4x CD

Complete Savoy Sessions

Compilation by Charlie Parker

Released 2004

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Tiny’s Tempo (alternate take 1)
3:03
2
Tiny’s Tempo (alternate take 2)
3:03
3
Tiny’s Tempo (master take)
2:57
4
I’ll Always Love You Just the Same (alternate take)
2:59
5
I’ll Always Love You Just the Same (master take)
3:02
6
Romance Without Finance (alternate take 1)
3:09
7
Romance Without Finance (alternate take 2; Incomplete)
1:05
8
Romance Without Finance (alternate take 3)
3:08
9
Romance Without Finance (alternate take 4; Break)
0:47
10
Romance Without Finance (master take)
3:05
11
Red Cross (alternate take)
3:19
12
Red Cross (master take)
3:10
13
Warming Up a Riff (master take)
2:37
14
Billie’s Bounce (alternate take 1)
2:44
15
Billie’s Bounce (alternate take 2; incomplete)
1:46
16
Billie’s Bounce (alternate take 3)
3:08
17
Billie’s Bounce (alternate take 4; Incomplete)
1:41
18
Billie’s Bounce (master take)
3:12
19
Now’s the Time (alternate take 1; incomplete)
0:23
20
Now’s the Time (alternate take 2; incomplete)
0:41
21
Now’s the Time (alternate take 3)
3:10
22
Now’s the Time (master take)
3:17
23
Thrivin’ on a Riff (alternate take 1)
2:59
24
Thrivin’ on a Riff (alternate take 2; false start)
0:25
25
Thrivin’ on a Riff (master take)
2:55
26
Meandering (master take)
3:17
27
Ko-Ko (alternate take; false start)
0:39
28
Ko-Ko (master take)
2:53
29
Takin’ Off
3:08
30
20th Century Blues
2:55
31
The Street Beat
2:35
CD 2
1
Donna Lee (alternate take 1; break)
0:13
2
Donna Lee (alternate take 2)
2:59
3
Donna Lee (alternate take 3)
2:30
4
Donna Lee (alternate take 4)
2:35
5
Donna Lee (master take)
2:32
6
Chasin’ the Bird (alternate take 1)
2:55
7
Chasin’ the Bird (alternate take 2; break)
0:20
8
Chasin’ the Bird (alternate take 3)
2:59
9
Chasin’ the Bird (master take)
2:43
10
Cheryl (alternate take 1; false start)
0:06
11
Cheryl (master take)
2:57
12
Buzzy (alternate take 1)
2:57
13
Buzzy (alternate take 2; incomplete)
0:35
14
Buzzy (alternate take 3)
2:36
15
Buzzy (alternate take 4; break)
0:21
16
Buzzy (master take)
2:28
17
Milestones (alternate take 1; false start)
0:09
18
Milestones (master take)
2:35
19
Milestones (alternate take 2)
2:44
20
Little Willie Leaps (alternate take 1; incomplete)
0:48
21
Little Willie Leaps (alternate take 2)
3:07
22
Little Willie Leaps (master take)
2:48
23
Half Nelson (alternate take)
2:49
24
Half Nelson (master take)
2:42
25
Sippin’ at Bells (alternate take 1; incomplete)
0:53
26
Sippin’ at Bells (master take)
2:21
27
Sippin’ at Bells (alternate take 2; false start)
0:06
28
Sippin’ at Bells (alternate take 3)
2:27
29
Another Hair-Do (alternate take 1; incomplete)
0:15
30
Another Hair-Do (alternate take 2; incomplete)
0:45
31
Another Hair-Do (alternate take 3; incomplete)
1:05
32
Another Hair-Do (master take)
2:37
33
Bluebird (alternate take 1)
2:52
34
Bluebird (alternate take 2; false start)
0:05
35
Bluebird (master take)
2:49
36
Klaunstance (master take)
2:44
37
Bird Gets the Worm (alternate take 1)
2:59
38
Bird Gets the Worm (alternate take 2; false start)
0:11
39
Bird Gets the Worm (master take)
2:33
CD 3
1
Barbados (alternate take 1)
2:38
2
Barbados (alternate take 2; incomplete)
0:46
3
Barbados (alternate take 3)
2:35
4
Barbados (master take)
2:28
5
Ah-Leu-Cha (alternate take; incomplete)
0:39
6
Ah-Leu-Cha (master take)
2:54
7
Constellation (alternate take 1; incomplete)
0:23
8
Constellation (alternate take 2)
2:32
9
Constellation (alternate take 3; incomplete)
2:07
10
Constellation (alternate take 4; incomplete)
0:22
11
Constellation (master take)
2:26
12
Parker’s Mood (alternate take 1; false start)
0:08
13
Parker’s Mood (alternate take 2)
3:27
14
Parker’s Mood (alternate take 3; false start)
0:13
15
Parker’s Mood (alternate take 4; incomplete)
2:11
16
Parker’s Mood (master take)
3:04
17
Perhaps (alternate take 1)
2:05
18
Perhaps (alternate take 2; incomplete)
0:29
19
Perhaps (alternate take 3)
2:11
20
Perhaps (alternate take 4; incomplete)
0:22
21
Perhaps (alternate take 5; incomplete)
0:48
22
Perhaps (alternate take 6)
2:19
23
Perhaps (master take)
2:35
24
Marmaduke (alternate take 1; false start)
0:06
25
Marmaduke (alternate take 2; incomplete)
1:17
26
Marmaduke (alternate take 3; incomplete)
0:54
27
Marmaduke (alternate take 4; false start)
0:07
28
Marmaduke (alternate take 5)
2:54
29
Marmaduke (alternate take 6; false start)
0:11
30
Marmaduke (alternate take 7; false start)
1:02
31
Marmaduke (alternate take 8; false start)
0:08
32
Marmaduke (alternate take 9)
3:02
33
Marmaduke (alternate take 10; incomplete)
0:37
34
Marmaduke (alternate take 11; incomplete)
0:50
35
Marmaduke (master take)
2:45
36
Steeplechase (alternate take; false start)
0:11
37
Steeplechase (master take)
3:05
38
Merry-Go-Round (alternate take; incomplete)
2:21
39
Merry-Go-Round (master take)
2:27
40
Groovin’ High
2:43
41
All the Things You Are
2:50
42
Dizzy Atmosphere
2:48
43
What More Can a Woman Do?
3:02
44
I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
2:42
45
Mean to Me
2:39
CD 4
1
Dizzy’s Boogie (master take)
3:11
2
Dizzy’s Boogie (alternate take)
3:18
3
Flat Foot Floogie (master take)
2:34
4
Flat Foot Floogie (alternate take)
2:47
5
Poppity Pop
2:59
6
Slim’s Jam
3:15
7
Hallelujah (alternate take 1)
4:10
8
Hallelujah (alternate take 2)
4:11
9
Hallelujah (master take)
3:59
10
Get Happy (alternate take; incomplete)
4:03
11
Get Happy (master take)
3:47
12
Slam Slam Blues (alternate take)
5:05
13
Slam Slam Blues (master take)
4:28
14
Congo Blues (alternate take 1; incomplete)
1:05
15
Congo Blues (alternate take 2; incomplete)
1:16
16
Congo Blues (alternate take 3)
4:01
17
Congo Blues (alternate take 4)
3:54
18
Congo Blues (master take)
3:53
19
Groovin’ High
4:14
20
The Great Lie
4:16
21
Blues
3:59
22
How High the Moon?
4:32

