Savoy MG 12001 · 12-inch LP · 1955

MG 12001

The Immortal Charlie Parker

Tiny Grimes Quintette

Released: 1955
Tracks: 22

The sources disagree on the year: 1955 in the Jazz Discography Project, 1956 on Wikipedia.

3 more tracks from these dates went to New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 1
8 more tracks from these dates went to New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1
6 more tracks from these dates went to The Genius Of Charlie Parker
16 more tracks from these dates went to The Charlie Parker Story
6 more tracks from these dates went to New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2
12 more tracks from these dates went to Charlie Parker Memorial Volume 2
1 more track from these dates went to The Many Faces Of The Blues
2 more tracks from these dates went to Bird - Diz - Bud - Max
1 more track from these dates went to The Jazz Hour
9 more tracks from these dates went to Charlie Parker Memorial
2 more tracks from these dates went to New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 4

Who's on it

Tiny Grimes – guitar, vocal
Charlie Parker – alto sax
Clyde Hart – piano
Jimmy Butts – bass, vocal
Doc West – drums
Miles Davis – trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie – piano, trumpet
Curley Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
Bud Powell – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
John Lewis – piano
Nelson Boyd – bass

Credits

Producer: Teddy Reig

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 5 sessions.

1Tiny's Tempo (short-take 1)September 15, 1944 · S5710-1
2Tiny's Tempo (short-take 2)September 15, 1944 · S5710-2
3Tiny's Tempo (orig.-take 3)September 15, 1944 · S5710-3
4Red Cross (short-take 1)September 15, 1944 · S5713-1
5Red Cross (orig.-take 2)September 15, 1944 · S5713-2
6Now's The Time (orig.-take 4)Quintet: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max RoachNovember 26, 1945 · S5851-4
7Donna Lee (new-take 2)May 8, 1947 · S3420-2
8Donna Lee (new-take 3)May 8, 1947 · S3420-3
9Chasin' The Bird (new-take 1)May 8, 1947 · S3421-1
10Cheryl (short-take 1)May 8, 1947 · S3422-1
11Cheryl (orig.-take 2)May 8, 1947 · S3422-2
12Buzzy (short-take 2)May 8, 1947 · S3423-2
13Buzzy (new-take 3)May 8, 1947 · S3423-3
14Milestones (orig.-take 3)August 14, 1947 · S3440-3
15Little Willie Leaps (short-take 1)August 14, 1947 · S3441-1
16Little Willie Leaps (new-take 2)August 14, 1947 · S3441-2
17Little Willie Leaps (orig.-take 3)August 14, 1947 · S3441-3
18Half Nelson (new-take 1)August 14, 1947 · S3442-1
19Sippin' At Bells (new-take 4)August 14, 1947 · S3443-4
20Marmaduke (orig.-take 6)September 24, 1948 · B909-6
21Marmaduke (orig.-take 7)September 24, 1948 · B909-7
22Marmaduke (orig.-take 8)September 24, 1948 · B909-8

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The 5 sessions

September 15, 1944WOR Studios, Broadway, NYTiny Grimes Quintette
- Tiny Grimes – guitar, vocal
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Clyde Hart – piano
- Jimmy Butts – bass, vocal
- Doc West – drums
5 tracks on this record · 12 takes that dayOpen the session →
November 26, 1945WOR Studios, Broadway, NYCharlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Sadik Hakim – piano
- Dizzy Gillespie – piano, trumpet
- Curley Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
1 track on this record · 16 takes that dayOpen the session →
May 8, 1947Harry Smith Studios, NYCCharlie Parker All Stars
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Bud Powell – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Max Roach – drums
7 tracks on this record · 16 takes that dayOpen the session →
August 14, 1947Harry Smith Studios, NYCMiles Davis' All Stars
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Charlie Parker – tenor sax
- John Lewis – piano
- Nelson Boyd – bass
- Max Roach – drums
6 tracks on this record · 12 takes that dayOpen the session →
September 24, 1948Harry Smith Studios, NYCCharlie Parker All Stars
- Charlie Parker – alto sax
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- John Lewis – piano
- Curley Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
3 tracks on this record · 22 takes that dayOpen the session →

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9000	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Charlie Parker	1951	Tiny Grimes, Charlie Parker, Clyde Hart, Jimmy Butts, Doc West, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd

10 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9010	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3	Charlie Parker	1952	Tiny Grimes, Charlie Parker, Clyde Hart, Jimmy Butts, Doc West, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, John Lewis

