Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy Masters [New CD] Spain - Import

2-CD SETINCLUDES 17 BONUS TRACKSThis set presents the complete master takes from Parker's studio recording sessions for Herman Lubinsky’s Savoy label. Included here are some of Bird’s most admired sides, such as “Koko”, “Parker’s Mood”, and “Donna Lee”. One session presents him on tenor sax, an instrument on which he only rarely recorded. All other studio sessions originally recorded by other small labels during that period but later acquired and reissued by Savoy have also been included here. As a bonus, this set presents two additional complete Charlie Parker sessions recorded for Guild in 1945, as well as an extremely rare date from that same year with trombonist Clyde Bernhardt and pianist Jay McShann from which only the original broken glass-based (and thus rather noisy) test pressings survive. Bird plays solos on all four sides, which have been newly remastered and sound much better than their only previous, now long out of print, release.CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax (tenor sax on CD1, 15-18) on all tracks, plus:COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL: Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis (tp),Bud Powell, Clyde Hart, John Lewis, Duke Jordan (p),Tiny Grimes (g), Tommy Potter, Slam Stewart (b), Max Roach (d), among others.Recorded in New York, 1944-1948.BONUS TRACKS:CD2 [11-14]: Charlie Parker (as), Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vcl on 11), Al Haig (p),Curly Russell (b), Sidney Catlett (d), Sarah Vaughan (vcl on 13).New York, May 11, 1945. [Originally recorded for Guild.]CD2 [15-23]: Charlie Parker (as), Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Trummy Young (tb, vcl on 20-23),Don Byas (ts), Clyde Hart (p), Mike Bryan (g), Al Hall (b), Specs Powell (d),Rubberlegs Williams (vcl on 15-19).New York, January 4, 1945. [Originally issued on Continental.]CD2 [24-27]: Charlie Parker (as), Clyde Bernhardt (tb, vcl), Jay McShann (p),Gene Ramey (b), Gus Johnson (d).Nola Penthouse Studios, New York, January 1945. [Glass-based test pressings.]INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLETCD1: Total Time: 77:1401 TINY’S TEMPO02 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME03 ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE04 RED CROSS05 WARMING UP A RIFF06 BILLIE’S BOUNCE07 NOW’S THE TIME08 THRIVIN’ ON A RIFF09 MEANDERING10 KO-KO11 DONNA LEE12 CHASIN’ THE BIRD13 CHERYL14 BUZZY15 MILESTONES16 LITTLE WILLIE LEAPS17 HALF NELSON18 SIPPIN’ AT BELLS19 ANOTHER HAIR-DO20 BLUEBIRD21 KLAUNSTANCE22 BIRD GETS THE WORM23 BARBADOS24 AH-LEU-CHA25 CONSTELLATION26 PARKER’S MOOD27 PERHAPSCD2: Total Time: 78:2801 MARMADUKE02 STEEPLECHASE03 MERRY-GO-ROUND04 GROOVIN’ HIGH05 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE06 DIZZY ATMOSPHERE07 DIZZY’S BOOGIE08 FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE09 POPPITY POP10 SLIM’S JAM11 SALT PEANUTS (*)12 SHAW ‘NUFF (*)13 LOVER MAN (*)14 HOT HOUSE (*)15 WHAT’S THE MATTER NOW? (*)16 I WANT EVERY BIT OF IT (*)17 THAT’S THE BLUES (*)18 G.I. BLUES (*)19 4F BLUES (*)20 DREAM OF YOU (*)21 SEVENTH AVENUE (*)22 SORTA KINDA (*)23 OH, OH, MY, MY, OH, OH (*)24 LAY YOUR HABITS DOWN (*)25 TRIFLIN’ WOMAN BLUES (*)26 SO GOOD THIS MORNING (*)27 WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? (*)(*) BONUS TRACKS