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The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker

The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker 2011

Dancing in the Dark 2004

Release credits

Bill DeArango
guitar [43, 45]
Buck Clayton
trumpet [31]
Buck Ram
producer [5]
Charlie Parker
alto saxophone [3.43, 3.45, 4.12-13, 2.36, 1.5, 1.13, 1.17-18, 1.25, 1.31]
Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers
performing orchestra [13, 18, 25]
Clyde Hart
piano [5]
Curley Russell
bass [13, 17], double bass [1.13, 1.18, 1.25, 3.43, 3.45]
Danny Barker
banjo [31], guitar [31]
Dexter Gordon
tenor saxophone [31]
Dizzy Gillespie
piano [13, 17-18, 25], trumpet [3.43, 3.45, 4.12-13]
Doug Hawkins
recording [5, 13, 18]
Duke Jordan
piano [36]
Flip Phillips
tenor saxophone [3.43, 3.45, 4.12-13]
J.C. Heard
drums (drum set) [1.31, 4.12-13]
James "Jimmy" Siracuse
recording [36]
Jimmy Butts
double bass [5, 31], vocal [5]
Max Roach
drums (drum set) [1.13, 1.17-18, 1.25, 3.43, 3.45, 2.36]
Miles Davis
trumpet [1.13, 1.17-18, 1.25, 2.36]
Nat Jaffe
piano [43, 45]
Red Norvo
vibraphone [12-13]
Sadik Hakim
piano [25]
Sarah Vaughan
vocal [43, 45]
Sir Charles Thompson
piano [31]
Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
performing orchestra [31]
Slam Stewart
double bass [12-13]
Teddy Reig
producer [1.13, 1.18, 2.36]
Tiny Grimes
guitar [5]
Tiny Grimes Quintet
performing orchestra [5]
Tommy Potter
double bass [36]
‘Doc’ West
drums (drum set) [5]

Issues

C
(Combined release view)
C
Complete Savoy Sessions
4x CD
2004
C
Complete Savoy Sessions
4x Digital Media (Bonus Track Version)
16 January 2016
C
Complete Savoy Sessions
4x CD
2016