Bird and Diz [LP]

CHARLIE PARKER

Bird and Diz

Bonus Tracks/ 180gr./ 180 gram Coloured Virgin vinyl

Jazz

Bonus Track(s), High Quality, Limited Edition

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“A date that sounds very much like those that Parker and Gillespie recorded for Savoy and Dial, except with top-of-the-line production quality. Even more interesting, though, is Parker's choice of Thelonious Monk as pianist.” (Rick Anderson)

PERSONNEL:

CHARLIE PARKER alto sax
DIZZY GILLESPIE trumpet
THELONIOUS MONK piano
CURLEY RUSSELL bass
BUDDY RICH drums

New York, June 6, 1950.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
ON TRACKS A7:
Charlie Parker (as), Kenny Dorham (tp), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b), Max Roach (d).
New York, May 5 into May 6, 1949.
ON TRACK A8:
Charlie Parker (as), Kenny Dorham (tp), Tommy Turk (tb), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b), Max Roach (d), Carlos Vidal (cga).
New York, April, 1949.
NOTE: Both of these songs were first issued on the original 1952 Bird & Diz 10” album (Mercury MGC-512) along with the five master takes from the Parker-Gillespie-Monk session. The 1956 12” LP Bird and Diz (Verve Records MGV-8006), released after Parker’s death, omitted both 1949 tunes and presented instead the 1950 master takes along with plenty of alternative takes.]

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TRACKS:

SIDE A: The Master Takes

1 BLOOMDIDO
2 AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL
3 MOHAWK
4 MY MELANCHOLY BABY
5 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE
6 LEAP FROG
7 PASSPORT (*)
8 VISA (*)

SIDE B: The Alternative Takes

1 AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL
2 MOHAWK
3 MY MELANCHOLY BABY
4 LEAP FROG
5 LEAP FROG
6 LEAP FROG
7 LEAP FROG
8 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE
9 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE [alt take incomplete]