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