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Charlie Parker
The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Tiny's Tempo - Take 3
2. I'll Always Love You Just the Same - Take 2
3. Romance Without Finance - Take 5
4. Red Cross - Take 2
5. Tiny's Tempo - Take 1
6. Tiny's Tempo - Take 2
7. I'll Always Love You Just the Same - Take 1
8. Romance Without Finance - Take 1
9. Romance Without Finance - Take 2
10. Romance Without Finance - Take 3
11. Romance Without Finance - Take 4
12. Red Cross - Take 1
13. Groovin' High
14. All the Things You Are
15. Dizzy Atmosphere
16. Salt Peanuts
17. Shaw 'Nuff
18. Lover Man
19. Hot House
20. Warming Up a Riff - Take 1
21. Billie's Bounce - Take 5
22. Now's the Time - Take 4
23. Thriving from a Riff - Take 3
24. Meandering - Take 1
25. KoKo - Take 2
Track Listings (28) - Disc #2
1. Billie's Bounce - Take 1
2. Billie's Bounce - Take 2
3. Billie's Bounce - Take 3
4. Billie's Bounce - Take 4
5. Now's the Time - Take 1
6. Now's the Time - Take 2
7. Now's the Time - Take 3
8. Thriving from a Riff - Take 1
9. Thriving from a Riff - Take 2
10. KoKo - Take 1
11. Dizzy's Boogie
12. Flat Foot Floogie
13. Poppity Pop
14. Slim's Jam
15. Dizzy's Boogie
16. Flat Foot Floogie
17. Diggin' Diz
18. Moose the Mooche - Take 2
19. Yardbird Suite - Take 4
20. Ornithology - Take 4
21. A Night in Tunisia - Take 5
22. Moose the Mooche - Take 1
23. Moose the Mooche - Take 3
24. Yardbird Suite - Take 1
25. Ornithology - Take 1
26. Ornithology - Take 3
27. A Night in Tunisia - Take 1
28. A Night in Tunisia - Take 4
Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
1. Max Making Wax (in A)
2. Lover Man (in A)
3. The Gypsy (in A)
4. Bebop (in A)
5. Blues on the Sofa (Blues #1)
6. Kopely Plaza Blues (Blues #2)
7. Yardbird Suite
8. Lullaby in Rhythm, Part 1
9. Lullaby in Rhythm, Part 2
10. Home Cooking II: Cherokee
11. Home Cooking III: I Got Rhythm
12. Home Cooking I: Opus
13. This Is Always (in C)
14. Dark Shadows (in C)
15. Bird's Nest (in C)
16. Cool Blues (in C)
17. This Is Always (in D)
18. Dark Shadows (in A)
19. Dark Shadows (in B)
20. Dark Shadows (in D)
21. Bird's Nest (in A)
22. Bird's Nest (in B)
23. Cool Blues (in A) (Hot Blues / Blowtop Blues)
24. Cool Blues (in B) (Blowtop Blues)
25. Cool Blues (in D)
Track Listings (27) - Disc #4
1. Relaxin' at Camarillo (in C)
2. Cheers (in D)
3. Carvin' the Bird (in B)
4. Stupendous (in A)
5. Relaxin' at Camarillo (in A)
6. Relaxin' at Camarillo (in D)
7. Relaxin' at Camarillo (in E)
8. Cheers (in A)
9. Cheers (in B)
10. Cheers (in C)
11. Carvin' the Bird (in A)
12. Stupendous (in B)
13. Donna Lee - Take 5
14. Chasin' the Bird - Take 4
15. Cheryl - Takes 1 & 2
16. Buzzy - Take 5
17. Donna Lee - Take 1
18. Donna Lee - Take 2
19. Donna Lee - Take 3
20. Donna Lee - Take 4
21. Chasin' the Bird - Take 1
22. Chasin' the Bird - Take 2
23. Chasin' the Bird - Take 3
24. Buzzy - Take 1
25. Buzzy - Take 2
26. Buzzy - Take 3
27. Buzzy - Take 4
Track Listings (26) - Disc #5
1. Milestones - Take 2
2. Little Willie Leaps - Take 3
3. Half Nelson - Take 2
4. Sippin' at Bell's - Take 2
5. Milestones - Take 1
6. Milestones - Take 3
7. Little Willie Leaps - Take 1
8. Little Willlie Leaps - Take 2
9. Half Nelson - Take 1
10. Sippin' at Bell's - Take 1
11. Sippin' at Bell's - Take 3
12. Sippin' at Bell's - Take 4
13. Dexterity (in B)
14. Bongo Bop (in A)
15. Dewey Square (in C)
16. The Hymn (in B)
17. Bird of Paradise (in C)
18. Embraceable You (in B)
19. Dexterity (in A)
20. Bongo Bop (in B)
21. Dewey Square (in A)
22. Dewey Square (in B)
23. The Hymn (in A)
24. Bird of Paradise (in A)
25. Bird of Paradise (in B)
26. Embraceable You (in A)
Track Listings (26) - Disc #6
1. Bird Feathers (in C)
2. Klactoveesedstene (in A)
3. Scrapple from the Apple (in C)
4. My Old Flame (in A)
5. Out of Nowhere (in B)
6. Don't Blame Me (in A)
7. Klactoveesedstene (in B)
8. Scrapple from the Apple (in B)
9. Out of Nowhere (in A)
10. Out of Nowhere (in C)
11. Drifting on a Reed (Big Foot) (in E)
12. Quasimado (in B)
13. Charlie's Wig (in E)
14. Bongo Beep (in C)
15. Crazeology (in D)
16. How Deep Is the Ocean? (in A)
17. Drifting on a Reed (in B)
18. Drifting on a Reed (in D)
19. Quasimado (in A)
20. Charlie's Wig (in B)
21. Charlie's Wig (in D)
22. Bongo Beep (in B)
23. Crazeology (in A)
24. Crazeology (in B)
25. Crazeology (in C)
26. How Deep Is the Ocean? (in B)
Track Listings (30) - Disc #7
1. Another Hair Do - Take 4
2. Bluebird - Take 3
3. Klaunstance - Take 1
4. Bird Gets the Worm - Take 3
5. Another Hair Do - Take 1
6. Another Hair Do - Take 2
7. Another Hair Do - Take 3
8. Bluebird - Take 1
9. Bird Gets the Worm - Take 1
10. Bird Gets the Worm - Take 2
11. Barbados - Take 4
12. Au-Leu-Cha - Take 2
13. Constellation - Take 5
14. Parker's Mood - Take 5
15. Barbados - Take 1
16. Barbados - Take 2
17. Barbados - Take 3
18. Au-Leu-Cha - Take 1
19. Constellation - Take 1
20. Constellation - Take 2
21. Constellation - Take 3
22. Constellation - Take 4
23. Parker's Mood - Take 1
24. Parker's Mood - Take 2
25. Parker's Mood - Take 3
26. Parker's Mood - Take 4
27. Perhaps - Take 7
28. Marmaduke - Take 12
29. Steeplechase - Takes 1 & 2
30. Merry Go Round - Take 2
Track Listings (30) - Disc #8
1. Perhaps - Take 1
2. Perhaps - Take 2
3. Perhaps - Take 3
4. Perhaps - Take 4
5. Perhaps - Take 5
6. Perhaps - Take 6
7. Marmaduke - Take 1
8. Marmaduke - Take 2
9. Marmaduke - Take 3
10. Marmaduke - Take 4
11. Marmaduke - Take 5
12. Marmaduke - Take 6
13. Marmaduke - Take 7
14. Marmaduke - Take 8
15. Marmaduke - Take 9
16. Marmaduke - Take 10
17. Marmaduke - Take 11
18. Merry Go Round - Take 1
19. Hallelujah (in F)
20. Get Happy (in D)
21. Slam Slam Blues (in B)
22. Congo Blues (in C)
23. Hallelujah (in A)
24. Hallelujah (in E)
25. Get Happy (in B)
26. Slam Slam Blues (in A)
27. Congo Blues (in AA)
28. Congo Blues (in BB)
29. Congo Blues (in A)
30. Congo Blues (in B)

