Charlie Parker on Dial
| Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions | ||||
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| Released | May 26, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Feb 5, 1946 – Dec 17, 1947 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, bebop | |||
| Label | Spotlite Jazz | |||
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Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions is a 1993 four-disc box set collecting jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker's 1940s recordings for Dial Records. The box set, released by the English label Spotlite Records, assembled into a single package the multi-volume compilation albums the label had released by Spotlite on vinyl in the 1970s under the series title Charlie Parker on Dial. The box set has been critically well received. In 1996, a different box set collecting Parker's work with Dial was assembled by Jazz Classics and released as Complete Charlie Parker on Dial.
Recorded during Parker's tenure with Dial Records between March 28, 1946, and December 17, 1947, these 89 songs have been released multiple times.