Charlie Parker
The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Play The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
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MOG Editorial Review
Considered one of the architects of bebop in addition to one of jazz's all-time sax masters, Charlie Parker's golden years need to be heard in their entirety to be appreciated. Spanning five years and three colossal discs, Parker's early work with the Savoy and Dial labels found him at his most inventive, with his simultaneously fast-paced and precise playing style laying the foundation for bebop. Factor in some equally outstanding work with collaborators like Dizzy Gillespie, and you have a set that demands the attention of any and all jazz aficionados.
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AMG Review of Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes
Paula Edelstein
All Music GuideThrough the miracle of high-resolution digital transfer and mastering technology, Bird enthusiasts can now get an earful of the shape of Charlie Parker's musical accomplishments for Savoy and Dial in the 1940s. Available as a three-disc box set, the alto saxophonist is recorded in various configurations as performer and bandleader with such mainstream jazz greats as trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, pianists Bud Powell and Erroll Garner, drummer Max Roach, trombonist J.J. Johnson, and bassist Ray Brown, to name but a few. Charlie Parker draws on his pungent roots and rhythms of the Kansas City jazz scene on "Parker's Mood" and makes a deep statement of the existence of the blues in the jazz tradition. His freedom and rapid-fire sax lines on "Yardbird Suite" serve to confirm his excellence in crafting polished improvisations and solos. One of Parker's strongest compositions, "Orinithology," is pure, unadulterated bebop, and the unique sound of Parker's alto saxophone is clearly articulated through smoothly executed phrasings and cutting, focused energy. Parker picks up the tenor saxophone with the Miles Davis All-Stars on such great songs as "Milestones" and "Sippin' at Bell's." Overall, Bird audiophiles, jazz educators, and historians should be prepared to be impressed. This collection is arguably Bird's most important recording studio work.






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