CD Details

All Artists: Charlie Parker
Title: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Original Release Date: 10/24/2000
Release Date: 10/24/2000
Album Type: Box set, Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Bebop
Number of Discs: 8
SwapaCD Credits: 8
UPC: 075679291127

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Charlie "Bird" Parker's perfect attack on alto saxophone, along with his crystal-clear phrasing and high-velocity improvisations, made him one of the 20th century's most imitated musicians. This eight-CD set, which represents the best remastering of Parker's fertile Dial and Savoy sides to date, was produced by veteran producer Orrin Keepnews. It includes the legendary roundtable of bebop knights: trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis; bassists Curly Russell and Tommy Potter; drummer Max Roach; and pianists Bud Powell, Duke Jordan, and John Lewis. Disc 1 begins with Parker as a sideman for guitarist Tiny Grimes, which yielded the pre-bop jump-blues sides "Tiny's Tempo" and "Romance Without Finance." The other tracks are first-generation bop classics: "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts," "Koko," and "Hot House." The remaining seven discs feature Bird's genius in other musical dimensions. Bird's recompositions of the standards "All the Things You Are," "Whispering," and "Embraceable You" stand out, as do the zesty "Barbados," "Bongo Bop," and "Night in Tunisia" (with the famous alto break). Underrated baritone Earl Coleman sings the ebony-embered ballad "Dark Shadows." But above all, Bird was a blues player. Nothing illustrates this better than the memorable blues ballad "Parker's Mood," on which his soulful, wailing alto is matched by John Lewis's rich, lyrical accompaniment. These tracks contain other gems, including a young and nervous Miles Davis sputtering Fats Navarro-style trumpet solos on "Milestones" and "Now's the Time," with Gillespie playing piano. Although he died at the age of 34 in 1955, Parker, along with Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, formed the Holy Trinity that created bebop, and this set is Bird flying high. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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CD Reviews

