Complete Savoy Sessions

~ Release by Charlie Parker (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Includes 20-page booklet

Recording dates:
1-1 to 1-12: New York, Sept. 15, 1944
1-13 to 1-28: New York, Nov. 26, 1945
1-29 to 1-31: New York, Sept. 4, 1945
2-1 to 2-16: New York, May 8, 1947
2-17 to 2-28: New York, August 14, 1947
2-29 to 2-39: Detroit, Dec. 21, 1947
3-1 to 3-16: New York, Sept. 18, 1948
3-17 to 3-39: New York, Sept. 24, 1948
3-40 to 3-42: New York, Feb. 28, 1945
3-43 to 3-45: New York, May 25, 1945
4-1 to 4-6: Hollywood, Dec. 29, 1945
4-7 to 4-18: New York, June 6, 1945
4-19 to 4-22: New York, 1950

Annotation last modified on 2025-04-10 04:15 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Dizzy’s Boogie (master take)
recording of:
Dizzy's Boogie
writer:
Slim Gaillard
3:11
2Dizzy’s Boogie (alternate take)
recording of:
Dizzy's Boogie
writer:
Slim Gaillard
3:18
3Flat Foot Floogie (master take)
recording of:
The Flat Foot Floogie
composer:
Slim Gaillard, Bud Green and Slam Stewart
2:34
4Flat Foot Floogie (alternate take)
recording of:
The Flat Foot Floogie
composer:
Slim Gaillard, Bud Green and Slam Stewart
2:48
5Poppity Pop
recording of:
Popity Pop
writer:
Slim Gaillard
3:00
6Slim’s Jam
recording of:
Slim's Jam (on 1945-12-29)
writer:
Slim Gaillard
3:16
7Hallelujah (alternate take 1)
recording of:
Hallelujah!
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
4:10
8Hallelujah (alternate take 2)
recording of:
Hallelujah!
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
4:11
9Hallelujah (master take)
instrumental recording of:
Hallelujah! (on 1945-06-06)
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
4:00
10Get Happy (alternate take; incomplete)
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
4:03
11Get Happy (master take)
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
3:47
12Slam Slam Blues (alternate take)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-06-06)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1945-06-06)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1945-06-06)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (on 1945-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-06-06)
vibraphone:
Red Norvo (on 1945-06-06)
recording of:
Slam Slam Blues (on 1945-06-06)
composer:
Red Norvo
recording of:
Slam Slam Blues (on 1946-06-06)
composer:
Red Norvo
5:05
13Slam Slam Blues (master take)
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-06-06)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1945-06-06)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1945-06-06)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (on 1945-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-06-06)
vibraphone:
Red Norvo (on 1945-06-06)
recording of:
Slam Slam Blues (on 1945-06-06)
composer:
Red Norvo
4:29
14Congo Blues (alternate take 1; incomplete)
recording of:
Congo Blues
composer:
Red Norvo
1:06
15Congo Blues (alternate take 2; incomplete)
recording of:
Congo Blues
composer:
Red Norvo
1:17
16Congo Blues (alternate take 3)
recording of:
Congo Blues
composer:
Red Norvo
4:01
17Congo Blues (alternate take 4)
recording of:
Congo Blues
composer:
Red Norvo
3:55
18Congo Blues (master take)
recording of:
Congo Blues
composer:
Red Norvo
3:53
19Groovin’ High
recording of:
Groovin’ High
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
4:14
20The Great Lie
4:17
21Blues
recording of:
Blues
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:59
22How High the Moon?
recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:33