Kyo Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) I am currently hunting down all those Savoy compilations (I mean the more or less complete sets of an artist's material, no "best of" compilations). There are two types of design - the "Savoy Originals" digipacks (although some of those seem to be available as jewel case editions) and the black digipacks. Here's what I found so far: Charlie Parker - The Complete Live Performances on Savoy (4 CDs) Erroll Garner - The Complete Savoy Master Takes (2 CDs) Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane - The Complete Savoy Sessions (2 CDs) Yusef Lateef - The Last Savoy Sessions (2 CDs) The Adderley Brothers - The Summer of '55 (2 CDs) Art Pepper - The Discovery Sessions Milt Jackson - Early Modern Unlike the other sets, this is hardly a comprehensive Milt Jackson compilation - more like "the early MJQ sides with some other examples of Jackson's music". Fats Navarro - Goin' to Minton's Kenny Dorham - Blues in Bebop Dexter Gordon - Settin' the Pace continued in next post... Edited June 20, 2007 by Kyo Quote
Kyo Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) There's one more compilation that's probably part of the "Originals" series, but a bit different in terms of design: Lee Morgan/Donald Byrd/Hank Mobley - The Birth of Hard Bop (2 CDs) And now those black digipacks: Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes (3 CDs) Lester Young - The Complete Savoy Recordings (2 CDs) Billy Eckstine - The Legendary Big Band (2 CDs) Stan Getz - The Complete Savoy Recordings J.J. Johnson - Origins - The Savoy Sessions Am I missing anything? Edited June 15, 2007 by Kyo Quote
couw Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Red Norvo Dizzy Gillespie Bill Barron Edited June 15, 2007 by couw Quote
Kyo Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Some earlier compilations that aren't part of either series: Howard McGhee - Maggie - The Savoy Sessions This is a picture of the double LP set, but it's also available on CD. Unlike the two compilations below, this one hasn't been reissued in an expanded form. The CD omits four tracks (two of those being alternates). Billy Eckstine - Mister B. and the Band - The Savoy Sessions It contains some tracks that aren't on the 2 disc set mentioned above. The Red Norvo Trio with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus - The Savoy Sessions Dizzy Gillespie - Dee Gee Days - The Savoy Sessions Edited June 15, 2007 by Kyo Quote
Kyo Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Thanks for the additions, couw! Just got all three of those from eBay sellers, each for about 6-7 Euros (including shipping!) That's a killer price for a two disc set - and the Gillespie even includes three CDs! Edited June 15, 2007 by Kyo Quote
mikeweil Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Whew ...... the last two are from the twofer LP series Arista released during the time it owned Savoy. No list online, but (add SJL prefix): 2201 Charlie Parker - Bird: The Savoy Recordings, Master Takes 2202 Lester Young - Pres: The Complete Savoy Recordings 2203 John Coltrane / Wilbur Harden - Countdown 2204 Milt Jackson - Second Nature 2205 Yusef Lateef - Morning 2206 Cannonball Adderley - Spontaneous Combustion 2207 Errol Garner - The Elf 2208 V.A. - The Changing Face Of Harlem 2209 Dizzy Gillespie - Dee Gee Days 2210 V.A. - Brothers and Other Mothers 2211 Dexter Gordon - Long Tall Dexter 2212 The Red Norvo Trio with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus 2213 Don Byas - Savoy Jam Party 2214 Billy Eckstine - Mr. B. and The Band 2215 V.A. - Black California 2216 Fats Navarro - Fat Girl 2217 Art Pepper - Discoveries 2218 Pete Johnson / Cozy Cole - All Star Swing Groups 2219 Howard McGhee - Maggie 2220 V.A. - The Tenor Sax Album 2221 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n' Roll Vol. 1 2222 Dexter Gordon / Wardell Gray - The Hunt 2223 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 2 2224 V.A. - The Changing Face Of Harlem Vol. 2 2225 V.A. - The Bebop Boys 2226 Yusef Lateef - Gong! 2227 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 3: The Ravens 2228 The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell 2229 The Individualism of Wild Bill Davison 2230 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 4 2231 Gigi Gryce / Duke Jordan / Hall Overton - Signals 2232 J.J. Johnson - Mad Bebop 2233 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 5: Ladies Sing The Blues 2234 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 