This [four japanese]-CD box set contains all of the recordings Charlie Parker made for the Savoy label and it is overflowing with gems and an almost countless number of alternate takes. Bird was one of the most important jazzmen of all time and nearly every note he recorded (in the studios if not live) is well worth hearing. This box starts off with his sideman date with Tiny Grimes in 1944, contains Parker's famous "Ko Ko" session of 1945 (with a young Miles Davis on trumpet and highlighted by "Now's the Time" and "Billie's Bounce"), and continues through his 1947-1948 quintet sessions with a more mature Miles Davis; either Bud Powell, John Lewis, or Duke Jordan on piano; bassists Tommy Potter, Curly Russell, or Nelson Boyd; and drummer Max Roach. Together they recorded such classics as "Donna Lee," "Chasin' the Bird," "Milestones," and "Parker's Mood." Every scrap that the great altoist cut for Savoy is in this box.
Source : http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-savoy-sessions-r164939
Charlie Parker
Complete Studio Recordings
on Savoy Years
[1944-1948]
Tracks
Cd. 1
Tiny Grimes Quintet
1 Tiny's Tempo [take 1] (Grimes) 3:00
2 Tiny's Tempo [take 2] (Grimes) 3:00
3 Tiny's Tempo [take 3 (master)] (Grimes) 2:53
4 I'll Always Love You Just the Same [take 1] (unkwow) 2:57
5 I'll Always Love You Just the Same [take 2 (master)] (unkwow) 2:58
6 Romance Without Finance [take 1] (Grimes) 3:05
7 Romance Without Finance [take 2 (inc.)] (Grimes) 1:00
8 Romance Without Finance [take 3] (Grimes) 3:07
9 Romance Without Finance [take 4 (inc.)] (Grimes) 0:43
10 Romance Without Finance [take 5 (master)] (Grimes) 3:01
11 Red Cross [take 1] (Parker) 3:15
12 Red Cross [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 3:06
on Savoy Years
[1944-1948]
Tracks
Cd. 1
Tiny Grimes Quintet
1 Tiny's Tempo [take 1] (Grimes) 3:00
2 Tiny's Tempo [take 2] (Grimes) 3:00
3 Tiny's Tempo [take 3 (master)] (Grimes) 2:53
4 I'll Always Love You Just the Same [take 1] (unkwow) 2:57
5 I'll Always Love You Just the Same [take 2 (master)] (unkwow) 2:58
6 Romance Without Finance [take 1] (Grimes) 3:05
7 Romance Without Finance [take 2 (inc.)] (Grimes) 1:00
8 Romance Without Finance [take 3] (Grimes) 3:07
9 Romance Without Finance [take 4 (inc.)] (Grimes) 0:43
10 Romance Without Finance [take 5 (master)] (Grimes) 3:01
11 Red Cross [take 1] (Parker) 3:15
12 Red Cross [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 3:06
Charlie Parker Rebeboppers13 Warming up a Riff [Cherokee] [inc.] (Gillespie, Paker) 2:34
14 Billie's Bounce [take 1] (Parker) 2:40
15 Billie's Bounce [take 2 (incomplete)] (Parker) 1:42
16 Billie's Bounce [take 3] (Parker) 3:04
17 Billie's Bounce [take 4 (incomplete)] (Parker) 1:37
18 Billie's Bounce [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 3:07
19 Now's the Time [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:19
20 Now's the Time [take 2 (false start)] (Parker) 0:36
21 Now's the Time [take 3] (Parker) 3:06
22 Now's the Time [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 3:14
23 Thriving From a Riff [Anthropology] [take 1] (Gillespie, Paker) 2:58
24 Thriving From a Riff [Anthropology] [take 2 (inc.)] (Gillespie, Paker) 0:22
25 Thriving From a Riff [Anthropology] [take 3 (master)] (Gillespie, Paker) 2:54
26 Meandering [Embraceable You] [inc.] (Davis) 3:16
27 Koko [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:38
28 Koko [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:53
Personnel
[# 1-12] Tiny Grimes Quintet
Charlie Parker - as
Clayde Hart - p
Tiny Grimes - g & voc
Jimmy Butts - b
Doc West - dr
Recorded at WOR Studios, New York City ; September 14, 1944
[# 13-28] Charlie Parker Rebeboppers
Miles Davis - tp
Dizzy Gillespie - tp
Charlie Parker - as
Argonne Thorton [Sadik Hakim] - p
Cureley Russell - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded at WOR Studios, New York City ; November 26, 1945
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Cd. 2
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet [1945]
[Guild Session]
1 Groovin' High (Gillespie, Paparelli) 2:43
