Charlie Parker is da sh#ts!
I recently got to view rare film footage of many of the Jazz legends, including Parker. And this past weekend, I had sex while Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" was playing on the CD player. On Sunday, three of my buddies who make up the Richard Glaser Trio (a local Los Angeles jazz band) came over to play cards and smoke some sticks. So yes, I am a jazz fan.
For Charlie Parker, I like "Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years", and "Yardbird Suites". But there are so many collections now, that anything you pick up is good.
If you don't have Coltrane's "Ballads", you should definately get it. Its one of my favorite.
choner