 1, 1949 | Bluebird Inn, Detroit | Phil Hill Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | C | 0 |
| Late November 1949 | Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 56 |
| December 25, 1949 | Carnegie Hall, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Voice of America radio broadcast | B | 28 |
| February 14, 1950 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 44 |
| February 18, 1950 | St. Nicholas Arena, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 64 |
| Mid-March 1950 | Café Society Downtown, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 33 |
| April 1950 | Unknown venue, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | C | 17 |
| April 3, 1950 | Nola Penthouse Studios, New York | Gene Roland Orchestra | Private recording (Tape) | B | 29 |
| May 1, 1950 | Unknown venue, New York | Interview with Marshall Stearns and Jim Maher | Private recording (Tape) | B | 21 |
| May 17, 1950 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Tape) | B | 95 |
| May 19, 1950 | Renaissance Ballroom, New York | Machito's Afro-Cuban band | Private recording (Tape) | B | 15 |
| May 28, 1950 | William Henry Apartments, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Wire) | B- | 34 |
| June 1950 | William Henry Apartments, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Wire) | B- | 16 |
| June-July 1950 | Café Society Downtown, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 51 |
| June 30, 1950 | Birdland, New York | Birdland All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B | 87 |
| Summer 1950 | Unknown venue, New York | Charlie Parker Quartet | Unknown radio broadcast | B- | 5 |
| August 17-23, 1950 | Apollo Theater, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | Private recording (Tape) | B | 64 |
| August 23, 1950 | Apollo Theater, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | WMCA-AM radio broadcast | B | 7 |
| August 28, 1950 | Rainbow Inn, New Brunswick | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 26 |
| October 31, 1950 | Unknown TV studio, New York | Charlie Parker studio band | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 7 |
| November 5, 1950 | Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Charlie Parker Septet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 49 |
| November 22, 1950 | Amiralen Dance Hall, Malmö | Charlie Parker and His Swedish All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 36 |
| November 24, 1950 | Folkparken (Folkets Park), Helsingborg | Charlie Parker and His Swedish All-Stars | Private recording (Wire) | B- | 61 |
| November 24, 1950 | Restaurang Sjöcrona, Helsingborg | Jam session | Private recording (Wire) | B- | 21 |
| November 28, 1950 | Studio Washington, Le Poste Parisien, Paris | Charlie Parker with the Maurice Moufflard Orchestra | O.R.T.F. radio broadcast | B | 3 |
| December 23, 1950 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WJZ-AM radio broadcast | B | 20 |
| Unknown date, probably 1950-1951 | Buddy Johnson's basement, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | C | 60 |
| January 19, 1951 | Diplomat Hotel, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | C | 17 |
| February 1951 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker interview | Voice of America radio broadcast | B | 6 |
| February 11, 1951 | Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 35 |
| March 24, 1951 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | WJZ-AM radio broadcast | B | 19 |
| March 31, 1951 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WJZ-AM radio broadcast | B | 25 |
| April 1-3, 1951 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | Voice of America radio broadcast | B- | 30 |
| April 7, 1951 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | WJZ-AM radio broadcast | B | 24 |
| April 12, 1951 | Christy's Restaurant, Framingham | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 31 |
| April 21, 1951 | Symphony Ballroom, Boston | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 79 |
| June 23, 1951 | Eastern Parkway Ballroom, Brooklyn | Charlie Parker Quintet | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 52 |
| July 22, 1951 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City | Woody Herman Orchestra | Private recording (Tape) | B | 51 |
| August 1951 | Lennie Tristano's studio, New York | Charlie Parker All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 8 |
| November 4, 1951 | Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia | Charlie Parker Sextet | Private recording (Tape) | C+ | 14 |
| February 24, 1952 | Dumont TV Studio, New York | Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie | Dumont Network TV broadcast | B | 6 |
| March 24, 1952 | Loew's Valencia Theatre, Jamiaca | Jerry Jerome All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 38 |
| June 16, 1952 | Trade Winds Club, Inglewood | Harry Babasin All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B | 44 |
