Credits:

Charlie Parker

Description:

This 4-CD set contains 106 tracks (including 17 bonus tracks) from Charlie Parker's recording sessions for the Dial label. Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955) is one of the leading artists of the bebop era. This superb 106-track set includes complete recordings of his recording sessions for the Dial label. The set includes not only famous songs such as "A Night in Tunisia," "Cool Blues," and "All the Things You Are," but also the troubled "Lover Man," which was recorded during his amateur "Home Cooking" recording days right after he was released from a mental hospital in Camarillo, as well as "I Got Rhythm," which was recorded during his "I Got Rhythm" days. (including the complete version of "I Got Rhythm") are all included. As a bonus, three sessions from 1945 are added.4 songs released under the name Sarah Vaughan, 9 songs from the legendary sessions with Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Clyde Hart, and singer Rubberlegs Williams, and tests with trombonist and singer Clyde Barnhart and pianist Jay McShann. Includes a 20-page booklet.

Tracklisting:

1.Diggin' Diz
2.Moose The Mooche [Alt Tk 1]
3.Moose The Mooche [Master Tk]
4.Moose The Mooche [Alt Tk 2]
5.Yardbird Suite [Alt Tk]
6.Yardbird Suite [Master Tk]
7.Ornithology [Alt Tk 1]
8.Ornithology [Alt Tk 2 -Issued As Bird Lore]
9.Ornithology [Master Tk]
10.A Night In Tunisia [Alt Tk 1 -Inc.; Issued As "The Famous Alto Break"]
11.A Night In Tunisia [Alt Tk 2]
12.A Night In Tunisia [Master Tk]
13.Max Is Making Wax [Master Tk]
14.Lover Man [Master Tk]
15.The Gypsy [Master Tk]
16.Be-Bop [Master Tk]
17.This Is Always [Master Tk]
18.This Is Always [Alt Tk]
19.Dark Shadows [Alt Tk 1]
20.Dark Shadows [Alt Tk 2]
21.Dark Shadows [Master Tk]
22.Dark Shadows [Alt Tk 3]
23.Bird's Nest [Alt Tk 1]
24.Bird's Nest [Alt Tk 2]
25.Bird's Nest [Master Tk]
26.Sorta Kinda
27.Oh, Oh, My, My, Oh, Oh
28.Lay Your Habits Down
29.Triflin' Woman Blues
30.So Good This Morning
31.Would You Do Me A Favor?