Compiled by respected jazz label 'Kind of Blue Records' this anthology gathers together 88 tracks in chronological order. All cuts are fully annotated and there is a biography of "Bird" written especially by American jazz journalist, Ken Dryden. A complete overview of parker's unique playing in Quartet, quintet, sextet & orchestral settings with the likes of Miles Davis, Max Roach, Erroll Garner & Ella Fitzgerald.