The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes

by Charlie Parker

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 4 September 2002
  • Label: Savoy Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:09:57
  • Community rating: 4.27/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes' collects Charlie Parker's master takes for the Savoy and Dial labels, the mid-forties sessions that codified bebop. The recordings pair Parker with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and a young Miles Davis.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, acoustic, improvisation, rhythmic, complex

Tracklist

  1. Tiny's Tempo (2:55)
  2. I'll Always Love You Just the Same (3:01)
  3. Romance Without Finance (3:04)
  4. Red Cross (3:10)
  5. Warmin' Up a Riff (2:36)
  6. Billie's Bounce (3:09)
  7. Now's The Time (3:16)
  8. Thrivin' from a Riff (2:56)
  9. Meandering (3:18)
  10. Koko (2:56)
  11. Diggin' Diz (2:53)
  12. Moose The Mooche (3:03)
  13. Yardbird Suite (2:55)
  14. Ornithology (3:01)
  15. A Night In Tunisia (3:03)
  16. Max Making Wax (2:29)
  17. Lover Man (3:19)
  18. The Gypsy (3:01)
  19. Bebop (2:52)
  20. This Is Always (3:12)
  21. Dark Shadows (3:05)
  22. Bird's Nest (2:45)
  23. Cool Blues (3:06)
  24. Relaxin' At Camarillo (3:01)
  25. Cheers (2:59)
  26. Carvin' the Bird (2:43)
  27. Stupendous (2:54)
  28. Donna Lee (2:34)
  29. Chasin' The Bird (2:46)
  30. Cheryl (3:00)
  31. Buzzy (2:32)
  32. Milestones (2:37)
  33. Little Willie Leaps (2:51)
  34. Half Nelson (2:44)
  35. Sippin' at Bell's (2:23)
  36. Dexterity (2:58)
  37. Bongo Bop (2:45)
  38. Dewey Square (3:06)
  39. The Hymn (2:27)
  40. Bird Of Paradise (3:11)
  41. Embraceable You (3:21)
  42. Bird Feathers (2:50)
  43. Klactovestedstene (3:03)
  44. Scrapple From The Apple (2:56)
  45. My Old Flame (3:09)
  46. Out Of Nowhere (3:48)
  47. Don't Blame Me (2:46)
  48. Drifting on a Reed (3:01)
  49. Quasimado (2:58)
  50. Charlie's Wig (2:45)
  51. Bongo Beep (3:05)
  52. Crazeology (3:02)
  53. How Deep Is the Ocean? (3:30)
  54. Another Hair Do (2:40)
  55. Bluebird (2:52)
  56. Klaunstance (2:43)
  57. Bird Gets the Worm (2:36)
  58. Barbados (2:28)
  59. Au-Leu-Cha (2:54)
  60. Constellation (2:29)
  61. Parker's Mood (3:04)
  62. Perhaps (2:34)
  63. Marmaduke (2:44)
  64. Steeplechase (3:06)
  65. Merry-Go-Round (2:25)

Credits

  • Charlie Parker - primary artist, alto saxophone, alto saxophone, written-by, tenor saxophone
  • Tiny Grimes - guitar, written-by
  • Clyde Hart - piano, piano, written-by
  • Miles Davis - trumpet, trumpet, written-by
  • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, piano [probably], written-by
  • George Handy - piano, written-by
  • Howard McGhee - trumpet, trumpet, written-by

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