Charlie Parker

• CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COLLECTION

• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES

• 2-CD LIMITED EDITION

• INCLUDES 17 BONUS TRACKS

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 set presents the complete master takes from his studio recording sessions for Herman Lubinsky’s Savoy label. Included here are some of Bird’s most admired sides, 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 two additional complete Charlie Parker sessions recorded for Guild in 1945, as well as an extremely rare date from that same year with trombonist Clyde Bernhardt and pianist Jay McShann from which only the original broken glass-based (and thus rather noisy) test pressings survive. Bird plays solos on all four sides.

PERSONNEL:

• CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax (tenor sax on CD1, 15-18), on all tracks, plus:

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
• Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis (tp), Bud Powell, Clyde Hart, John Lewis, Duke Jordan (p), Timy Grimes (g), Tommy Potter, Slam Stewart (b), Max Roach (d), among others. Recorded in New York, 1944-1948

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (76:07 Min)
• 01 TINY’S TEMPO
• 02 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME
• 03 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE
• 04 RED CROSS
• 05 WARMING UP A RIFF
• 06 BILLIE’S BOUNCE
• 07 NOW’S THE TIME
• 08 THRIVIN’ ON A RIFF
• 09 MEANDERING
• 10 KO-KO
• 11 DONNA LEE
• 12 CHASIN’ THE BIRD
• 13 CHERYL
• 14 BUZZY
• 15 MILESTONES
• 16 LITTLE WILLIE LEAPS
• 17 HALF NELSON
• 18 SIPPIN’ AT BELLS
• 19 ANOTHER HAIR-DO
• 20 BLUEBIRD
• 21 KLAUNSTANCE
• 22 BIRD GETS THE WORM
• 23 BARBADOS
• 24 AH-LEU-CHA
• 25 CONSTELLATION
• 26 PARKER’S MOOD
• 27 PERHAPS

• CD TWO (77:32 Min)
• 01 MARMADUKE
• 02 STEEPLECHASE
• 03 MERRY-GO-ROUND
• 04 GROOVIN’ HIGH
• 05 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
• 06 DIZZY ATMOSPHERE
• 07 DIZZY’S BOOGIE
• 08 FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE
• 09 POPPITY POP
• 10 SLIM’S JAM
• 11 SALT PEANUTS (*)
• 12 SHAW ‘NUFF (*)
• 13 LOVER MAN (*)
• 14 HOT HOUSE (*)
• 15 WHAT’S THE MATTER NOW? (*)
• 16 I WANT EVERY BIT OF IT (*)
• 17 THAT’S THE BLUES (*)
• 18 G.I. BLUES (*)
• 19 4F BLUES (*)
• 20 DREAM OF YOU (*)
• 21 SEVENTH AVENUE (*)
• 22 SORTA KINDA (*)
• 23 OH, OH, MY, MY, OH, OH (*)
• 24 LAY YOUR HABITS DOWN (*)
• 25 TRIFLIN’ WOMAN BLUES (*)
• 26 SO GOOD THIS MORNING (*)
• 27 WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS