Description
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie – Diz 'N Bird At Carnegie Hall / The Performance Series / Roost Audio CD 1997
UPC 724385706127
Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded primarily on June 6, 1950, in New York City. Two tracks featured on the original pressing, "Passport" and "Visa", were recorded by Parker, without Gillespie and with different personnel than the other tracks, in March and May 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.
Although produced by Norman Granz, known for large ensembles at the time, the album contains compositions performed with the standard bebop instrumentation of saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums. In a 1952 four-star review of Bird and Diz, a DownBeat magazine columnist wrote of Granz's contribution to the album's sound, stating "Though there is no mention of bop in Norman Granz'[s] notes, we owe him a salvo for reminding us through this LP that this music is still very much alive." It is the final collaborative studio recording by Parker and Gillespie, and has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.
| Label: | Roost – 724385706127 |
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| Series: | The Performance Series |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1997 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Big Band, Swing |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
A Night In Tunisia |
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5:11
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| 2 | Dizzy Atmosphere |
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4:05
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| 3 | Groovin' High |
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5:16
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| 4 | Confirmation |
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5:38
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| 5 | Koko |
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4:17
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| 6 | Cool Breeze |
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5:13
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| 7 | Relaxin' At Camarillo |
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2:42
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| 8 | One Bass Hit |
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5:20
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| 9 | Nearness |
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3:59
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| 10 | Salt Peanuts |
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5:11
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| 11 | Cubano-Be, Cubano-Bop |
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7:15
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| 12 | Hot House |
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5:02
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| 13 | Toccata For Trumpet |
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3:17
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| 14 | Oop-Pop-A-Da |
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7:38
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| 15 | Things To Come |
| 3:02 |
- Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: 1 to 5), Howard Johnson (6) (tracks: 6 to 15), John Brown (3) (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Bass – Al McKibbon
- Bongos – Lorenzo Salan (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Congas – Chano Pozo (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Drums – Joe Harris (3)
- Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
- Piano – John Lewis (2)
- Producer – Teddy Reig
- Producer [Produced For Release] – Michael Cuscuna
- Tenor Saxophone – James Moody (tracks: 6 to 15), Joe Gayles (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Trombone – Taswell Baird (tracks: 6 to 15), William Shepherd (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Trumpet – Dave Burns (tracks: 6 to 15), Elmon Wright (tracks: 6 to 15), Matthew McKay (tracks: 6 to 15), Raymond Orr (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Trumpet, Vocals – Dizzy Gillespie
- Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: 6 to 15)
- Vocals – Kenny Hagood (tracks: 6 to 15)