| July 1952 | Unknown location, Los Angeles | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 5 |
| July 14, 1952 | Jirayr Zorthian's ranch, Altadena | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 62 |
| July 28, 1952 | Jirayr Zorthian's ranch, Altadena | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 14 |
| Autumn 1952 | Parker's home, New York | Charlie Parker interview | Private recording (Tape) | B | 6 |
| September 20, 1952 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quartet | Unknown radio broadcast | B+ | 11 |
| September 26, 1952 | Rockland Palace Ballroom, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | Private recording (Tape) | B | 113 |
| October 18, 1952 | Howard Theatre, Washington | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B | 57 |
| November 1, 1952 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker with the Modern Jazz Quartet | Unknown radio broadcast | B | 10 |
| November 14, 1952 | Carnegie Hall, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | Location recording | B- | 117 |
| December 1952 | Apollo Theater, New York | Charlie Parker with Buster Harding Orchestra | Unknown radio broadcast | B- | 3 |
| December 8-14, 1952 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | Unknown radio broadcast | B | 11 |
| December 14, 1952 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | WCOP-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 42 |
| Unknown 1953 | Tony Fruscella's apartment, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | C | 29 |
| February 5, 1953 | CBC-TV Studio, Montreal | Charlie Parker All-Stars | Unknown TV broadcast | B | 13 |
| February 7, 1953 | Chez Paree Nightclub, Montreal | Charlie Parker All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B | 35 |
| February 16, 1953 | Band Box, New York | Bill Harris-Chubby Jackson Herd | WMGM-AM radio broadcast | B- | 15 |
| February 21-22, 1953 | Howard Theatre, Washington | Charlie Parker Quartet | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 23 |
| February 22, 1953 | Club Kavakos, Washington | Charlie Parker All-Stars | Private recording (Tape) | B | 30 |
| March 10, 1953 | Storyville, Boston | Charlie Parker All-Stars | WHDH-AM radio broadcast | B | 19 |
| March 23, 1953 | Band Box, New York | Charlie Parker All-Stars | WMGM-AM radio broadcast | B | 5 |
| March 30, 1953 | Band Box, New York | Charlie Parker Quartet | WMGM-AM radio broadcast | B | 22 |
| May 9, 1953 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quartet with Candido | WABC-AM radio broadcast | B- | 19 |
| May 15, 1953 | Massey Hall, Toronto | Quintet of the Year | Private recording (Tape) | B | 74 |
| May 22, 1953 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quartet | WABC-AM radio broadcast | B- | 10 |
| May 23, 1953 | Birdland, New York | Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars | WABC-AM radio broadcast | B- | 10 |
| May 30, 1953 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quintet | WJZ-AM radio broadcast | B+ | 15 |
| May-June 1953 (?) | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker Quartet | WJZ-AM radio broadcast | B | 6 |
| June 13, 1953 | WHDH studio, Boston | Interview | WHDH-AM radio broadcast | B | 18 |
| June 14, 1953 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | WCOP-AM radio broadcast | B | 22 |
| June 26, 1953 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker with the Max Roach Quartet | WABC-AM radio broadcast | B- | 18 |
| July 26, 1953 | Open Door, New York | Jam session | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 67 |
| September 22, 1953 | Storyville, Boston | Charlie Parker All-Stars | WHDH-AM radio broadcast | B | 22 |
| November 4, 1953 | Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene | Charlie Parker with the Chet Baker Quartet | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 13 |
| January 4-10, 1954 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | WCOP-AM radio broadcast | B | 51 |
| January 18, 1954 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | WCOP-AM radio broadcast | B | 30 |
| January 23, 1954 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | WCOP-AM radio broadcast | B | 22 |
| January 24, 1954 | Hi-Hat Club, Boston | Charlie Parker and His All-Stars | WCOP-AM radio broadcast | B | 30 |
| Early 1954 | WHDH studio, Boston | Interview | WHDH-AM radio broadcast | B | 13 |
| February 25, 1954 | Civic Auditorium, Portland | Stan Kenton Big Band | Private recording (Tape) | B- | 13 |
| June 10, 1954 | Unknown venue, Lowell | Interview with Bob Bachelder | WCAP-AM radio | B | 13 |
| August 27, 1954 | Birdland, New York | Charlie Parker with Strings | WABC-AM radio broadcast | B | 15 |
| Late 1954-Early 1955 | Dick Meldonian's apartment, New York | Charlie Parker with Dick Meldonian | Private recording (Tape) | B | 10 |
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