Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings

by Charlie Parker

Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Savoy Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 59:57
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A single-disc selection from Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial studio recordings of 1944 to 1948, the sessions that founded bebop. Sidemen across the dates include Dizzy Gillespie and the young Miles Davis; the 1945 'Ko-Ko' session remains the style's foundational document.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, instrumental, virtuosic, improvisational, classic

Tracklist

  1. Tiny's Tempo (2:53)
  2. Koko (2:53)
  3. Moose The Mooche (3:02)
  4. Yardbird Suite (2:53)
  5. Ornithology (2:59)
  6. A Night In Tunisia (3:03)
  7. Cool Blues (3:04)
  8. Relaxin' At Camarillo (3:00)
  9. Chasin' The Bird (2:44)
  10. Cheryl (2:58)
  11. Milestones (2:35)
  12. Embraceable You (3:41)
  13. Scrapple From The Apple (2:54)
  14. Out Of Nowhere (3:47)
  15. Quasimado (2:57)
  16. Crazeology (3:01)
  17. Bluebird (2:53)
  18. Au-Leu-Cha (2:53)
  19. Parker's Mood (3:23)
  20. Merry-Go-Round (2:24)

Credits

  • Steve Backer - executive producer
  • Orrin Keepnews - reissue producer

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