Complete Savoy Sessions

by Charlie Parker

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Savoy Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:50:52
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The complete recordings Parker made for Savoy between 1944 and 1948, including the November 1945 session that produced 'Ko-Ko' alongside Dizzy Gillespie and the young Miles Davis. These sides document the formation of bebop's vocabulary in the studio.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisational, virtuosic, saxophone, complex, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Tiny's Tempo (3:03)
  2. Tiny's Tempo (3:03)
  3. Tiny's Tempo (2:57)
  4. I'll Always Love You Just the Same (2:59)
  5. I'll Always Love You Just the Same (3:02)
  6. Romance Without Finance (3:09)
  7. Romance Without Finance (1:05)
  8. Romance Without Finance (3:08)
  9. Romance Without Finance (0:47)
  10. Romance Without Finance (3:05)
  11. Red Cross (3:19)
  12. Red Cross (3:10)
  13. Warming Up a Riff (2:37)
  14. Billie's Bounce (2:44)
  15. Billie's Bounce (1:46)
  16. Billie's Bounce (3:08)
  17. Billie's Bounce (1:41)
  18. Billie's Bounce (3:12)
  19. Now's the Time (0:23)
  20. Now's the Time (0:41)
  21. Now's the Time (3:11)
  22. Now's the Time (3:16)
  23. Thriving on a Riff (2:59)
  24. Thriving on a Riff (0:25)
  25. Thriving on a Riff (2:55)
  26. Meandering (3:17)
  27. Koko (0:39)
  28. Koko (2:55)
  29. Donna Lee (0:13)
  30. Donna Lee (2:59)
  31. Donna Lee (2:30)
  32. Donna Lee (2:35)
  33. Donna Lee (2:32)
  34. Chasin' the Bird (2:55)
  35. Chasin' the Bird (0:20)
  36. Chasin' the Bird (2:59)
  37. Chasin' the Bird (2:43)
  38. Cheryl (0:06)
  39. Cheryl (2:57)
  40. Buzzy (2:57)
  41. Buzzy (0:35)
  42. Buzzy (2:36)
  43. Buzzy (0:21)
  44. Buzzy (2:28)
  45. Milestones (0:09)
  46. Milestones (2:35)
  47. Milestones (2:44)
  48. Little Willie Leaps (0:48)
  49. Little Willie Leaps (3:07)
  50. Little Willie Leaps (2:48)
  51. Half Nelson (2:49)
  52. Half Nelson (2:42)
  53. Sippin' at Bells (0:53)
  54. Sippin' at Bells (2:21)
  55. Sippin' at Bells (0:06)
  56. Sippin' at Bells (2:27)
  57. Another Hair-Do (0:15)
  58. Another Hair-Do (0:45)
  59. Another Hair-Do (1:05)
  60. Another Hair-Do (2:37)
  61. Blue Bird (2:52)
  62. Blue Bird (0:05)
  63. Blue Bird (2:49)
  64. Klaunstance (2:44)
  65. Bird Gets the Worm (2:59)
  66. Bird Gets the Worm (0:11)
  67. Bird Gets the Worm (2:34)
  68. Barbados (2:37)
  69. Barbados (0:46)
  70. Barbados (2:35)
  71. Barbados (2:28)
  72. Ah-Leu-Cha (0:39)
  73. Ah-Leu-Cha (2:54)
  74. Constellation (0:23)
  75. Constellation (2:32)
  76. Constellation (2:07)
  77. Constellation (0:22)
  78. Constellation (2:26)
  79. Parker's Mood (0:08)
  80. Parker's Mood (3:27)
  81. Parker's Mood (0:13)
  82. Parker's Mood (2:11)
  83. Parker's Mood (3:04)
  84. Perhaps (2:05)
  85. Perhaps (0:29)
  86. Perhaps (2:11)
  87. Perhaps (0:22)
  88. Perhaps (0:48)
  89. Perhaps (2:19)
  90. Perhaps (2:35)
  91. Marmaduke (0:06)
  92. Marmaduke (1:17)
  93. Marmaduke (0:54)
  94. Marmaduke (0:07)
  95. Marmaduke (2:54)
  96. Marmaduke (0:11)
  97. Marmaduke (1:02)
  98. Marmaduke (0:08)
  99. Marmaduke (3:02)
  100. Marmaduke (0:37)
  101. Marmaduke (0:50)
  102. Marmaduke (2:46)
  103. Steeplechase (0:11)
  104. Steeplechase (3:05)
  105. Merry-Go-Round (2:21)
  106. Merry-Go-Round (2:27)
  107. Groovin' High (2:43)
  108. All the Things You Are (2:50)
  109. Dizzy Atmosphere (2:49)
  110. Dizzy's Boogie (3:11)
  111. Dizzy's Boogie (3:18)
  112. Flat Foot Floogie (2:34)
  113. Flat Foot Floogie (2:47)
  114. Poppity Pop (2:59)
  115. Slim's Jam (3:15)

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