2 All the Things You Are (Kern, Hammerstein) 2:47
3 Dizzy Atmosphere (Gillespie, Parker) 2:47
Dizzy Gillespie All stars Quintet [1945]
[Guild Session]
4 Salt Peanuts (Gillespie, Clarke) 3:16
5 Shaw 'Nuff (Gillespie, Parker) 3:01
6 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) 3:23
7 Hot House (Dameron) 3:10
Slim Gaillard and his Orchestra [1945]
[Bel-Tone Session]
8 Dizzy's Boogie [take 2 (master)] (Gillespie) 3:07
9 Dizzy's Boogie [take 1] (Gillespie) 3:13
10 Flat Foot Floogie [take 2 (master)] (Gaillard, Stewart, Root) 2:30
11 Flat Foot Floogie [take 1] (Gaillard, Stewart, Root) 2:44
12 Poppity Pop (Gaillard) 2:55
13 Slim's Jam (Gaillard) 3:13
Charlie Parker All Stars [1947]
14 Donna Lee [take 1 (false start)] (Davis) 0:14
15 Donna Lee [take 2] (Davis) 2:58
16 Donna Lee [take 3] (Davis) 2:30
17 Donna Lee [take 4] (Davis) 2:34
18 Donna Lee [take 5 (master)] (Davis) 2:31
19 Chasin' the Bird [take 1] (Parker) 2:54
20 Chasin' the Bird [take 2 (false start)] (Parker) 0:18
21 Chasin' the Bird [take 3] (Parker) 2:55
22 Chasin' the Bird [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 2:44
23 Cheryl [take 1] (Parker) 0:04
24 Cheryl [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:57
25 Buzzy [take 1] (Parker) 2:53
26 Buzzy [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:34
27 Buzzy [take 3] (Parker) 2:36
28 Buzzy [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:17
29 Buzzy [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 2:29
Cd. 2
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet [1945]
[Guild Session]
1 Groovin' High (Gillespie, Paparelli) 2:43
2 All the Things You Are (Kern, Hammerstein) 2:47
3 Dizzy Atmosphere (Gillespie, Parker) 2:47
Dizzy Gillespie All stars Quintet [1945]
[Guild Session]
4 Salt Peanuts (Gillespie, Clarke) 3:16
5 Shaw 'Nuff (Gillespie, Parker) 3:01
6 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) 3:23
7 Hot House (Dameron) 3:10
Slim Gaillard and his Orchestra [1945][Bel-Tone Session]
8 Dizzy's Boogie [take 2 (master)] (Gillespie) 3:07
9 Dizzy's Boogie [take 1] (Gillespie) 3:13
10 Flat Foot Floogie [take 2 (master)] (Gaillard, Stewart, Root) 2:30
11 Flat Foot Floogie [take 1] (Gaillard, Stewart, Root) 2:44
12 Poppity Pop (Gaillard) 2:55
13 Slim's Jam (Gaillard) 3:13
Charlie Parker All Stars [1947]
14 Donna Lee [take 1 (false start)] (Davis) 0:14
15 Donna Lee [take 2] (Davis) 2:58
16 Donna Lee [take 3] (Davis) 2:30
17 Donna Lee [take 4] (Davis) 2:34
18 Donna Lee [take 5 (master)] (Davis) 2:31
19 Chasin' the Bird [take 1] (Parker) 2:54
20 Chasin' the Bird [take 2 (false start)] (Parker) 0:18
21 Chasin' the Bird [take 3] (Parker) 2:55
22 Chasin' the Bird [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 2:44
23 Cheryl [take 1] (Parker) 0:04
24 Cheryl [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:57
25 Buzzy [take 1] (Parker) 2:53
26 Buzzy [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:34
27 Buzzy [take 3] (Parker) 2:36
28 Buzzy [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:17
29 Buzzy [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 2:29
Personnel
[# 1-3] Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie - tp
Charlie Parker - as
Clyde Hart - p
Remo Palmieri - g
Slam Stewart - b
Cozy Cole - dr
Recorded in New York ; February 28, 1945
[# 4-7] Dizzy Gillespie All stars Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie - tp & voc
Charlie Parker - as
Al Haig - p
Curley Russell - b
Sid Catlett - dr
Sarah Vaughan - voc
Recorded in New York ; May 11, 1945
[# 8-13] Slim Gaillard and his Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie - tp
Charlie Parker - as
Jack McVea - ts
Dodo Marmarosa - p
Slim Gaillard - g & voc
Slam Brown - b
Zutty Singleton - dr
Recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles ; December 29, 1945
[# 14-29] Charlie Parker All Stars
Miles Davis - tp
Charlie Parker - as
Bud Powell - p
Tommy Potter - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded at Harry Smith Studios, New York City ; May 8, 1947
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Cd. 3
