Charlie Parker's Savoy And Dial Sessions as a leader were recorded between 1945 and 1948.
Also included is Miles Davis' first session as a leader in 1947 with Charlie Parker on tenor saxophone.

Session 1

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....

's Reboppers- Recorded November 26, 1945 in New York City for Savoy Records

Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop.Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part...

1. Billie's Bounce
   Billie's Bounce
   "Billie's Bounce" also known as "Bill's Bounce", is a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in the form of an 12 bar F blues. It was dedicated to Billy Shaw by the Yardbird. The original recording by Charlie Parker and His Re-Boppers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.....
   
   
2. Warming Up A Riff [Cherokee]
3. Now's The Time
4. Thriving From A Riff (aka Anthropology
   Anthropology (composition)
   "Anthropology" is a bebop-style jazz composition written by saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie from 1945. Like many other jazz compositions, it uses the chords known as "rhythm changes".-See also:...
   
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5. Meandering [Embraceable You]
6. Ko-Ko

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....

 (alto sax) all--
Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

 (trumpet) 1,3,4--
Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...

 (trumpet) 6 (piano) 1,3,6--
Sadik Hakim

Sadik Hakim

Sadik Hakim was an American jazz pianist and composer....

 (piano) 2,4,5--
Curley Russell

Curley Russell

Dillon "Curley" Russell was an American jazz double-bassist, who played bass on many bebop recordings.A member of the Tadd Dameron Sextet, in his heyday he was in demand for his ability to play at the rapid tempos typical of bebop, and appears on several key recordings of the period...

 (bass) all--
Max Roach

Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...

 (drums)

Session 2

Charlie Parker Septet- Recorded March 28, 1946 in Hollywood, CA for Dial Records

Dial Records

Dial Records has been the name of at least four different record labels in the 20th century:* Dial Records – a US based company.* Dial Records – a US based company.* Dial Records – a US based company....

1. Moose the Mooche
   Moose the Mooche
   "Moose the Mooche" is a bebop composition written by Charlie Parker in 1946. It was written shortly after his friend and longtime musical companion Dizzy Gillespie left him in Los Angeles to return to New York City. Charlie Parker had been a long time heroin addict and had been using since he was...
   
   
2. Yardbird Suite
   Yardbird Suite
   Yardbird Suite is a bebop standard composed by Charlie Parker in 1946. It follows an AABA form. It was used as the title of Lawrence O. Koch's biography of Parker....
   
   
3. Ornithology
   Ornithology
   Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
   
   
4. A Night In Tunisia
   A Night in Tunisia
   "A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the Earl Hines Band. It has become a jazz standard....
   
   

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--Eli "Lucky" Thompson (tenor sax)--Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa (piano)--Arvin Garrison (guitar)--Vic MicMillan (bass)--Roy Porter

Roy Porter (drummer)

Roy Lee Porter was an American jazz drummer.Porter moved from Walsenburg to Colorado Springs when he was eight years old and began playing drums in rhythm and blues bands while a teenager. He attended Wiley College in Texas briefly, where trumpeter Kenny Dorham was a fellow student...

 (drums)

Session 3

Charlie Parker Quintet- Recorded July 29, 1946 in Hollywood, CA for Dial Records

1. Max is Making Wax
2. Lover Man
3. The Gypsy
4. Bebop

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Howard McGhee (trumpet)--Jimmy Bunn (piano)--Bob Kesterson (bass)--Roy Porter (drums)

Session 4

Charlie Parker Quartet- Recorded February 19, 1947 in Hollywood, CA for Dial Records

1. This Is Always
2. Dark Shadows
3. Bird's Nest
4. Cool Blues

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Erroll Garner

Erroll Garner

Erroll Louis Garner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad "Misty", has become a jazz standard...

 (piano)--George "Red" Callender (bass)--Harold "Doc" West (drums)--Earl Coleman (vocals on 1 and 2)

Session 5

Charlie Parker's New Stars- Recorded February 26, 1947 in Hollywood, CA for Dial Records

1. Relaxin' At Camarillo
2. Cheers
3. Carvin' The Bird
4. Stupendous

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Howard McGhee (trumpet)--Wardell Gray (tenor sax)--Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa (piano)--Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. Generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century, he was noted in particular for his vast knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies...

