Disc One - Ornithology
1. TINY'S TEMPO (Grimes, Hart) 1944
2. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME (Grimes) 1944
3. ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE (Grimes) 1944
4. RED CROSS (Parker) 1944
5. BILLIE'S BOUNCE (Parker) 1945
6. WARMING UP A RIFF (Parker) 1945
7. NOW'S THE TIME (Parker) 1945
8. THRIVING ON A RIFF (Parker, Gillespie) 1945
9. KO-KO (Parker) 1945
10. MOOSE THE MOOCHE (Parker) 1946
11. YARDBIRD SUITE (Parker) 1946
12. ORNITHOLOGY (Harris, Parker) 1946
13. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie, Paparelli) 1946
14. MAX IS MAKING WAX (Parker) 1946
15. LOVERMAN (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) 1946
16. THE GYPSY (Reid) 1946
17. BEBOP (Gillespie) 1946
18. THIS IS ALWAYS (Coleman) 1947
19. DARK SHADOWS (Coleman) 1947
20. BIRD'S NEST (Parker) 1947
21. HOT BLUES (Parker) 1947
22. COOL BLUES (Parker) 1947
23. RELAXIN' AT CAMARILLO (Parker) 1947
24. CHEERS (McGhee) 1947
25. CARVIN' THE BIRD (McGhee) 1947
26. STUPENDOUS (McGhee) 1947

Disc Two - Bluebird
1. DONNA LEE (Davis) 1947
2. CHASIN' THE BIRD (Parker) 1947
3. CHERYL (Parker) 1947
4. BUZZY (Parker) 1947
5. DEXTERITY (Parker) 1947
6. BONGO BOP (Parker) 1947
7. DEWEY SQUARE (Parker) 1947
8. THE HYMN (Parker) 1947
9. BIRD OF PARADISE (Parker) 1947
10. EMBRACEABLE YOU (Gershwin) 1947
11. BIRD FEATHERS (Parker) 1947
12. KLACTOVEESEDSTENE (Parker) 1947
13. SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE (Parker) 1947
14. MY OLD FLAME (Johnston, Coslow) 1947
15. OUT OF NOWHERE (Heyman, Green) 1947
16. DON'T BLAME ME (Fields, McHugh) 1947
17. DRIFTING ON A REED (Parker) 1948
18. QUASIMODO (Parker) 1948
19. CHARLIE'S WIG (Parker) 1948
20. BONGO BEEP (Parker) 1948
21. CRAZEOLOGY (Harris) 1948
22. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN (Berlin) 1948
23. ANOTHER HAIR-DO (Parker) 1948
24. BLUEBIRD (Parker) 1948
25. KLAUNSTANCE (Parker) 1948
26. BIRD GETS THE WORM (Parker) 1948

Disc Three - Parker's Mood
1. BARBADOS (Parker) 1948
2. AH-LEU-CHA (Parker) 1948
3. CONSTELLATION (Parker) 1948
4. PARKER'S MOOD (Parker) 1948
5. PERHAPS (Parker) 1948
6. MARMADUKE (Parker) 1948
7. STEEPLECHASE (Parker) 1948
8. MERRY-GO-ROUND (Parker) 1948
9. THE BIRD (Parker) 1949
10. REPETITION (Hefti) 1949
11. NO NOISE, PTS 1 & 2 (Bartee) 1949
12. MANGO MANGUE (Valdez, Sunshine) 1949
13. OKIEDOKE (Valdez, Machito) 1949
14. CARDBOARD (Parker) 1949
15. VISA (Parker) 1949
16. SEGMENT (Parker) 1949
17. PASSPORT (Parker) 1949
18. PASSPORT (Parker) 1949
19. JUST FRIENDS (Lewis, Klenner) 1950
20. EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME (Dennis, Adair) 1950
21. APRIL IN PARIS (Harburg, Duke) 1950
22. SUMMERTIME (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) 1950
23. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME
IT WAS (Rodgers, Hart) 1950
24. IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU (Robin, Rainger) 1950
25. STAR EYES (Raye, De Paul) 1950

Disc Four - My Little Suede Shoes
1. BLUES (FAST) (Parker) 1950
2. I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Fields, McHugh) 1950
3. DANCING IN THE DARK (Schwartz, Dietz) 1950
4. OUT OF NOWHERE (Heyman, Green) 1950
5. LAURA (Raskin, Mercer) 1950
6. EAST OF THE SUN (Bowman) 1950
7. THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (Gershwin, Gershwin) 1950
8. EASY TO LOVE (Porter) 1950
9. I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Fields, McHugh) 1950
10. I'LL REMEMBER APRIL (Raye, De Paul) 1950
11. AU PRIVAVE (Parker) 1951
12. SHE ROTE (Parker) 1951
13. K.C. BLUES (Parker) 1951
14. STAR EYES (Raye, De Paul) 1951
15. MY LITTLE SUEDE SHOES (Parker) 1951
16. UN POQUITO DE TU AMOR (Guttierez) 1951
17. TICO TICO (Oliviera, Abreu) 1951
18. FIESTA (Parker) 1951
19. WHY DO I LOVE YOU? (Kern, Hammerstein) 1951
20. BLUES FOR ALICE (Parker) 1951
21. SI SI (Parker) 1951
22. SWEDISH SCHNAPPS (Shavers) 1951
23. BACK HOME BLUES (Parker) 1951
24. LOVERMAN (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) 1951

Compiled and produced for release by Joop Visser.
Digital remastering by Peter Rynston at Tall Order Mastering.

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