Various Artists

Craft Recordings looks back on the Savoy label and the roots of bebop on this new collection.  Available on five 10-inch LPs or two CDs, The Birth of Bop brings together 30 early examples of the groundbreaking jazz genre originally recorded between 1944 and 1949; artists include Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson, Kai Winding, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.  New liner notes have been penned by Neil Tesser while Joe Tarantino has remastered.