8436563184307

Complete Dial Sessions

Charlie Parker

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: 244116

Release Date:  07 October 2022

Label:  Birds Nest

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  8436563184307

Genres:  Jazz  Bebop  

  • Description

    Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (1920-1955) was among the most influential jazz artists ever, and one of the few indisputable geniuses of his time, this spectacular 106-track set presents his complete recording sessions for Ross Russell's Dial label presented on a deluxe 4-CD set.

    Included here are some of Bird's most admired sides, such as "A Night in Tunisia", "Cool Blues" and "All the Things You Are", as well as the troubled "Lover Man" session, after which the saxophonist suffered a mental breakdown.

    Also issued on Dial was the so-called "Home-Cooking" date, an amateur recording made right after Bird left the Camarillo psychiatric hospital (the session is presented here in its entirety, including the complete version of "I Got Rhythm" for the first time ever).

    As a bonus, Bird's Nest have added three additional complete Charlie Parker sessions from the same period, which were originally issued under the names of Sarah Vaughan (including a vocal version of "Lover Man" that predates the instrumental one), a legendary date with Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Clyde Hart and singer Rubberlegs Williams, and an extremely rare (and now newly remastered) studio date recorded on test glass acetates but never commercially issued, featuring Bird with trombonist/singer Clyde Bernhardt, and pianist Jay McShann.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Diggin' Diz
      • 2. Moose The Mooche [alt Tk 1]
      • 3. Moose The Mooche
      • 4. Moose The Mooche [alt Tk 2]
      • 5. Yardbird Suite [alt Tk]
      • 6. Yardbird Suite
      • 7. Ornithology [alt Tk 1]
      • 8. Ornithology [alt Tk 2 –issued As Bird Lore]
      • 9. Ornithology
      • 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
      • 13. Max Is Making Wax
      • 14. Lover Man
      • 15. The Gypsy
      • 16. Be-Bop
      • 17. This Is Always
      • 18. This Is Always [alt Tk]
      • 19. Dark Shadows [alt Tk 1]
      • 20. Dark Shadows [alt Tk 2]
      • 21. Dark Shadows
      • 22. Dark Shadows [alt Tk 3]
      • 23. Bird's Nest [alt Tk 1]
      • 24. Bird's Nest [alt Tk 2]
      • 25. Bird's Nest

      Disc 2

      • 1. Cool Blues [alt Tk 1]
      • 2. Cool Blues [alt Tk 2]
      • 3. Cool Blues
      • 4. Cool Blues [alt Tk 3]
      • 5. Relaxin' At Camarillo [alt Tk 1]
      • 6. Relaxin' At Camarillo
      • 7. Relaxin' At Camarillo [alt Tk 2]
      • 8. Relaxin' At Camarillo [alt Tk 3]
      • 9. Cheers [alt Tk 1]
      • 10. Cheers [alt Tk 2]
      • 11. Cheers [alt Tk 3]
      • 12. Cheers
      • 13. Carvin' The Bird [alt Tk]
      • 14. Carvin' The Bird
      • 15. Stupendous
      • 16. Stupendous [alt Tk]
      • 17. Dexterity [alt Tk]
      • 18. Dexterity
      • 19. Bongo Bop
      • 20. Bongo Bop [alt Tk]
      • 21. Dewey Square [alt Tk 1; Issued As Prezology]
      • 22. Dewey Square [alt Tk 2]
      • 23. Dewey Square
      • 24. The Hymn
      • 25. The Hymn [alt Tk; Issued As Superman]

      Disc 3

      • 1. All The Things You Are [alt Tk 1]
      • 2. All The Things You Are [ Issued As Bird Of Paradise]
      • 3. All The Things You Are [alt Tk 2]
      • 4. Embraceable You [alt Tk]
      • 5. Embraceable You
      • 6. Bird Feathers
      • 7. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene [alt Tk]
      • 8. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
      • 9. Scrapple From The Apple [alt Tk]
      • 10. Scrapple From The Apple
      • 11. My Old Flame
      • 12. Out Of Nowhere [alt Tk 1]
      • 13. Out Of Nowhere [alt Tk 2]
      • 14. Out Of Nowhere
      • 15. Don't Blame Me
      • 16. Drifting On A Reed [issued As Giant Swing]
      • 17. Drifting On A Reed [alt Tk 1]
      • 18. Drifting On A Reed [alt Tk 2; Issued As Air Conditioning]
      • 19. Quasimodo [alt Tk]
      • 20. Quasimodo
      • 21. Charlie's Wig [alt Tk 1]
      • 22. Charlie's Wig
      • 23. Charlie's Wig [alt Tk 2]
      • 24. Bongo Beep [alt Tk; Also Issued As Dexterity]
      • 25. Bongo Beep [issued As Bird Feathers]

      Disc 4

      • 1. Crazeology [alt Tk 1; Incomplete]
      • 2. Crazeology [alt Tk 2; Incomplete]
      • 3. Crazeology
      • 4. Crazeology [alt Tk 3]
      • 5. How Deep Is The Ocean?
      • 6. How Deep Is The Ocean? [alt Tk]
      • 7. Blues #1
      • 8. Blues #2
      • 9. Yardbird Suite
      • 10. Lullaby In Rhythm #1
      • 11. Lullaby In Rhythm #2
      • 12. I's Wonderful [aka Home Cookin' I]
      • 13. Cherokee [aka Home Cookin' II]
      • 14. I Got Rhythm [aka Home Cookin' III]
      • 15. Salt Peanuts
      • 16. Shaw 'nuff
      • 17. Lover Man
      • 18. Hot House
      • 19. What's The Matter Now?
      • 20. I Want Every Bit Of It
      • 21. That's The Blues
      • 22. G.I. Blues
      • 23. 4f Blues
      • 24. Dream Of You
      • 25. Seventh Avenue
      • 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?