The Complete Live Performances on Savoy

by Charlie Parker

The Complete Live Performances on Savoy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Savoy Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 4:30:05
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Complete Live Performances on Savoy' gathers Parker's live recordings for the Savoy label from the 1940s and early 1950s. The set documents his bebop groups in club and concert settings, outside the studio context of the canonical sessions.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, improvisation, acoustic, live, complex

Tracklist

  1. 52nd Street Theme (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (5:22)
  2. Koko (Live At The Royal Roost / 1948) (2:31)
  3. Groovin' High (Live At The Royal Roost / 1948) (5:02)
  4. Big Foot (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (4:43)
  5. Ornithology (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (5:43)
  6. Slow Boat To China (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (5:19)
  7. Hot House (Live At The Royal Roost / 1948) (4:24)
  8. Salt Peanuts (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (3:52)
  9. Chasin' The Bird (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (4:25)
  10. Out Of Nowhere (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (3:19)
  11. How High The Moon (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (2:57)
  12. Half Nelson (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (4:44)
  13. White Christmas (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (5:10)
  14. Little Willie Leaps (Live At The Royal Roost, 1948) (3:53)
  15. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid / Be-Bop (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (5:04)
  16. Slow Boat To China (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (4:29)
  17. Ornithology (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (4:52)
  18. Groovin' High (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (5:35)
  19. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (4:37)
  20. Cheryl (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (4:40)
  21. How High The Moon (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (5:04)
  22. Scrapple From The Apple (4:08)
  23. Be-Bop (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (3:31)
  24. Hot House (Live) (5:06)
  25. Oop Bop Sh' Bam (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (5:05)
  26. Scrapple From The Apple (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (4:39)
  27. Salt Peanuts (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (4:08)
  28. Groovin' High (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (3:43)
  29. Scrapple From The Apple (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 3) (3:29)
  30. Barbados (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (3:51)
  31. Salt Peanuts (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (3:42)
  32. Scrapple From The Apple (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 4) (4:52)
  33. Barbados (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (3:56)
  34. Be-Bop (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (3:28)
  35. Groovin' High (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 3) (4:47)
  36. Confirmation (Live At The Royal Roost / 1949) (3:35)
  37. Salt Peanuts (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 3) (3:55)
  38. Half-Nelson (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (3:42)
  39. A Night In Tunisia (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (4:53)
  40. Scrapple From The Apple (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 5) (4:59)
  41. Deedle (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 1) (2:39)
  42. What's This? (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (2:15)
  43. Cheryl (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (3:49)
  44. Anthropology (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (5:51)
  45. Hurry Home (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (2:27)
  46. Deedle (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (2:06)
  47. Royal Roost Bop (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (2:12)
  48. Cheryl (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 3) (3:25)
  49. Slow Boat To China (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949 / 2) (4:40)
  50. Chasin' The Bird (Live At The Royal Roost, 1949) (6:37)
  51. There's A Small Hotel (Live At Pershing Hotel Ballroom, 1950) (10:13)
  52. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Live At Pershing Hotel Ballroom, 1950) (2:04)
  53. Keen And Peachy (Live At Pershing Hotel Ballroom, 1950) (6:27)
  54. Hot House (Live At Pershing Hotel Ballroom, 1950) (9:06)
  55. Swivel Hips (Bird, Bass And Out) (Live At Pershing Hotel Ballroom, 1950) (3:37)
  56. Goodbye (Live At Pershing Hotel Ballroom, 1950) (3:12)
  57. A Night In Tunisia (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1947) (5:09)
  58. Dizzy Atmosphere (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1947) (4:05)
  59. Groovin' High (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1947) (5:13)
  60. Confirmation (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1947) (5:35)
  61. Koko (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1947) (4:09)

Credits

  • Charlie Parker - primary artist, alto saxophone, written-by, written-by [uncredited]
  • Symphony Sid - presenter
  • Tadd Dameron - piano, written-by, written-by [uncredited]
  • Miles Davis - trumpet, written-by, written-by [uncredited], trumpet [probably]
  • Dizzy Gillespie - written-by, written-by [uncredited], trumpet, written-by [uncredited]
  • Frank Loesser - written-by, written-by [uncredited]
  • Kenny Clarke - written-by, written-by [uncredited]
  • Morgan Lewis - written-by, written-by [uncredited]

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