Charlie Parker – Complete Savoy Masters

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Charlie Parker – Complete Savoy Masters (1999) [FLAC]

Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was instrumental in tipping jazz over from the swing genre, which was predominantly a dance music, to bop, which aspired to art, an intellectual dance if you will, and consequently Parker was a huge purveyor of the mid-’40s sea change that began to alter the way audiences approached jazz, and pop music in general. This double-disc set of his complete Savoy output chronicles ground zero of the bop revolution, and contains classic takes of “Groovin’ High,” “Barbados,” “Parker’s Mood,” “Koko,” “Milestones,” and many others.

~ Steve Leggett @ allmusic.com

:: Release Info ::

Recording Date: Sep 15, 1944 – Sep 24, 1948

Release Date: 1999

Label: Definitive Records

Catalog #: DRCD11140

:: Credits ::

Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 1-19 to 2-20)

Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: 2-16 to 2-20), Curley Russell* (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-8), Jimmy Butts (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Nelson Boyd (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18), Slam Stewart (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11), Bam Brown* (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), Tommy Porter (tracks: 1-11 to1-14, 1-19 to 1-22), Tommy Porter (tracks: 1-19 to 1-22)

Drums – Cozy Cole (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11), Harold West* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Joe Harris (3) (tracks: 2-16 to 2-20), Max Roach (tracks: 1-5 to 2-8), Zutty Singleton (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)

Guitar – Remo Palmieri (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11), Slim Gaillard (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), Tiny Grimes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)

Piano – Argonne Thornton (tracks: 1-8), Bud Powell (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), Clyde Hart (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Clyde Hart (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9), Dodo Marmarosa (tracks: 2-13 to 2-15), Duke Jordan (tracks: 1-19 to 1-22), John Lewis (2) (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18, 2-1 to 2-8, 2-16 to 2-20), Slim Gaillard (tracks: 2-12)

Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18), Jack McVea (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)

Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1-8, 2-9 to 2-20), Miles Davis (tracks: 1-6, 1-7, 1-11 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-8)

Vocals – Jimmy Butts (tracks: 1-3), Slim Gaillard (tracks: 2-13. 2-14), Bam Brown* (tracks: 2-13, 2-14), Tiny Grimes (tracks: 1-2, 1-3)

:: Tracks ::

Disc 1

01. Tiny’s Tempo – 02:55

02. I’ll Always Love You – 03:00

03. Romance Without Finance – 03:03

04. Red Cross – 03:08

05. Warming Up a Riff – 02:33

06. Billie’s Bounce – 03:11

07. Now’s the Time – 03:16

08. Thriving on a Riff – 02:57

09. Meandering – 03:17

10. Ko-Ko – 02:55

11. Donna Lee – 02:34

12. Chasin’ the Bird – 02:45

13. Cheryl – 02:59

14. Buzzy – 02:30

15. Milestones – 02:37

16. Little Willie Leaps – 02:52

17. Half Nelson – 02:45

18. Sippin’ At Bells – 02:25

19. Another Hair-Do – 02:40

20. Blue Bird – 02:50

21. Klaunstance – 02:44

22. Bird Gets the Worm – 02:33

Disc 2

01. Barbados – 02:30

02. Ah-Leu-Cha – 02:56

03. Constellation – 02:29

04. Parker’s Mood – 03:05

05. Perhaps – 02:36

06. Marmaduke – 02:45

07. Steeplechase – 03:06

08. Merry-Go-Round – 02:28

09. Groovin’ High – 02:44

10. All the Things You Are – 02:51

11. Dizzy Atmosphere – 02:50

12. Dizzy’s Boogie – 03:12

13. Flat Foot Floogie – 02:35

14. Poppity Pop – 03:01

15. Slim’s Jam – 03:20

16. A Night in Tunisia (Carnegie) – 05:13

17. Dizzy Atmosphere (Carnegie) – 04:03

18. Groovin’ High (Carnegie) – 05:15

19. Confirmation (Carnegie) – 05:40

20. Koko (Carnegie) – 04:15