Complete Savoy Live Recordings

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

Annotation

Tracks 01 - 04 : Royal Roost, New York City, January 1, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Track 05 : Royal Roost, New York City, January 1, 1949
Conte Condoli : trumpet
Benny Green : tb
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Flip Philips : tenox sax
Charlie Ventura : tenor sax
Al Haig : piano
Curley Russel : bass
Tommy Potter : bass
Joe Harris : drums
Shelly Manne : drums
Ed Shaughnessy : drums

Tracks 06 - 08 : Royal Roost, New York City, January 15, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 09 - 11 : Royal Roost, New York City, January 22, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocal on track 09)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Track 12 : Royal Roost, New York City, January 29, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocal on track 09)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 13 - 15 : Royal Roost, New York City, February 5, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocal on track 15)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Track 16 : Royal Roost, New York City,February 12, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocal on track 09)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 01 - 02 : Royal Roost, New York City, September 4, 1948
Miles Davis : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Tad Dameron : piano
Curley Russel : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 03 - 06 : Royal Roost, New York City, December 11, 1948
Miles Davis : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 07 - 08 : Royal Roost, New York City, December 12, 1948
Miles Davis : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocal on track 08)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 09 - 14 : Royal Roost, New York City, December 25, 1948
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 15 - 16 : Royal Roost, New York City, January 1, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 01 - 02 : Royal Roost, New York City, February 12, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 03 - 05 : Royal Roost, New York City, February 19, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocals on track 05)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums

Tracks 06 - 10 : Royal Roost, New York City, February 26, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax (vocasl on track 05)
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
plus
Lucky Thomson : tenor sax (on tracks 06, 07 & 08)
Milt Jackson : vibraphone (on tracks 06, 07 & 08)
Miles Davis (probably) : trumpet (on track 07)
Dave Lambert : Vocals (on tracks 9 & 10)
Buddy Stewart : Vocals (on tracks 9 & 10)

Tracks 11 - 15 : Royal Roost, New York City, March 5, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano (except on track 11)
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
plus
Lucky Thomson : tenor sax (on tracks 11 & 12)
Milt Jackson : vibraphone (on tracks 11 & 12)
Dave Lambert : Vocals (on tracks 11 & 15)
Buddy Stewart : Vocals (on tracks 13, 11 & 15)

Tracks 16 - 18 : Royal Roost, New York City, March 5, 1949
Kenny Dorham : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Al Haig : piano
Tommy Potter : bass
Max Roach : drums
plus
Lucky Thomson : tenor sax (on tracks 16 & 18)
Milt Jackson : vibraphone

Tracks 01 - 06 : Chicago, October 23, 1950
Charlie Parker : alto sax
Claude McLin : tenor sax
Chris Anderson : piano
Georges Freeman : g
Lery Jackson : bass
Bruz Freeman : drums

Tracks 07 - 11 : Carnegie Hall, New York City, September 29, 1947
Dizzy Gillespie : trumpet
Charlie Parker : alto sax
John Lewis : piano
Al McKibbon : bass
Joe Harris : drums

Annotation last modified on 2011-12-21 15:17 UTC.

Tracklist

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152nd Street Theme
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-09-04)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1948-09-04)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-09-04)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1948-09-04)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-09-04)
live recording of:
52nd Street Theme (on 1948-09-04)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
5:23
2Ko-Ko
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-09-04)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1948-09-04)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-09-04)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1948-09-04)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-09-04)
live recording of:
Ko Ko (on 1948-09-04)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1945)
publisher:
Atlantic Music/BMI (BMI)
2:31
3Groovin' High
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-11)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1948-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-11)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1948-12-11)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-11)
live recording of:
Groovin’ High (on 1948-12-11)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
5:02
4Big Foot
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-11)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1948-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-11)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1948-12-11)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-11)
live recording of:
Big Foot (on 1948-12-11)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
4:44
5Ornithology
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-11)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1948-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-11)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1948-12-11)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-11)
live recording of:
Ornithology (on 1948-12-11)
composer:
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Marada Music Ltd.
5:43
6Slow Boat to China
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-11)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1948-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-11)
piano:
Al Haig and Tadd Dameron (on 1948-12-11)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-11)
live instrumental recording of:
On a Slow Boat to China (on 1948-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
5:20
7Hot House
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-12)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1948-12-12)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-12)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1948-12-12)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-12)
live recording of:
Hot House (on 1948-12-12)
composer:
Tadd Dameron
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn Inc./ASCAP
4:25
8Salt Peanuts
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-12)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1948-12-12)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-12)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1948-12-12)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-12)
live recording of:
Salt Peanuts (on 1948-12-12)
composer:
Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:52
9Chasin' the Bird
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-18)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1948-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-18)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1948-12-18)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-18)
live recording of:
Chasing the Bird (on 1948-12-18)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
4:25
10Out of Nowhere
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-18)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1948-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-18)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1948-12-18)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-18)
live instrumental recording of:
Out of Nowhere (on 1948-12-18)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:20
11How High the Moon
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1948-12-18)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1948-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1948-12-18)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1948-12-18)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1948-12-18)
live instrumental recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1948-12-18)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and 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)
2:58
12Half Nelson
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1948)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1948)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1948)
piano:
Al Haig (in 1948)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1948)
live recording of:
Half Nelson (on 1948-12-25)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
4:45
13White Christmas
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1948)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1948)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1948)
piano:
Al Haig (in 1948)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1948)
live instrumental recording of:
White Christmas (on 1948-12-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
5:10
14Little Willie Leaps
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1948)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1948)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1948)
piano:
Al Haig (in 1948)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1948)
live recording of:
Little Willie Leaps (on 1948-12-25)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
3:54
15Jumpin' With Symphony Sid / Bebop
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1949)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (in 1949)
piano:
Al Haig (in 1949)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1949)
live medley including a recording of:
Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (on 1949-01-01)
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music and Unichappell Music
live medley including a recording of:
Be-Bop (in 1949)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Inc./ASCAP (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
5:04
16Slow Boat to China
double bass:
Tommy Potter (in 1949)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (in 1949)
piano:
Al Haig (in 1949)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1949)
live instrumental recording of:
On a Slow Boat to China (on 1949-01-01)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
4:30
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