Category: Music → Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes (2002)

Recorded between 1944 & 1948. Includes liner notes by Stanley Crouch.

Through the miracle of high-resolution digital transfer and mastering technology, Bird enthusiasts can now get an earful of the shape of Charlie Parker's musical accomplishments for Savoy and Dial in the 1940s. Available as a three-disc box set, the alto saxophonist is recorded in various configurations as performer and bandleader with such mainstream jazz greats as trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, pianists Bud Powell and Erroll Garner, drummer Max Roach, trombonist J.J. Johnson, and bassist Ray Brown, to name but a few. Charlie Parker draws on his pungent roots and rhythms of the Kansas City jazz scene on "Parker's Mood" and makes a deep statement of the existence of the blues in the jazz tradition. His freedom and rapid-fire sax lines on "Yardbird Suite" serve to confirm his excellence in crafting polished improvisations and solos. One of Parker's strongest compositions, "Orinithology," is pure, unadulterated bebop, and the unique sound of Parker's alto saxophone is clearly articulated through smoothly executed phrasings and cutting, focused energy. Parker picks up the tenor saxophone with the Miles Davis All-Stars on such great songs as "Milestones" and "Sippin' at Bell's." Overall, Bird audiophiles, jazz educators, and historians should be prepared to be impressed. This collection is arguably Bird's most important recording studio work. ~ Paula Edelstein

Tracklist :

Disc 1

# 01. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Tiny's Tempo
# 02. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - I'll Always Love You Just The Same
# 03. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Romance Without Finance
# 04. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Red Cross
# 05. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Warmin' Up A Riff
# 06. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Billie's Bounce
# 07. Miles Davis - Now's The Time, Pt. 4
# 08. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Thrivin' From A Riff
# 09. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Meandering
# 10. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Koko
# 11. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Diggin' Diz
# 12. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Moose The Mooche
# 13. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Yardbird Suite
# 14. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Ornithology
# 15. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - A Night In Tunisia
# 16. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Max Making Wax
# 17. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Lover Man
# 18. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - The Gypsy
# 19. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bebop
# 20. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - This Is Always
# 21. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Dark Shadows

Disc 2

# 01. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bird's Nest
# 02. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Cool Blues
# 03. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Relaxin' At Camarillo
# 04. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Cheers
# 05. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Carvin' The Bird
# 06. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Stupendous
# 07. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Donna Lee
# 08. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Chasin' The Bird
# 09. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Cheryl
# 10. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Buzzy
# 11. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Milestones
# 12. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Little Willie Leaps
# 13. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Half Nelson
# 14. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Sippin' At Bell's
# 15. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Dexterity
# 16. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bongo Bop
# 17. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Dewey Square
# 18. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - The Hymn
# 19. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bird Of Paradise
# 20. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Embraceable You
# 21. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bird Feathers
# 22. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Klactovestedstene

Disc 3

# 01. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Scrapple From The Apple
# 02. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - My Old Flame
# 03. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Out Of Nowhere
# 04. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Don't Blame Me
# 05. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Drifting On A Reed
# 06. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Quasimado
# 07. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Charlie's Wig
# 08. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bongo Beep
# 09. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Crazeology
# 10. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - How Deep Is The Ocean_
# 11. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Another Hair Do
# 12. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bluebird
# 13. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Klaunstance
# 14. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Bird Gets The Worm
# 15. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Barbados
# 16. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Au-Leu-Cha
# 17. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Constellation
# 18. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Parker's Mood
# 19. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Perhaps
# 20. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Marmaduke
# 21. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Steeplechase
# 22. Charlie _Bird_ Parker - Merry-Go-Round