9 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9001	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1951	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd
	MG 12009	Charlie Parker Memorial Volume 2	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd

8 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 12014	The Genius Of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter, John Lewis

7 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9022	The Birth Of Bop Volume 1	Various Artists	1953	Tiny Grimes, Charlie Parker, Clyde Hart, Jimmy Butts, Doc West, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MG 9034	Bird - Diz - Bud - Max	Various Artists	1954	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd
MG 12000	Charlie Parker Memorial	Charlie Parker All Stars	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter, John Lewis

6 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9011	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 4	Charlie Parker	1952	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, John Lewis
	V-8409	The Essential Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quartet With Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	1961	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, John Lewis

5 of them 9 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGV-8002	The Charlie Parker Story #3	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1956+	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach
V-8787	Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet · not on the site yet	Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	1950	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12020	Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	1955	Charlie Parker, Clyde Hart, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, John Lewis
PRLP 7024	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd
MG 12079	The Charlie Parker Story	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1956	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MGV-8230	The Anatomy Of Improvisation	Various Artists	1957	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Nelson Boyd
MG 12125	The Many Faces Of The Blues	Various Artists	1958	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12126	The Jazz Hour	Various Artists	1958	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12179	The 'Bird' Returns	Charlie Parker	1962	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter

4 of them 13 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 113	Modern Jazz Trumpets	Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham	1951	Miles Davis, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, John Lewis
BLP 5003	The Amazing Bud Powell	Bud Powell's Modernists	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
DLP-2	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 1	The Quintet	1953	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Bud Powell
PR 7822	Miles Davis Sextet · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet	1953	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach, John Lewis
DLP-4	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 3	The Quintet	1954	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MGC-646	The Magnificent Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quintet	1955	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach, John Lewis
BLP 1503	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1	Bud Powell	1955	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
DEB-124	Jazz At Massey Hall	The Quintet	1956	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Bud Powell
BLP 1504	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2	Bud Powell	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Miles Davis, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, John Lewis
MGV-8000	The Charlie Parker Story #1	Machito And His Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, John Lewis
MGV-8001	The Charlie Parker Story #2	Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Curley Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MGV-8010	Swedish Schnapps: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #8	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach, John Lewis

3 of them 20 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7839	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers · not on the site yet	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1949	Max Roach, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd
PRLP 123	Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two	Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson	1952	Max Roach, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd
PRLP 140	Blue Period	Miles Davis	1953	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter, John Lewis
PRLP 161	Miles Davis Quartet	Miles Davis Quartet	1954	Miles Davis, Max Roach, John Lewis
PRLP 7013	Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1956	Miles Davis, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
PRLP 7054	Blue Haze	Miles Davis	1956	Miles Davis, Max Roach, John Lewis
MGV-8006	The Genius Of Charlie Parker #4	Bird And Diz	1956+	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell
MGV-8009	Jazz Perennial: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #7	Charlie Parker	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MG 9016	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3	Dexter Gordon	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MG 9024	The Birth Of Bop Volume 3	Various Artists	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MG 9025	The Birth Of Bop Volume 4	Various Artists	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MGC-639	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell
MGN-1035	Alto Sax	Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith	1955	Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Tommy Potter
MGN-1063	Jazz Giant	Bud Powell	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell
MG 12130	Dexter Rides Again	Dexter Gordon	1958	Curley Russell, Max Roach, Bud Powell
V-8566	The Essential Dizzy Gillespie	The Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz Sextet	1963	Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Nelson Boyd
PR 7352	Miles Davis Plays For Lovers	Miles Davis Quartet	1965	Miles Davis, Max Roach, John Lewis
MGV-8194	Compendium Of Jazz #1	Various Artists	1956+	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Curley Russell