6: Honkers 'n' Screamers 2235 V.A. - New Music: Second Wave 2236 V.A. - Brothers and Other Mothers Vol. 2 2237 The Trumpet Album, arranged & conducted by Ernie Wilkins 2238 Yusef Lateef - Angel Eyes 2239 Curtis Fuller - All Star Sextets 2240 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 7: Sammy Price - Rib Joint 2241 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 8: The Vocal Group Album 2242 V.A. - Black California Vol. 2 2243 Charlie Ventura - Euphoria 2244 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 9: Shouters 2245 Sahib Shihab - All Star Sextets 2246 V.A. - The Black Swing Tradition 2247 V.A. - The Modern Jazz Piano Album 2248 Marian McPartland - At The Hickory House 2249 Frank Foster / Frank Wess - Two Franks, Please 2250 Boyd Raeburn - Jewells 2251 V.A. - Giants of Traditional Jazz 2252 The Original Johnny Otis Show, Vol. 2 2253 V.A. - The Trombone Album 2254 V.A. - Cool California 2255 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 11: Southern Blues 2256 V.A. - The Roots of Rock'n'Roll Vol. 12: Ladies Sing The Blues Vol. 2 2257 Bird's Night: A Celebration of the Music of Charlie Parker 2258 Little Esther Phillips: The Complete Savoy Recordings 2259 Charlie Parker - Bird at The Roost, Vol. 1 2260 Charlie Parker - Bird at The Roost, Vol. 2 2261 Ray McKinley - The Most Versatile Band In The Land 2262 Harry James - First-Team Player of the Jazz Varsity 2263 The Four Buddies - Complete on Savoy 2264 Louis Prima - Plays Pretty For The People That's where my list ends. There also was a single LP SJL 1100 series, which I might add later. The V.A. compilations are more valuable than one might think, as they collected many complete sessions by artist whose material would not fill an entire album. The only way to comprehend this would be Bob Porter's Savoy discography. The CDs Keepnews compiled in the 1990s are always leaving off some tracks!!! Same goes for the series I listed - often additional tracks turned up after the LPs were released and were added to one of the compilations. Discographically and reissue-wise, Savoy is the greatest mess of them all ..... Quote
mikeweil Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Denon followed a strange reissue policy after acquring Savoy: 1 - a series of straight LP replica reissues (often ignoring Porter's discographical research, no bonus tracks, often wrong credits) 2- some CD reissues of the SJL single or double LPs. Besides that Vogue did some CD reissues of SJL issues - I guess the Maggie is one of those. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 (edited) I agree about the importance of the V.A. compilations in the SJL 2-LP sets. It's these that really fill out the picture as otherwise you'd be stuck with the "name" artists only and would miss all the material in between by all those who did not record enough for the label(s) to fill out a full 2-LP set. On the other hand, it's a pity some artists still did not get all their material reissued in one place either on vinyl or on CD in those Savoy reissue sets, e.g. Leo Parker. (Or did he?) As for checking out the details of the original sessions, I'd suggest Michel Ruppli's Savoy discography. And finally, mikeweil - as for Savoy being the greatest discographical mess, I understand CHESS is an even greater mess (cf. the Red Saunders Research Foundation website) Edited June 16, 2007 by Big Beat Steve Quote
sidewinder Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 There also was a single LP SJL 1100 series, which I might add later. Some really nice things in that LP series ! I would single out: Donald Byrd 'Long Green' John Coltrane/Wilbur Harden 'Tanganyika Strut' Pepper Adams 'Pure Pepper'. Quote
sidewinder Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 The 'Black California' and 'Black California Vol 2' are gems - Dolphy with Roy Porter etc. Proto-Mosaics before their time! Quote
mikeweil Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 ... And finally, mikeweil - as for Savoy being the greatest discographical mess, I understand CHESS is an even greater mess (cf. the Red Saunders Research Foundation website) I most certainly will not argue about that! Quote
mikeweil Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 On the other hand, it's a pity some artists still did not get all their material reissued in one place either on vinyl or on CD in those Savoy reissue sets, e.g. Leo Parker. (Or did he?) Was there a Chronological Classics CD devoted to Leo Parker? They're the only ones who could handle that. Leo Parker sessions "suffer" from the fact that much was reissued under the name of (now) better known co-leaders or sidemen (e.g. Dexter Gordon). Quote
