Complete Savoy Live Performances: Sept. 29, 1947-Oct. 25, 1950 (1998)

About this title: This four-CD set contains a somewhat streamlined presentation of Parker's complete known live broadcasts from New York's Royal Roost, dating during 1948 and 1949, augmented with five of the live September 29, 1947, Carnegie Hall recordings and one lower-quality tape made in Chicago during 1950. The vitality of these performances still radiates off the tapes in whatever format they're reproduced 50-plus years later -- the interaction between the bandmembers, which include Miles Davis (or Kenny Dorham) on trumpet and Max Roach at the drums, and Tadd Dameron or Al Haig at the ivories, is ... read more

Tracks:

1. 52nd Street Theme [Monk]
2. Koko [Parker]
3. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
4. Big Foot [Parker]
5. Ornithology [Harris/Parker]
6. Slow Boat to China [Loesser]
7. Hot House [Dameron]
8. Salt Peanuts [Gillespie/Clarke]
9. Chasin' the Bird [Parker]
10. Out of Nowhere [Heyman/Green]
11. How High the Moon [Hamilton/Lewis]
12. Half Nelson [Davis]
13. White Christmas [Berlin]
14. Little Willie Leaps [Davis]
15. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid/Be-Bop [Gillespie/Young]
16. Slow Boat to China [Loesser]
17. Ornithology [Harris/Parker]
18. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
19. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) [Bowman]
20. Cheryl [Parker]
21. How High the Moon [Hamilton/Lewis]
22. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
23. Bebop [Gillespie]
24. Hot House [Dameron]
25. Oop Bop Sh'bam [Fuller/Gillespie]
26. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
27. Salt Peanuts [Gillespie/Clarke]
28. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
29. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
30. Barbados [Parker]
31. Salt Peanuts [Gillespie/Clarke]
32. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
33. Barbados [Parker]
34. Bebop [Gillespie]
35. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
36. Confirmation [Harris/Parker]
37. Salt Peanuts [Gillespie/Clarke]
38. Half Nelson [Davis]
39. A Night in Tunisia [Gillespie/Paparelli]
40. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
41. Deedle [Lambert]
42. What's This? [Lambert]
43. Cheryl [Parker]
44. Anthropology [Gillespie/Parker]
45. Hurry Home [Bernier/Emmerich/Me]
46. Deedle [Lambert]
47. Royal Roost Bop [Parker]
48. Cheryl [Parker]
49. Slow Boat to China [Loesser]
50. Chasin' the Bird [Parker]
51. There's a Small Hotel [Hart/Rodgers]
52. These Foolish Things [Marvell/Strachey/Li]
53. Keen and Peachy [Rogers/Burns]
54. Hot House [Dameron]
55. Swivel Hips (Bird, Bass and Out) [McLin]
56. Goodbye [Jenkins]
57. A Night in Tunisia [Gillespie/Paparelli]
58. Dizzy Atmosphere [Gillespie]
59. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
60. Confirmation [Parker]
61. Koko [Parker]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.