Update on Disk 4

Jason | Washington, DC | 09/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I sent an e-mail last week to inquiries@savoyjazz.com requesting a replacement for the flawed disk 4. I received a new, corrected disk 5 days later. Excellent response. Tremendous collection."

Great Music - Terrible Packaging...

PeteB | 12/02/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'd like to echo other reviewers thoughts about this package.Before you go on reading, let me say that I'm no Jazz expert, I just got into Jazz since viewing Ken Burns's documentary, and just fell in love with the sound of Bird. I never heard such virtuosity and creativeness on an instrument of any kind before or since then.Now on to THE MUSIC:The music on this CD set steams with energy. I've had this in my car player for about 3 months and haven't stopped listening to it!!! I personally like the extra takes of many of the tracks. I also don't mind the pitch control because I do not have other versions (from other CD compilations) to compare them to. Bottom line - great material to study and chill to.Now, the downer- THE PACKAGING STINKS!!!! - like many have stated, it is very hard to pull out and into the sleeves the CDs. You literally are touching the whole CD to get the darn thing in and out!! -- try to be very delicate with these discs!!
Also very troubling is the booklet that comes with the set. With all the pages that are contained therein, I always feel I am going to break the binding that holds them together - thus making it a little troublesome to read all the way through. Not to mention a lot of the text is in light brown (almost the color of the background itself) so it is hard to read. One more complaint - the only way to study the track listing - or follow along is to take this book out. -- Kinda wished it was on the outside or inside cover of the actual box! Oh well. If it wasn't for the packaging, this would posssibly have been the best box set I owned aside from the ones put out by Columbia and their treatment of the Miles Davis catalogue.Bottom Line: Newcomers beware - there is lots of music to absorb, but worth it if you have the time and the patience. And that goes for the packaging as well. If you are looking for a "lighter weight compilation", might I point you to check out the "Yardbird Suite" compilation put out by Rhino. 2 CDs of prime Bird!!! Word of warning before you open this - be patient getting out those CDs folks!!!"

Fascinating collection

PeteB | St Louis, MO | 08/28/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I love this collection, but it appears that I have a "faulty" disc 4 as noted by previous reviewers.

I've tried contacting Savoy by phone, letter, e-mail but to no avail. Does anyone know how to go about getting a replacement "corrected" disc?

Thanks."

In Defense of The Infamous Lover Man Sessions

Sussex Pond Pudding | Somewhere in the desert, CA | 08/18/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I do not own this set but have seen it and agree that the packaging is terrible. That is what happens when style is put over substance. I own a Japanese edition of the complete Dial sessions that seems to be out of print so I chose this to make a point as it the most commonly purchased.

As most of you probably know Charlie Parker's time in California was one of intense emotion and physical suffering. He was away from home, his children, his steady drug supply, etc. It became so bad that he was confined to a mental hospital in Camarillo, CA (the first time I drove there after moving to California many years ago I got chills thinking about the man). During his stay in Los Angeles he recorded for Dial Records, owned by Ross Russell. During one of these sessions he was so junk-sick and in pain that he made some "bad" recordings which he never wanted to be released. Long story short: they were and you must have them if you care one bit about Parker, jazz, or American art.

These sessions are amongst the pinnacles of 20th century art (I will not use the term music here because as music theory and jazz dogma goes they are, in fact, inferior to his other recordings). To hear these recordings is to hear the dark side of genius, the human side of Parker's divine gifts. 'Lover Man' is all the tragedy of life put into a few minutes worth of sound. As a young boy when I first heard it after having read about it in all the books I was devouring about Parker I cried. And I still can when I hear it. It is a peak into Pandora's box. For me I think of it as an aural combination of Weegee and Jackson Pollock and at least as important as either of those artists.

Needless to say you must own it. I advise newcomers to familiarize themselves with the master takes first to appreciate the full impact of the work. Perhaps even keep it unlistened to for years (this goes especially to you stupid kids out there who want to be jazz musicians...and don't ever try heroin either!). Once you hear it you will have a new insight into Parker, into music and every other form of Art.

Requiescat in pace, Charles Parker."