Charlie Parker

Complete Savoy Sessions (EJC 55685)

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Complete Savoy Sessions

Charlie Parker

Essential Jazz Classics

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EJC 147155

EJC 55685

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Complete Savoy Sessions

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137 TRACKS INCLUDING 19 BONUS TRACKS!

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955) was among the most influential jazz artists ever, and one of the few indisputable geniuses of his time. This remarkable 137-track set presents the complete sessions (including all of the master, alternative, and incomplete takes) he recorded in the studio for Herman Lubinsky’s Savoy label. Some of Bird’s most admired sides are contained on this edition, such as “Koko”, “Parker’s Mood”, and “Donna Lee”. One session presents him on tenor sax, an instrument on which he only rarely recorded.

All other studio sessions originally recorded by other small labels during that period but later acquired and reissued by Savoy have also been included here. As a bonus, this set presents four additional complete Charlie Parker sessions which find him in the company of such stars as Dexter Gordon, Sarah Vaughan and Teddy Wilson, plus an extremely rare 1950 date privately recorded as a kind of demo.

CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax on all tracks, plus:

  • DIZZY GILLESPIE, MILES DAVIS, trumpet
  • BUD POWELL, CLYDE HART, JOHN LEWIS, DUKE JORDAN, piano
  • TIMY GRIMES, guitar
  • TOMMY POTTER, SLAM STEWART, bass
  • MAX ROACH, drums, among others.

Recorded in New York, 1944-1948.

CD1: TOTAL TIME: 77:27 Min.

  • 01 TINY’S TEMPO [alt tk 1]
  • 02 TINY’S TEMPO [alt tk 2]
  • 03 TINY’S TEMPO [master tk]
  • 04 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME [alt tk]
  • 05 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME [master tk]
  • 06 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE [alt tk 1]
  • 07 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 08 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE [alt tk 3]
  • 09 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE [alt tk 4; break]
  • 10 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE [master tk]
  • 11 RED CROSS [alt tk]
  • 12 RED CROSS [master tk]
  • 13 WARMING UP A RIFF [master tk]
  • 14 BILLIE’S BOUNCE [alt tk 1]
  • 15 BILLIE’S BOUNCE [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 16 BILLIE’S BOUNCE [alt tk 3]
  • 17 BILLIE’S BOUNCE [alt tk 4; incomplete]
  • 18 BILLIE’S BOUNCE [master tk]
  • 19 NOW’S THE TIME [alt tk 1; incomplete]
  • 20 NOW’S THE TIME [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 21 NOW’S THE TIME [alt tk 3]
  • 22 NOW’S THE TIME [master tk]
  • 23 THRIVIN’ ON A RIFF [alt tk 1]
  • 24 THRIVIN’ ON A RIFF [alt tk 2; false start]
  • 25 THRIVIN’ ON A RIFF [master tk]
  • 26 MEANDERING [master tk]
  • 27 KO-KO [alt tk; false start]
  • 28 KO-KO [master tk]
  • 29 TAKIN’ OFF (*)
  • 30 20th CENTURY BLUES (*)
  • 31 THE STREET BEAT (*)

CD2: TOTAL TIME: 74:32 Min.

  • 01 DONNA LEE [alt tk 1; break]
  • 02 DONNA LEE [alt tk 2]
  • 03 DONNA LEE [alt tk 3]
  • 04 DONNA LEE [alt tk 4]
  • 05 DONNA LEE [master tk]
  • 06 CHASIN’ THE BIRD [alt tk 1]
  • 07 CHASIN’ THE BIRD [alt tk 2; break]
  • 08 CHASIN’ THE BIRD [alt tk 3]
  • 09 CHASIN’ THE BIRD [master tk]
  • 10 CHERYL [alt tk 1; false start]
  • 11 CHERYL [master tk]
  • 12 BUZZY [alt tk 1]
  • 13 BUZZY [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 14 BUZZY [alt tk 3]
  • 15 BUZZY [alt tk 4; break]
  • 16 BUZZY [master tk]
  • 17 MILESTONES [alt tk 1; false start]
  • 18 MILESTONES [master tk]
  • 19 MILESTONES [alt tk 2]
  • 20 LITTLE WILLIE LEAPS [alt tk 1; incomplete]
  • 21 LITTLE WILLIE LEAPS [alt tk 2]
  • 22 LITTLE WILLIE LEAPS [master tk]
  • 23 HALF NELSON [alt tk]
  • 24 HALF NELSON [master tk]
  • 25 SIPPIN’ AT BELLS [alt tk 1; incomplete]
  • 26 SIPPIN’ AT BELLS [master tk]
  • 27 SIPPIN’ AT BELLS [alt tk 2; false start]
  • 28 SIPPIN’ AT BELLS [alt tk 3]
  • 29 ANOTHER HAIR-DO [alt tk 1; incomplete]
  • 30 ANOTHER HAIR-DO [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 31 ANOTHER HAIR-DO [alt tk 3; incomplete]
  • 32 ANOTHER HAIR-DO [master tk]
  • 33 BLUEBIRD [alt tk 1]
  • 34 BLUEBIRD [alt tk 2; false start]
  • 35 BLUEBIRD [master tk]
  • 36 KLAUNSTANCE [master tk]
  • 37 BIRD GETS THE WORM [alt tk 1]
  • 38 BIRD GETS THE WORM [alt tk 2; false start]