Miles Davis' All Stars [1947]
1 Milestones [take 1 (false start)] (Davis) 0:07
2 Milestones [take 2 (master)] (Davis) 2:34
3 Milestones [take 3] (Davis) 2:43
4 Little Willie Leaps [take 1 (inc.)] (Davis) 0:34
5 Little Willie Leaps [take 2] (Davis) 3:07
6 Little Willie Leaps [take 3 (master)] (Davis) 2:49
7 Half Nelson [take 1] (Davis) 2:49
8 Half Nelson [take 2 (master)] (Davis) 2:42
9 Sippin' at Bell's [take 1 (inc.)] (Davis) 0:55
10 Sippin' at Bell's [take 2 (master)] (Davis) 2:21
11 Sippin' at Bell's [take 3 (false start)] (Davis) 0:04
12 Sippin' at Bell's [take 4] (Davis) 2:26
Charlie Parker's All Stars [1947]
13 Another Hair-Do [take 1 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:14
14 Another Hair-Do [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:44
15 Another Hair-Do [take 3 (inc.)] (Parker) 1:04
16 Another Hair-Do [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 2:37
17 Bluebird [take 1] (Parker) 2:53
18 Bluebird [take 2] (Parker) 0:03
19 Bluebird [take 3 (master)] (Parker) 2:49
20 Klaunstance [The Way You Look Tonight] (Parker) 2:41
21 Bird Gets the Worm [Lover Come Back to Me] [take 1] (Parker) 3:00
22 Bird Gets the Worm [Lover Come Back to Me] [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:09
23 Bird Gets the Worm [Lover Come Back to Me] [take 3 (master)] (Parker) 2:34
Cd. 3
Miles Davis' All Stars [1947]
1 Milestones [take 1 (false start)] (Davis) 0:07
2 Milestones [take 2 (master)] (Davis) 2:34
3 Milestones [take 3] (Davis) 2:43
4 Little Willie Leaps [take 1 (inc.)] (Davis) 0:34
5 Little Willie Leaps [take 2] (Davis) 3:07
6 Little Willie Leaps [take 3 (master)] (Davis) 2:49
7 Half Nelson [take 1] (Davis) 2:49
8 Half Nelson [take 2 (master)] (Davis) 2:42
9 Sippin' at Bell's [take 1 (inc.)] (Davis) 0:55
10 Sippin' at Bell's [take 2 (master)] (Davis) 2:21
11 Sippin' at Bell's [take 3 (false start)] (Davis) 0:04
12 Sippin' at Bell's [take 4] (Davis) 2:26
Charlie Parker's All Stars [1947]13 Another Hair-Do [take 1 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:14
14 Another Hair-Do [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:44
15 Another Hair-Do [take 3 (inc.)] (Parker) 1:04
16 Another Hair-Do [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 2:37
17 Bluebird [take 1] (Parker) 2:53
18 Bluebird [take 2] (Parker) 0:03
19 Bluebird [take 3 (master)] (Parker) 2:49
20 Klaunstance [The Way You Look Tonight] (Parker) 2:41
21 Bird Gets the Worm [Lover Come Back to Me] [take 1] (Parker) 3:00
22 Bird Gets the Worm [Lover Come Back to Me] [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:09
23 Bird Gets the Worm [Lover Come Back to Me] [take 3 (master)] (Parker) 2:34
Personnel
[# 1-12] Miles Davis' All Stars
Mailes Davis - tp
Charlie Parker - ts
John Lewis - p
Nelson Boyd - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded at Harry Smith Studios, New York City ; August 14, 1947
[# 13-23] Charlie Parker's All stars
Miles Davis - tp
Charlie Parker - as
Duke Jordan - p
Tommy Potter - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded at United Studios, Detroit, Michigan ; December 21, 1947
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Cd. 4
Charlie Parker All Stars [1948]
1 Barbados [take 1] (Parker) 2:35
2 Barbados [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:43
3 Barbados [take 3] (Parker) 2:33
4 Barbados [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 2:26
5 Au-Leu-Cha [take 1 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:36
6 Au-Leu-Cha [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:52
7 Constellation [take 1 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:23
8 Constellation [take 2] (Parker) 2:30
9 Constellation [take 3 (inc.)] (Parker) 2:05
10 Constellation [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:21
11 Constellation [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 2:26
12 Parker's Mood [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:04
13 Parker's Mood [take 2] (Parker) 3:23
14 Parker's Mood [take 3 (false start)] (Parker) 0:11
15 Parker's Mood [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 2:12
