The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948

by Charlie Parker

The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 24 October 2000
  • Label: Savoy Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 8:46:35
  • Community rating: 4.34/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Eight-disc set of Parker's complete studio recordings for Savoy and Dial from 1944 to 1948, including all alternate takes. It documents the invention of bebop, from the first sessions under his own name to the quintet with Miles Davis and Max Roach.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, instrumental, saxophone, improvisation, archival

Tracklist

  1. Tiny's Tempo (2:55)
  2. I'll Always Love You Just The Same (3:01)
  3. Romance Without Finance (3:03)
  4. Red Cross (3:10)
  5. Tiny's Tempo (3:02)
  6. Tiny's Tempo (3:02)
  7. I'll Always Love You Just The Same (2:59)
  8. Romance Without Finance (3:08)
  9. Romance Without Finance (1:02)
  10. Romance Without Finance (3:09)
  11. Romance Without Finance (0:45)
  12. Red Cross (3:17)
  13. Groovin' High (2:44)
  14. All The Things You Are (2:49)
  15. Dizzy Atmosphere (2:49)
  16. Salt Peanuts (3:18)
  17. Shaw 'Nuff (3:02)
  18. Lover Man (3:25)
  19. Hot House (3:12)
  20. Warming Up A Riff (2:36)
  21. Billie's Bounce (3:09)
  22. Now's The Time (3:16)
  23. Thriving On A Riff (2:56)
  24. Meandering (3:18)
  25. Koko (2:53)
  26. Billie's Bounce (2:43)
  27. Billie's Bounce (1:44)
  28. Billie's Bounce (3:07)
  29. Billie's Bounce (1:39)
  30. Now's The Time (0:21)
  31. Now's The Time (0:38)
  32. Now's The Time (3:08)
  33. Thriving On A Riff (3:00)
  34. Thriving On A Riff (0:24)
  35. Koko (0:39)
  36. Dizzy's Boogie (3:09)
  37. Flat Foot Floogie
  38. Poppity Pop (2:57)
  39. Slim's Jam (3:15)
  40. Dizzy's Boogie (3:14)
  41. Flat Foot Floogie (2:45)
  42. Diggin' Diz (2:53)
  43. Moose The Mooche (3:03)
  44. Yardbird Suite (2:55)
  45. Ornithology (3:01)
  46. A Night In Tunisia (3:05)
  47. Moose The Mooche (2:59)
  48. Moose The Mooche (2:55)
  49. Yardbird Suite (2:39)
  50. Ornithology (2:59)
  51. Ornithology AKA Bird Lore, (3:18)
  52. A Night In Tunisia (0:50)
  53. A Night In Tunisia (3:02)
  54. Max Making Wax (2:30)
  55. Lover Man (3:19)
  56. The Gypsy (3:01)
  57. Bebop (2:53)
  58. Blues On The Sofa (0:46)
  59. Kopley Plaza Blues (No. 2) (1:03)
  60. Yardbird Suite (2:14)
  61. Lullaby In Rhythm, Pt. 1 (1:29)
  62. Lullaby In Rhythm, Pt. 2 (1:33)
  63. Home Cooking, No. 2: Cherokee (2:09)
  64. Home Cooking, No. 3: I Got Rhythm (2:28)
  65. Home Cooking, No. 1: Opus (2:24)
  66. This Is Always (take C) (3:12)
  67. Dark Shadows (take C) (3:07)
  68. Bird's Nest (take C) (2:45)
  69. Cool Blues (take C) (3:05)
  70. This Is Always (take D) (3:10)
  71. Dark Shadows (take A) (3:14)
  72. Dark Shadows (take B) (2:58)
  73. Dark Shadows (take D) (2:51)
  74. Bird's Nest (take A) (2:51)
  75. Bird's Nest (take B) (2:50)
  76. Cool Blues (Hot Blues/Blowtop Blues, take A) (1:57)
  77. Cool Blues (Blowtop Blues, take B) (2:22)
  78. Cool Blues (take D) (2:47)
  79. Relaxin' At Camarillo (take C) (3:01)
  80. Cheers (take D) (2:59)
  81. Carvin' The Bird (take B) (2:43)
  82. Stupendous (take A) (2:54)
  83. Relaxin' At Camarillo (take A) (2:58)
  84. Relaxin' At Camarillo (take D) (2:58)
  85. Relaxin' At Camarillo (take E) (2:54)
  86. Cheers (take A) (3:10)
  87. Cheers (take B) (3:03)
  88. Cheers (take C) (3:01)
  89. Carvin' The Bird (take A) (2:44)
  90. Stupendous (take B) (2:55)
  91. Donna Lee (2:21)
  92. Chasin' The Bird (2:32)
  93. Cheryl (takes 1 & 2) (2:49)
  94. Buzzy (2:19)
  95. Donna Lee (0:14)
  96. Donna Lee (2:47)
  97. Donna Lee (2:21)
  98. Donna Lee (2:25)
  99. Chasin' The Bird (2:41)