CD3: TOTAL TIME: 78:43 Min.

  • 01 BARBADOS [alt tk 1]
  • 02 BARBADOS [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 03 BARBADOS [alt tk 3]
  • 04 BARBADOS [master tk]
  • 05 AH-LEU-CHA [alt tk; incomplete]
  • 06 AH-LEU-CHA [master tk]
  • 07 CONSTELLATION [alt tk 1; incomplete]
  • 08 CONSTELLATION [alt tk 2]
  • 09 CONSTELLATION [alt tk 3; incomplete]
  • 10 CONSTELLATION [alt tk 4; incomplete]
  • 11 CONSTELLATION [master tk]
  • 12 PARKER’S MOOD [alt tk 1; false start]
  • 13 PARKER’S MOOD [alt tk 2]
  • 14 PARKER’S MOOD [alt tk 3; false start]
  • 15 PARKER’S MOOD [alt tk 4; incomplete]
  • 16 PARKER’S MOOD [master tk]
  • 17 PERHAPS [alt tk 1]
  • 18 PERHAPS [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 19 PERHAPS [alt tk 3]
  • 20 PERHAPS [alt tk 4; incomplete]
  • 21 PERHAPS [alt tk 5; incomplete]
  • 22 PERHAPS [alt tk 6]
  • 23 PERHAPS [master tk]
  • 24 MARMADUKE [alt tk 1; false start]
  • 25 MARMADUKE [alt tk 2; incomplete]
  • 26 MARMADUKE [alt tk 3; incomplete]
  • 27 MARMADUKE [alt tk 4; false start]
  • 28 MARMADUKE [alt tk 5]
  • 29 MARMADUKE [alt tk 6; false start]
  • 30 MARMADUKE [alt tk 7; false start]
  • 31 MARMADUKE [alt tk 8; false start]
  • 32 MARMADUKE [alt tk 9]
  • 33 MARMADUKE [alt tk 10; incomplete]
  • 34 MARMADUKE [alt tk 11; incomplete]
  • 35 MARMADUKE [master tk]
  • 36 STEEPLECHASE [alt tk; false start]
  • 37 STEEPLECHASE [master tk]
  • 38 MERRY-GO-ROUND [alt tk; incomplete]
  • 39 MERRY-GO-ROUND [master tk]
  • 40 GROOVIN’ HIGH
  • 41 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
  • 42 DIZZY ATMOSPHERE
  • 43 WHAT MORE CAN A WOMAN DO? (*)
  • 44 I’D RATHER HAVE A MEMORY THAN A DREAM (*)V
  • 45 BIRD GETS THE WORM [master tk] (*)

CD4: TOTAL TIME: 79:07 Min.

  • 01 DIZZY’S BOOGIE [master tk]
  • 02 DIZZY’S BOOGIE [alt tk]
  • 03 FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE [master tk]
  • 04 FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE [alt tk]
  • 05 POPPITY POP (Slim Gaillard)
  • 06 SLIM’S JAM (Slim Gaillard)
  • 07 HALLELUJAH [alt tk 1] (*)
  • 08 HALLELUJAH [alt tk 2] (*)
  • 09 HALLELUJAH [master tk(*)
  • 10 GET HAPPY [alt tk; incomplete] (*)
  • 11 GET HAPPY [master tk] (*)
  • 12 SLAM SLAM BLUES [alt tk] (*)
  • 13 SLAM SLAM BLUES [master tk] (*)
  • 14 CONGO BLUES [alt tk 1; incomplete] (*)
  • 15 CONGO BLUES [alt tk 2; incomplete] (*)
  • 16 CONGO BLUES [alt tk 3] (*)
  • 17 CONGO BLUES [alt tk 4] (*)
  • 18 CONGO BLUES [master tk] (*)
  • 19 GROOVIN’ HIGH (*)
  • 20 THE GREAT LIE (*)
  • 21 BLUES (*)
  • 22 HOW HIGH THE MOON? (*)
  • (*) Bonus Tracks