16 Parker's Mood [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 3:01
Charlie Parker All Stars [1948]
17 Perhaps [take 1] (Parker) 2:01
18 Perhaps [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:28
19 Perhaps [take 3] (Parker) 2:09
20 Perhaps [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:18
21 Perhaps [take 5 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:39
22 Perhaps [take 6] (Parker) 2:16
23 Perhaps [take 7 (master)] (Parker) 2:31
24 Marmaduke [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:04
25 Marmaduke [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 1:14
26 Marmaduke [take 3 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:51
27 Marmaduke [take 4 (false start)] (Parker) 0:05
28 Marmaduke [take 5] (Parker) 2:55
29 Marmaduke [take 6 (false start)] (Parker) 0:06
30 Marmaduke [take 7 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:57
31 Marmaduke [take 8/9 (8: false start)] (Parker) 3:09
32 Marmaduke [take 10 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:34
33 Marmaduke [take 11 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:47
34 Marmaduke [take 12 (master)] (Parker) 2:41
35 Steeplechase [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:06
36 Steeplechase [master] (Parker) 3:03
37 Merry Go Round [take 1] (Parker) 2:22
38 Merry Go Round [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:23
Cd. 4
Charlie Parker All Stars [1948]1 Barbados [take 1] (Parker) 2:35
2 Barbados [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:43
3 Barbados [take 3] (Parker) 2:33
4 Barbados [take 4 (master)] (Parker) 2:26
5 Au-Leu-Cha [take 1 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:36
6 Au-Leu-Cha [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:52
7 Constellation [take 1 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:23
8 Constellation [take 2] (Parker) 2:30
9 Constellation [take 3 (inc.)] (Parker) 2:05
10 Constellation [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:21
11 Constellation [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 2:26
12 Parker's Mood [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:04
13 Parker's Mood [take 2] (Parker) 3:23
14 Parker's Mood [take 3 (false start)] (Parker) 0:11
15 Parker's Mood [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 2:12
16 Parker's Mood [take 5 (master)] (Parker) 3:01
Charlie Parker All Stars [1948]
17 Perhaps [take 1] (Parker) 2:01
18 Perhaps [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:28
19 Perhaps [take 3] (Parker) 2:09
20 Perhaps [take 4 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:18
21 Perhaps [take 5 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:39
22 Perhaps [take 6] (Parker) 2:16
23 Perhaps [take 7 (master)] (Parker) 2:31
24 Marmaduke [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:04
25 Marmaduke [take 2 (inc.)] (Parker) 1:14
26 Marmaduke [take 3 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:51
27 Marmaduke [take 4 (false start)] (Parker) 0:05
28 Marmaduke [take 5] (Parker) 2:55
29 Marmaduke [take 6 (false start)] (Parker) 0:06
30 Marmaduke [take 7 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:57
31 Marmaduke [take 8/9 (8: false start)] (Parker) 3:09
32 Marmaduke [take 10 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:34
33 Marmaduke [take 11 (inc.)] (Parker) 0:47
34 Marmaduke [take 12 (master)] (Parker) 2:41
35 Steeplechase [take 1 (false start)] (Parker) 0:06
36 Steeplechase [master] (Parker) 3:03
37 Merry Go Round [take 1] (Parker) 2:22
38 Merry Go Round [take 2 (master)] (Parker) 2:23
Personnel
[# 1-16] Charlie Parker All Stars
Miles Davis - tp
Charlie Parker - as
John Lewis - p
Curley Russell - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded at Harry Smith Studios, New York City ; September 18, 1948
[# 17-38] Charlie Parker All Stars
Same as above ; same place ; September 24, 1948
see also
http://murayama-hideki.com/CharlieParker/SessionIndex.html
http://murayama-hideki.com/CharlieParker/SessionIndex.html
28 comments:
merci beaucoup
That's one serious post,mel!