 (guitar)--George "Red" Callender (bass)--Don Lamond (drums)

Session 6

Charlie Parker Quintet- Recorded May 8, 1947 in NYC for Savoy Records

1. Donna Lee
   Donna Lee
   "Donna Lee" is a bebop jazz standard composed by Miles Davis. It was written in A flat and is based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard " Indiana". One unusual feature of the tune is that it begins with a half-bar rest...
   
   
2. Chasin' The Bird
3. Cheryl
4. Buzzy

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--Bud Powell

Bud Powell

Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk...

 (piano)--Tommy Potter (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 7

Miles Davis All-Stars- Recorded August 14, 1947 in NYC for Savoy Records

1. Milestones
2. Little Willie Leaps
3. Half Nelson
4. Sippin' At Bells

Miles Davis (trumpet)--Charlie Parker (tenor sax)--John Lewis

John Lewis

John Lewis may refer to:* John Lewis Partnership, a United Kingdom worker co-operative retailer** John Lewis , a department store chain in the United Kingdom-Politics:...

 (piano)--Nelson Boyd (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 8

Charlie Parker Quintet- Recorded October 28, 1947 in NYC for Dial Records

1. Dexterity
2. Bongo Bop
3. Dewey Square
4. The Hymn
5. Bird Of Paradise (All The Things You Are
   All the Things You Are
   "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart...
   
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6. Embraceable You
   Embraceable You
   "Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy. where it was performed by...
   
   

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--Duke Jordan

Duke Jordan

Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker's so-called "classic quintet" , featuring Miles Davis...

 (piano)--Tommy Potter (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 9

Charlie Parker Quintet- Recorded November 4, 1947 in NYC for Dial Records

1. Bird Feathers
2. Klact-Oveereds-Tene
3. Scrapple from the Apple
   Scrapple from the Apple
   "Scrapple from the Apple" is a bebop composition by Charlie Parker written in 1947, commonly regonized today as a jazz standard, written in F major...
   
   
4. My Old Flame
5. Out Of Nowhere
   Out of Nowhere
   Out of Nowhere is the fourth studio album by guitarist Vinnie Moore, released in 1996 through Mayhem Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Vinnie Moore – electric guitar, production*Brian Tichy – drums*Dorian Heartsong – bass guitar...
   
   
6. Don't Blame Me
   Don't Blame Me
   Don't Blame Me may refer to:* Don't Blame Me , an Australian children's program* "Don't Blame Me" , a 1933 popular song* "Don't Blame Me", a song by Ozzy Osbourne from the remastered edition of No More Tears* Don't Blame Me...
   
   

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--Duke Jordan (piano)--Tommy Potter (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 10

Charlie Parker Sextet- Recorded December 17, 1947 in NYC for Dial Records

1. Drfting On A Reed
2. Quasimodo
3. Charlie's Wig
4. Bongo Beep
5. Crazeology
6. How Deep Is The Ocean

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--J.J. Johnson (trombone)--Duke Jordan (piano)--Tommy Potter (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 11

Charlie Parker Quintet- Recorded December 21, 1947 In Detroit, Michigan for Savoy Records

1. Another Hair-Do
2. Bluebird
3. Klauntsance
4. Bird Gets the Worm
   Bird Gets the Worm
   Bird Gets the Worm is a composition by alto saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. He only did one recording of it, which was at 340 Beats per minute, making one of his fastest and most memorable recordings...
   
   

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--Duke Jordan (piano)--Tommy Potter (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 12

Charlie Parker All-Stars- Recorded September 18, 1948 in NYC for Savoy Records

1. Barbados
2. Ah-Leu-Cha
3. Constellation
4. Parker's Mood

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet) except track 4-- John Lewis

John Lewis (pianist)

John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.- Early life:...

(piano)-- Curley Russell (bass)--Max Roach (drums)

Session 13

Charlie Parker All-Stars- Recorded September 24, 1948 in NYC For Savoy Records

1. Perhaps
2. Marmaduke
3. Steeplechase
4. Merry-Go-Round

Charlie Parker (alto sax)--Miles Davis (trumpet)--John Lewis (piano)--Curley Russell (bass)--Max Roach (drums)