Charlie Parker The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948 (8-CD Box Set)

Entertainment Weekly: "...Nothing less than the founding documents of bebop..." - Rating: A-
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Format:  CD  (8 Discs)
item number:  V9F6
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 8
  • Released: June 18, 2002
  • Originally Released: 2002
  • Label: Savoy Jazz

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 12/1/00, pp.96,98
"...Nothing less than the founding documents of bebop..." - Rating: A-
Mojo (Publisher) - 2/01, p.86
"...It's the first time Bird's masterpieces have been brought together in one place....we have a comprehensive summation of Parker's major works from his greatest period in one box..."

Tracks on 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
  • 21.Billie's Bounce [Take 5]
  • 22.Now's the Time [Take 4]
  • 23.Thriving on a Riff [Take 3]
  • 24.Meandering [Take 1]
  • 25.Koko [Take 2]

Tracks on 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 [Imcomplete Take][Take]
  • 7.Now's the Time [Take 3]
  • 8.Thriving on a Riff [Take 1]
  • 9.Thriving on a Riff [Take 2]
  • 10.Koko [Take 1][Excerpt]
  • 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 (Bird Lore) [Take 3]
  • 27.A Night in Tunisia (The Famous Alto Break) [Take 1]
  • 28.A Night in Tunisia [Take 4]

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Max (Is) Making Wax [Take A]
  • 2.Lover Man [Take A]
  • 3.The Gypsy [Take A]
  • 4.Bebop [Take A]
  • 5.Blues on the Sofa (Blues, No. 1)
  • 6.Kopely Plaza Blues (No. 2)
  • 7.Yardbird Suite
  • 8.Lullaby in Rhythm, Pt. 1
  • 9.Lullaby in Rhythm, Pt. 2
  • 10.Home Cooking, No. 2: Cherokee
  • 11.Home Cooking, No. 3: I Got Rhythm
  • 12.Home Cooking, No. 1: Opus
  • 13.This Is Always [Take C]
  • 14.Dark Shadows [Take C]
  • 15.Bird's Nest [Take C]
  • 16.Cool Blues [Take C]
  • 17.This Is Always [Take D]
  • 18.Dark Shadows [Take A]
  • 19.Dark Shadows [Take B]
  • 20.Dark Shadows [Take D]
  • 21.Bird's Nest [Take A]
  • 22.Bird's Nest [Take B]
  • 23.Cool Blues (Hot Blues / Blowtop Blues) [Take A]
  • 24.Cool Blues (Blowtop Blues) [Take B]
  • 25.Cool Blues [Take D]

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Relaxin' at Camarillo [Take C]
  • 2.Cheers [Take D]
  • 3.Carvin' the Bird [Take B]
  • 4.Stupendous [Take A]
  • 5.Relaxin' at Camarillo [Take A]
  • 6.Relaxin' at Camarillo [Take D]
  • 7.Relaxin' at Camarillo [Take E]
  • 8.Cheers [Take A]
  • 9.Cheers [Take B]
  • 10.Cheers [Take C]
  • 11.Carvin' the Bird [Take A]
  • 12.Stupendous [Take B]
  • 13.Donna Lee [Take 5]
  • 14.Chasin' the Bird [Take 4]
  • 15.Cheryl [Take 1 False Start][Excerpt]
  • 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]

Tracks on 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 Willie 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.Dexerity [Take B]
  • 14.Bongo Bop [Take A]
  • 15.Dewey Square [Take C]
  • 16.The Hymn [Take B]
  • 17.Bird of Paradise [Take C]
  • 18.Embraceable You [Take B]
  • 19.Dexterity [Take A]
  • 20.Bongo Bop [Take B]
  • 21.Dewey Square [Take A]
  • 22.Dewey Square [Take B]
  • 23.The Hymn [Take A]
  • 24.Bird of Paradise [Take A]
  • 25.Bird of Paradise [Take B]
  • 26.Embraceable You [Take A]

Tracks on Disc 6:

  • 1.Bird Feathers [Take C]
  • 2.Klact - Oveeseds - Tene [Take A]
  • 3.Scrapple from the Apple [Take C]
  • 4.My Old Flame [Take A]
  • 5.Out of Nowhere [Take B]
  • 6.Don't Blame Me [Take A]
  • 7.Klact - Oveeseds - Tene [Take B]
  • 8.Scrapple from the Apple [Take B]
  • 9.Out of Nowhere [Take A]
  • 10.Out of Nowhere [Take C]
  • 11.Drifting on a Reed (Big Foot) [Take E]
  • 12.Quasimado [Take B]
  • 13.Charlie's Wig [Take E]
  • 14.Bongo Beep [Take C]
  • 15.Crazology [Take D]
  • 16.How Deep Is the Ocean? [Take A]
  • 17.Drifting on a Reed [Take B]
  • 18.Drifting on a Reed [Take D]
  • 19.Quasimado [Take A]
  • 20.Charlie's Wig [Take B]
  • 21.Charlie's Wig [Take D]
  • 22.Bongo Beep [Take B]
  • 23.Crazeology [Take A]
  • 24.Crazeology [Take B]
  • 25.Crazeology [Take C]
  • 26.How Deep Is the Ocean? [Take B]

Tracks on 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][Excerpt]
  • 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.Ah - Leu - Cha [Take 2]
  • 13.Constellation [Take 5]
  • 14.Parker's Mood [Take 5]
  • 15.[Untitled Track]
  • 16.Barbados [Take 2]
  • 17.Barbados [Take 3]
  • 18.Ah - 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 [Take 1 & 2]
  • 30.Merry - Go - Round [Take 2]

Tracks on 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 [Take F]
  • 20.Get Happy [Take D]
  • 21.Slam Slam Blues [Take B]
  • 22.Congo Blues [Take C]
  • 23.Hallelujah [Take A]
  • 24.Hallelujah [Take E]
  • 25.Get Happy [Take B]
  • 26.Slam Slam Blues [Take A]
  • 27.Congo Blues [Take Aa]
  • 28.Congo Blues [Take Bb]
  • 29.Congo Blues [Take A]
  • 30.Congo Blues [Take B]

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  • UPC: 795041707925
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