Boxset / Compilation · 1977
Tracklist
A1 Tiny's Tempo
A2 Romance Without Finance
A3 Red Cross
A4 Billie's Bounce
A5 Now's The Time
A6 Thriving On A Riff
A7 Donna Lee
A8 Chasin' The Bird
B1 Buzzy
B2 Milestones
B3 Little Willy Leaps
B4 Half Nelson
B5 Sippin' At Bells
B6 Bluebird
B7 Bird Gets The Worm
B8 Barbados
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: A1 to B1, B6 to B8)
Bass – Curly Russell (tracks: A4 to A6, B8), Nelson Boyd (tracks: B2 to B5), Tommy Potter (tracks: A7 to B1, B6, B7)
Bass, Vocals – Jimmy Butts (tracks: A1 to A3)
Drums – Harold "Doc" West (tracks: A1 to A3), Max Roach (tracks: A4 to B8)
Guitar, Vocals – Tiny Grimes (tracks: A1 to A3)
Piano – Bud Powell (tracks: A7 to B1), Clyde Hart (tracks: A1 to A3), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: A4, A5), Duke Jordan (tracks: B6, B7), John Lewis (tracks: B2 to B5, B8), Sadik Hakim (tracks: A6)
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: B2 to B5)
Trumpet – Miles Davis (tracks: A4 to B8)
About this release
Savoy Records – SJL 1107 (US)
All of the first choice takes released by Savoy on 78RPM discs in the 1940s are already available on the two-record Bird/The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes Savoy SJL 2201). 'Encores' is entirely made up of alternate takes... in chronological order - but only one alternate for each selection
Thanks to snobb for the addition