2 of them 62 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7824	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra	1946	Curley Russell, Max Roach
BLP 4430	Bud Powell's Modernists · not on the site yet	Bud Powell's Modernists	1949	Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
PR 7841	The Max Roach Quintet · not on the site yet	The Max Roach Quintet	1949	Max Roach, Tommy Potter
PRLP 109	Modern Jazz Trombones	Kai Winding And His All Stars, Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars	1951	Max Roach, John Lewis
PRLP 116	The New Sounds	Lee Konitz Featuring Miles Davis	1951	Miles Davis, Max Roach
PRLP 118	Zoot Sims Tenor Sax Favorites	Zoot Sims Quartet	1951	Curley Russell, John Lewis
PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1951	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PR 7674	Miles Davis Sextet · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet	1951	Miles Davis, John Lewis
PR 7744	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1951	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PR 7827	Lee Konitz Sextet · not on the site yet	Lee Konitz Sextet	1951	Miles Davis, Max Roach
MG 9004	Stan Getz Beboppers	Stan Getz Quartet / The Be Bop Boys	1951	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PRLP 124	The New Sounds	Miles Davis	1952	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
BLP 5012	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet	Howard McGhee's All Stars	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 9015	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 2	Allen Eager	1952	Curley Russell, Max Roach
DLP-3	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 2	Bud Powell Trio	1953	Max Roach, Bud Powell
PRLP 154	Miles Davis Play The Compositions Of Al Cohn	Miles Davis Septet	1953	Miles Davis, John Lewis
PRLP 158	George Wallington Trio (Volume 2)	George Wallington Trio	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PR 7587	George Wallington Trio · not on the site yet	George Wallington Trio	1953	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MGN-2	The Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet	The Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz Sextet	1954	Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
MGN-18	More Of The Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet Album #2	The Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz Sextet	1954	Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
MGC-157	Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quartet	1954	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
MG 15036	The Al Cohn Quintet	Al Cohn Quintet	1954	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 15044	Tenor Sax Solos By Allen Eager	Allen Eager Quartet	1954	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MGN-1017	Jazz Original	Bud Powell	1955	Max Roach, Bud Powell
MGN-1021	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
MGN-1050	Diz And Getz	The Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz Sextet	1955	Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-36017	Trumpet Interlude	Various Artists	1955	Doc West, Dizzy Gillespie
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
DEB-198	Autobiography In Jazz	Jazz Workshop	1956	Max Roach, Bud Powell
MGN-1076	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	1956	Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
MGN-1083	Jazz Recital	Dizzy Gillespie	1956	Dizzy Gillespie, Nelson Boyd
MGN-1084	World Statesman	Dizzy Gillespie	1956	Dizzy Gillespie, Nelson Boyd
BLP 1511	Genius of Modern Music Volume 2	Thelonious Monk	1956	Max Roach, Nelson Boyd
BLP 1533	Introducing Johnny Griffin	Johnny Griffin	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
PRLP 7012	Dig	Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins	1956	Miles Davis, Tommy Potter
PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	Max Roach, John Lewis
PRLP 7025	Miles Davis And Horns	Miles Davis Sextet	1956	Miles Davis, John Lewis
PRLP 7026	Zoot Sims Quartets	Zoot Sims Quartet	1956	Curley Russell, John Lewis
PRLP 7044	Collectors' Items	Miles Davis	1956	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis
CL 941	Music For Brass	The Brass Ensemble Of The Jazz And Classical Music Society	1957	Miles Davis, John Lewis
CL 1036	The Jazz Makers	Various Artists	1957	Clyde Hart, Dizzy Gillespie
BLP 1531	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1	Fats Navarro	1957	Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Bud Powell, Tommy Potter
MGV-8005	Now's The Time: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #3	The Quartet Of Charlie Parker	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
MGV-8008	Fiesta: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #6	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra	1956+	Charlie Parker, Max Roach
MGV-8195	Compendium Of Jazz #2	Various Artists	1956+	Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
MGV-8198	For Musicians Only	Dizzy Gillespie-Stan Getz-Sonny Stitt	1956+	Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
MG 12048	Al Cohn's Tones	Al Cohn Quartet	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG 12081	The George Wallington Trio	The George Wallington Trio And Septet	1956	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MGV-8017	Dizzy In Greece	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	1957	Dizzy Gillespie, Nelson Boyd
MG 12106	J J Johnson's Jazz Quintets	J.J. Johnson's Beboppers	1957	Max Roach, Bud Powell
MG 12114	Opus De Bop	Various Artists	1957	Curley Russell, Max Roach
MG-36127	The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker	Max Roach Quartet	1959	Max Roach, Nelson Boyd
PRLP 7253	Looking Back	J.J. Johnson	1963	Max Roach, John Lewis
NJLP 8295	Ezz-thetic	Lee Konitz & Miles Davis, Teddy Charles & Jimmy Raney	1964	Miles Davis, Max Roach
LM-82017	3/27/65 - Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall	Various Artists	1965	Dizzy Gillespie, Tommy Potter