One Night in Birdland is a live album by saxophone player Charlie Parker, trumpeter Fats Navarro, pianist Bud Powell, bassist Curley Russell, and drummer Art Blakey recorded at Birdland on May 15–16, 1950.
[2] Critic Scott Yanow noted, "the recording quality is not state of the art but the music on this two-LP set is often quite brilliant."
[2] Richard Cook praised the album and awarded it four out of four stars, calling it a "marvelous moment" and praised Navarro in particular, claiming "There are moments on this when Parker is very nearly eclipsed by Fats Navarro.
"[3] The album received a five out of five rating from John Swenson of The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide.
[4] John McDonough of DownBeat praised the album, noting, "Navarro and Parker are not merely throwing lines back and forth.