Charlie Parker - The Complete Live Performances on Savoy 1947-1950 (1998)
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Genre ~ Big Band, Bop, Saxophone Jazz | Label ~ Savoy Jazz Records
This four-CD set contains a somewhat streamlined presentation of Parker's complete known live broadcasts from New York's Royal Roost, dating during 1948 and 1949, augmented with five of the live September 29, 1947, Carnegie Hall recordings and one lower-quality tape made in Chicago during 1950. The vitality of these performances still radiates off the tapes in whatever format they're reproduced 50-plus years later -- the interaction between the bandmembers, which include Miles Davis (or Kenny Dorham) on trumpet and Max Roach at the drums, and Tadd Dameron or Al Haig at the ivories, is spellbinding. The difference between these performances and Parker's studio work of the period is that he was always "on" for the broadcasts, and had already achieved something of a peak that he still missed in his studio work of the era -- those along with him rose to the occasion, as witnessed by Kenny Dorham's playing on Miles Davis' "Half Nelson" in December of 1947. On the other hand, nobody could touch Parker when he was at his peak on stage, which he ascends easily on a jam set to Irving Berlin's "White Christmas." The Chicago material, which exists on a separate CD from Savoy (One Night in Chicago), isn't as well recorded -- the rhythm section is muted, and the balances are off, but Parker is certainly audible, and hearing his improvisations on material like Rodgers & Hart's "There's a Small Hotel" is worth the price of the disc, even on what amounts to a good audience tape. The source material has been very carefully mastered, striking a good balance between clean playback and fidelity to the original performance, and the dozens of pages of notes represent virtually a separate, free-standing book on Parker during this period in his career. ~ AllMusic
Tracklist
1 52nd Street Theme Monk 5:23
Composed by: Monk
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
2 Koko Parker 2:32
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
3 Groovin' High Gillespie 5:02
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
4 Big Foot Parker 4:44
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
5 Ornithology Harris, Parker 5:44
Composed by: Harris, Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
6 Slow Boat to China Loesser 5:20
Composed by: Loesser
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
7 Hot House Dameron 4:25
Composed by: Dameron
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
8 Salt Peanuts Clarke, Gillespie 3:52
Composed by: Clarke, Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
9 Chasin' the Bird Parker 4:26
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
10 Out of Nowhere Green, Heyman 3:19
Composed by: Green, Heyman
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
11 How High the Moon Hamilton, Lewis 2:58
Composed by: Hamilton, Lewis
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
12 Half Nelson Davis 4:45
Composed by: Davis
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
13 White Christmas Berlin 5:10
Composed by: Berlin
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
14 Little Willie Leaps Davis 3:54
Composed by: Davis
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
15 Jumpin' With Symphony Sid/Be-Bop Gillespie, Young 5:04
Composed by: Gillespie, Young
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
16 Slow Boat to China Loesser 4:30
Composed by: Loesser
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
17 Ornithology Harris, Parker 4:52
Composed by: Harris, Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
18 Groovin' High Gillespie 4:49
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
19 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Bowman 4:37
Composed by: Bowman
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
20 Cheryl Parker 4:41
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
21 How High the Moon Hamilton, Lewis 5:04
Composed by: Hamilton, Lewis
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
22 Scrapple from the Apple Parker 4:08
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
23 Bebop Gillespie 3:31
24 Hot House Dameron 5:07
Composed by: Dameron
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
25 Oop Bop Sh'bam Fuller, Gillespie 5:05
Composed by: Fuller, Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
26 Scrapple from the Apple Parker 4:39
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
27 Salt Peanuts Clarke, Gillespie 4:08
Composed by: Clarke, Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
28 Groovin' High Gillespie 3:43
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
29 Scrapple from the Apple Parker 3:29
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
30 Barbados Parker 3:51
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
31 Salt Peanuts Clarke, Gillespie 3:42
Composed by: Clarke, Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
32 Scrapple from the Apple Parker 4:52
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
33 Barbados Parker 3:56
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
34 Bebop Gillespie 3:28
35 Groovin' High Gillespie 4:47
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
36 Confirmation Harris, Parker 3:35
Composed by: Harris, Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
37 Salt Peanuts Clarke, Gillespie 3:55
Composed by: Clarke, Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
38 Half Nelson Davis 3:42
Composed by: Davis
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
39 A Night in Tunisia Gillespie, Paparelli 4:53
Composed by: Gillespie, Paparelli
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
40 Scrapple from the Apple Parker 4:59
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
41 Deedle Lambert 2:39
Composed by: Lambert
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
42 What's This? Lambert 2:15
Composed by: Lambert
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
43 Cheryl Parker 3:49
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
44 Anthropology Gillespie, Parker 5:51
Composed by: Gillespie, Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
45 Hurry Home Bernier, Emmerich, Meyer 2:27
Composed by: Bernier, Emmerich, Meyer
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
46 Deedle Lambert 2:06
Composed by: Lambert
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
47 Royal Roost Bop Parker 2:12
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
48 Cheryl Parker 3:25
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
49 Slow Boat to China Loesser 4:40
Composed by: Loesser
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
50 Chasin' the Bird Parker 6:37
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
51 There's a Small Hotel Hart, Rodgers 10:13
Composed by: Hart, Rodgers
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
52 These Foolish Things Link, Marvell, Strachey 2:04
Composed by: Link, Marvell, Strachey
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
53 Keen and Peachy Burns, Rogers 6:27
Composed by: Burns, Rogers
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
54 Hot House Dameron 9:06
Composed by: Dameron
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
55 Swivel Hips (Bird, Bass and Out) McLin 3:37
Composed by: McLin
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
56 Goodbye Jenkins 3:12
Composed by: Jenkins
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
57 A Night in Tunisia Gillespie, Paparelli 5:09
Composed by: Gillespie, Paparelli
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
58 Dizzy Atmosphere Gillespie 4:05
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
59 Groovin' High Gillespie 5:13
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
60 Confirmation Parker 5:35
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
61 Koko Parker 4:09
Composed by: Parker
Performed by: Parker, Charlie Quintet
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