  100. Chasin' The Bird (0:19)
  101. Chasin' The Bird (2:47)
  102. Buzzy (2:46)
  103. Buzzy (0:32)
  104. Buzzy (2:27)
  105. Buzzy (0:18)
  106. Milestones (2:37)
  107. Little Willie Leaps (2:51)
  108. Half Nelson (2:44)
  109. Sippin' At Bells (2:23)
  110. Milestones (0:08)
  111. Milestones (2:46)
  112. Little Willie Leaps (0:35)
  113. Little Willie Leaps (3:10)
  114. Half Nelson (2:52)
  115. Sippin' At Bells (0:57)
  116. Sippin' At Bells (0:05)
  117. Sippin' At Bells (2:28)
  118. Dexterity (take B) (2:58)
  119. Bongo Bop (take A) (2:45)
  120. Dewey Square (take C) (3:06)
  121. The Hymn (take B) (2:27)
  122. Bird Of Paradise (take C) (3:11)
  123. Embraceable You (take B) (3:20)
  124. Dexterity (take A) (2:57)
  125. Bongo Bop (take B) (2:46)
  126. Dewey Square (take A) (3:30)
  127. Dewey Square (take B) (3:03)
  128. The Hymn (take A) (2:30)
  129. Bird Of Paradise (take A) (3:05)
  130. Bird Of Paradise (take B) (3:07)
  131. Embraceable You (take A) (3:40)
  132. Bird Feathers (take C) (2:50)
  133. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene (take A) (3:05)
  134. Scrapple From The Apple (take C) (2:56)
  135. My Old Flame (take A) (3:09)
  136. Out Of Nowhere (take B) (3:48)
  137. Don't Blame Me (take A) (2:46)
  138. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene (take B) (3:05)
  139. Scrapple From The Apple (take B) (2:38)
  140. Out Of Nowhere (take A) (4:03)
  141. Out Of Nowhere (take C) (3:03)
  142. Drifting On A Reed (take E) (3:01)
  143. Quasimodo (take B) (2:58)
  144. Charlie's Wig (take E) (2:45)
  145. Bongo Beep (take C) (3:05)
  146. Crazeology (take D) (3:02)
  147. How Deep Is The Ocean? (take A) (3:30)
  148. Drifting On A Reed (take B) (2:57)
  149. Drifting On A Reed (take D) (2:57)
  150. Quasimodo (take A) (2:56)
  151. Charlie's Wig (take B) (2:50)
  152. Charlie's Wig (take D) (2:50)
  153. Bongo Beep (take B) (3:04)
  154. Crazeology (take A) (1:04)
  155. Crazeology (take B) (0:35)
  156. Crazeology (take C) (3:05)
  157. How Deep Is The Ocean? (take B) (3:06)
  158. Another Hair Do (2:40)
  159. Bluebird (2:52)
  160. Klaunstance (2:43)
  161. Bird Gets The Worm (2:37)
  162. Another Hair Do (0:17)
  163. Another Hair Do (0:46)
  164. Another Hair Do (1:06)
  165. Bluebird (2:55)
  166. Bird Gets The Worm (3:01)
  167. Bird Gets The Worm (0:13)
  168. Barbados (2:28)
  169. Ah-Leu-Cha (0:53)
  170. Constellation (2:29)
  171. Parker's Mood (3:04)
  172. Barbados (0:45)
  173. Barbados (2:35)
  174. Ah-Leu-Cha (0:38)
  175. Constellation (0:23)
  176. Constellation (2:33)
  177. Constellation (2:07)
  178. Constellation (0:23)
  179. Parker's Mood (0:05)
  180. Parker's Mood (3:25)
  181. Parker's Mood (0:12)
  182. Parker's Mood (2:14)
  183. Perhaps (2:34)
  184. Marmaduke (2:44)
  185. Steeplechase (takes 1 & 2) (3:12)
  186. Merry-Go-Round (2:24)
  187. Perhaps (2:02)
  188. Perhaps (0:28)
  189. Perhaps (2:08)
  190. Perhaps (0:19)
  191. Perhaps (0:39)
  192. Perhaps (2:22)
  193. Marmaduke (0:04)
  194. Marmaduke (1:15)
  195. Marmaduke (0:52)
  196. Marmaduke (0:06)
  197. Marmaduke (2:22)
  198. Marmaduke (2:55)
  199. Marmaduke (0:06)
  200. Marmaduke (0:58)
  201. Marmaduke (0:04)
  202. Marmaduke (3:04)
  203. Marmaduke (0:35)
  204. Merry-Go-Round (0:44)
  205. Hallelujah (take F) (3:59)
  206. Get Happy (take D) (3:42)
  207. Slam Slam Blues (take B) (4:30)
  208. Congo Blues (take C) (3:55)
  209. Hallelujah (take A) (4:11)
  210. Hallelujah (take E) (4:03)
  211. Get Happy (take B) (4:03)
  212. Slam Slam Blues (take A) (5:06)
  213. Congo Blues (take AA) (1:06)
  214. Congo Blues (take BB) (1:17)
  215. Congo Blues (take A) (4:01)
  216. Congo Blues (take B) (3:54)

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