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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1Barbados (alternate take 1)
recording of:
Barbados (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:38
2Barbados (alternate take 2; incomplete)
partial recording of:
Barbados (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:47
3Barbados (alternate take 3)
recording of:
Barbados (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:35
4Barbados (master take)
recording of:
Barbados (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:29
5Ah-Leu-Cha (alternate take; incomplete)
partial recording of:
Ah-Leu-Cha (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:39
6Ah-Leu-Cha (master take)
recording of:
Ah-Leu-Cha (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:54
7Constellation (alternate take 1; incomplete)
partial recording of:
Constellation (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:24
8Constellation (alternate take 2)
recording of:
Constellation (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:32
9Constellation (alternate take 3; incomplete)
recording of:
Constellation (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:07
10Constellation (alternate take 4; incomplete)
partial recording of:
Constellation (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:23
11Constellation (master take)
recording of:
Constellation (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:27
12Parker’s Mood (alternate take 1; false start)
partial recording of:
Parker's Mood (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:08
13Parker’s Mood (alternate take 2)
recording of:
Parker's Mood (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:27
14Parker’s Mood (alternate take 3; false start)
partial recording of:
Parker's Mood (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:14
15Parker’s Mood (alternate take 4; incomplete)
recording of:
Parker's Mood (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:12
16Parker’s Mood (master take)
recording of:
Parker's Mood (on 1948-09-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:04
17Perhaps (alternate take 1)
recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:06
18Perhaps (alternate take 2; incomplete)
recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:29
19Perhaps (alternate take 3)
recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:11
20Perhaps (alternate take 4; incomplete)
partial recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:22
21Perhaps (alternate take 5; incomplete)
recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:48
22Perhaps (alternate take 6)
recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:20
23Perhaps (master take)
recording of:
Perhaps (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:35
24Marmaduke (alternate take 1; false start)
partial recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:07
25Marmaduke (alternate take 2; incomplete)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
1:17
26Marmaduke (alternate take 3; incomplete)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:54
27Marmaduke (alternate take 4; false start)
partial recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:07
28Marmaduke (alternate take 5)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:55
29Marmaduke (alternate take 6; false start)
partial recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:11
30Marmaduke (alternate take 7; false start)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
1:02
31Marmaduke (alternate take 8; false start)
partial recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:09
32Marmaduke (alternate take 9)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:03
33Marmaduke (alternate take 10; incomplete)
partial recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:37
34Marmaduke (alternate take 11; incomplete)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:50
35Marmaduke (master take)
recording of:
Marmaduke (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:45
36Steeplechase (alternate take; false start)
partial recording of:
Steeplechase (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
0:11
37Steeplechase (master take)
recording of:
Steeplechase (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:06
38Merry-Go-Round (alternate take; incomplete)
recording of:
Merry-Go-Round (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:21
39Merry-Go-Round (master take)
recording of:
Merry-Go-Round (on 1948-09-24)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:27
40Groovin’ High
recording of:
Groovin’ High
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:44
41All the Things You Are
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
2:51
42Dizzy Atmosphere
recording of:
Dizzy Atmosphere
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:48
43What More Can a Woman Do?
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-05-25)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1945-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1945-05-25)
guitar:
Bill DeArango (on 1945-05-25)
piano:
Nat Jaffe (on 1945-05-25)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (on 1945-05-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-05-25)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1945-05-25)
recording of:
What More Can a Woman Do? (on 1945-05-25)
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:02
44I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
recording of:
I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream (on 1945-05-25)
writer:
Leonard Feather and Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
2:43
45Mean to Me
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-05-25)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1945-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1945-05-25)
guitar:
Bill DeArango (on 1945-05-25)
piano:
Nat Jaffe (on 1945-05-25)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (on 1945-05-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-05-25)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1945-05-25)
recording of:
Mean to Me (on 1945-05-25)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
2:39
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