WoW! and Thanks Mel once again with a gem indeed...
I got our library to get this some years ago now but was only copying at 128 so I'm happy for the FLAC! Great stuff. I still have a sealed copy of The Charlie Parker Story LP, which I've been saving for decades.
Nice one Mel - thanks!
Merci Mel for sharing that one, a killer post. So Thanks.
Obrigado por nos trazer o genio de volta!!!
Un monstre! Ai-je assez de place? Merci tout de même.
Birdylipopette! Fantastic post Mel, a must have!!
Mel, you are killin' me. I'm supposed to be painting my house !
an object lesson in jazz from the fount- it has taken so many years of loving jazz for the scales to fall from my eyes and begin to truly hear and understand the importance of this genius in jazz -neither was he a transitional figure merely- not by a million miles
what a blog you run and how deep is your love and appreciation of jazz
great blog and all due the the selfless dedication of you, mel [ i wonder how many of your readers know the meaning of you blog title and who Melanchthon was- obviously a truly cultured and generous ma
I THANK YOU YET AGAIN FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK FOR US OUT HERE STARVED OF GREAT MUSIC
CENSUSLOSS xxxx
You said it, censusloss… What a place for music lovers! And now, Bird… Yes, we know that, but it's always fresh, like the morning dew… Tks Mel, I gonna fly all day long.
YES! I've been looking for this for a long time. Thank you Mel!
C'est fantastique. Many thanks Mel!!
Essential, in a Japanese edition... amazing!!!!!. Thanks Mel.
Thank you Mel! Between this and the dial sessions you've given me a great Bird fix.
merci
thank you!
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Thank you very much, Melanchthon. Great set, historical sessions ...
As usual, I admire the wonderful, historic covers, accurate discography and also admire Your efforts inserted in the development of information
Wow, Thanks Mel!!!
MEL,
Something is wrong here.
CD 4 ends with "Perhaps" tk. 6.
Is there supposed to be a CD 5?
The Master take of "Perhaps" is missing as are all the takes for "Marmaduke", Steeplechase" and "Merry Go Round".
None of the numbers you have listed coincide with CD 4 either.
?????????
@DEEP
Do you mean from Perhaps's master up to the end of the cd ? Tracks 23/38 are missing ?
Mel,
I think the Japanese screwed this set up royally. I'm going to go through Disc 3 & 4 again and check everything. Of course the Slim Gaillard material was not even on Savoy. I'll get back to you on this later in the day. And yes, Perhaps (master) to the end are missing.
However, the numerical listing has 38 tracks and Perhaps take #6 is #38.That is where the CD ends
I've got to figure this out.
Ok, tell me. For me it works fine (38 tracks/cd 4)
Mel,
Here's what's happening:
Tr. 1 Perhaps (master)
Tr. 2-12 Marmaduke [Tr. 12 - Master]
Tr. 13-14 Steeplechase [14 Master]
Tr. 15-16 Merry Go Round [16 Master]
Tr. 17-20 Barbados [20 Master]
Tr. 21-22 Al-Leu-Cha [22 Master]
Tr. 23-27 Constellation [27 Master]
Tr. 28-32 Parker's Mood [32 Master]
Tr. 33-38 Perhaps [go to tr. 1 for Master]
I'm going to reconstruct as follows:
17,18,19,20 [Barbados]
21,22 [Al-Leu-Cha]
23,24,25,26,27 [Constellation]
28,29,30,31,32 [Parker's Mood]
33,34,35,36,37,38,1 [Perhaps]
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12[Marmaduke]
13,14 [Steeplechase]
15,16 [Merry Go Round]
Total 38 tracks.
The Japanese screwed it up. If you reconstruct like that you'll conform to the track listing Melvin posted and the one's on the CD 4 listing.
13,14 [Steeplechase]
15,16[Merry Go Round]
DISREGARD EVERYTHING ABOVE.
I SCREWED UP.
SORRY
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