brownie Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 On the other hand, it's a pity some artists still did not get all their material reissued in one place either on vinyl or on CD in those Savoy reissue sets, e.g. Leo Parker. (Or did he?) Was there a Chronological Classics CD devoted to Leo Parker? They're the only ones who could handle that. Leo Parker sessions "suffer" from the fact that much was reissued under the name of (now) better known co-leaders or sidemen (e.g. Dexter Gordon). Classics did its duty: Quote
brownie Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 This 3CD set seems to be missing from the list: Quote
Kyo Posted June 16, 2007 Author Report Posted June 16, 2007 Is the Jimmy Scott stuff any good? I've never heard of him to be honest. The Leo Parker disc sounds interesting, thanks for mentioning it! Quote
mikeweil Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 (edited) I think there is still one missing: A 3 CD set with the complete Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray recordings from July 6, 1947 in Los Angeles - forgot the odd title Keepnews gave that reissue. That one was scattered over at least 3 or 4 of the SJL series. p.s. I found it: Bopland (?! - probably beacuse one of the original issues was under "The Bopland Boys" - but who will remember that?) Edited June 16, 2007 by mikeweil Quote
brownie Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Is the Jimmy Scott stuff any good? I've never heard of him to be honest. I'm a fan and rate it rather high. But I would recommend Jimmy Scott recordings only to people who know a little bit about him. One excellent (and highly recommended) album to check him out is this one: Quote
jazzbo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 (edited) I sure hope that Atlantic/Savoy finallly gets around to doing something with all volumes of Black California, and with the Brothers and Other Mothers two lp set and other Moore and Eager material. Edited June 16, 2007 by jazzbo Quote
Clunky Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 The 'Black California' and 'Black California Vol 2' are gems - Dolphy with Roy Porter etc. Proto-Mosaics before their time! I got the first of these two sets the other day , like you say proto-mosaics. very nice, . Didn't realise there was a Volume 2 , I'll look out for it Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Is the Jimmy Scott stuff any good? I've never heard of him to be honest. Kyo, if you check out your local Zweitausendiens shop you just might be lucky and find a copy of the following disc ni the SALE bin: Little Jimmy Scott & The Paul Gayten Band (with Special Guest Sam Butera) - Regal Records Live in New Orleans (Specialty SPCD 2170-2) recorded live for Regal Records at Rip's Playhouse in New Orleans in 1951 This will give you a taste of Little Jimmy's R&B ballad style (and as an extra teaser you also get some frantic Ray Abrams/Sam Butera honkin' sax duels that are totally zonked out! )) This particular CD was available form 2001 for a mere 1.99 euros (or so) for a long time so you just can't go wrong at that price. Maybe you're lucky and your shop still has a copy left over. Clunky, Black California Vol. 1 & 2 are highly recommended indeed. As far as I know only Vol. 2 was also available on CD. Quote
Adam Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 The 'Black California' and 'Black California Vol 2' are gems - Dolphy with Roy Porter etc. Proto-Mosaics before their time! Wow, I'd really like to check those out! Quote
sidewinder Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 (edited) The 'Black California' and 'Black California Vol 2' are gems - Dolphy with Roy Porter etc. Proto-Mosaics before their time! I got the first of these two sets the other day , like you say proto-mosaics. very nice, . Didn't realise there was a Volume 2 , I'll look out for it Released in the US only Clunky - so any copy over here would be an import. Vol 1 was released in the UK as well as the US. I bought Vol 1 after one of the BBC Radio 2 jazz programmes ('Sounds of Jazz' I think) played one of the Roy Porter tracks with Dolphy. All of the Lateefs by the way are excellent. Two of my favourites - 'Morning' and 'Gong'. Both in great sound. Edited June 16, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
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