Bird & Diz

Infobox Album
Name = Bird & Diz
Type = studio
Artist = Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie


Released = 1952
Recorded = February-May 5, 1949
and June 6, 1950
New York, New York
Genre = Jazz, bebop
Length = 24:58 (Original LP)
44:52 (Remaster)
Label = Clef/Verve
MG C-512
Producer = Norman Granz
Reviews =
*"All About Jazz" (favorable) [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25158 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifixq9hld6e link]
*"Down Beat" Rating|4|5 link
*"Penguin Guide to Jazz" rating|3|4 [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A1764.htm link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/120684/bird__diz?rating=9 link]
Last album = "Diz 'N' Bird In Concert"
(1947)
This album = "Bird & Diz"
(1952)
Next album = "Jazz At Massey Hall"
(1953
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Reissue covers
Type = studio


Lower caption = 1986 reissue Extra album cover 2


Lower caption = 1997 Verve remaster edition Extra album cover 2


Lower caption = 2007 Verve reissue

"Bird & Diz" is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded primarily on June 6, 1950 in New York City. [ [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1177450/a/Bird+and+Diz.htm CD Universe - Your Online Music StoreShop online at CD Universe for music CDs...Bird&Diz product notes] ] Two tracks featured on the original pressing, "Passport" and Visa", were recorded by Parker, without Gillespie and with a different personnel than that of the other tracks, in March and May of 1949. [ [http://microgroove.jp/mercury/MGC512.shtml Mercury Records Collection...A numerical listing of Mercury analogue LPs - MG C-512 "Bird & Diz"] ] It was originally issued in 10" LP format as a collection of 78 rpm singles, in 1952 [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25266 Jazz - AllAboutJazz.com...Offers monthly columns, active chat forum, and browsable archive - review of Bird & Diz] ] on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records. [ [http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve/clef100-cat/a/ Clef Records Catalog: The Jazz Scene, JATP, 100, 500 series ...... MGC 512 Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird And Diz] ]

"Bird & Diz" was produced by Norman Granz and was the final collaborative studio recording by the bebop pioneers. [ [http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=10310&aid=2855 The Verve Music Group - Includes ... Bird And Diz - In the essay enclosed, Parker scholar James Patrick illustrates the...] ] It is also notable for featuring an early appearance of Thelonious Monk. The album has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.

History

Track listing

"Included on the original LP, "Passport" and "Visa" were omitted from the reissue because they were not recorded during the 1950 Bird & Diz session."

ide A

ide B

Remaster

"The Verve/PolyGram remaster editions feature 18 additional takes and liner notes by music scholar James Patrick and producer Norman Granz."
# "Bloomdido" - 3:25
# "My Melancholy Baby" - 3:24
# "Relaxin' with Lee" - 2:47
# "Leap Frog" - 2:29
# "An Oscar for Treadwell" - 3:23
# "Mohawk" - 3:35
# "My Melancholy Baby (Complete Take)" - 3:17
# "Relaxin' With Lee (Take 4 Complete Take)" - 3:56
# "Leap Frog (Take 11 Complete Take)" - 2:34
# "Leap Frog (Take 8 Complete Take)" - 2:02
# "Leap Frog (Take 9 Complete Take)" - 2:06
# "An Oscar for Treadwell (Take 4 Complete Take)" - 3:21
# "Mohawk (Take 3 Complete Take)" - 3:48
# "Relaxin' With Lee (Take 1 Breakdown Take)" - 0:17
# "Relaxin' With Lee (Take 2 Breakdown Take)" - 1:08
# "Relaxin' With Lee (Take 3 False Start)" - 0:04
# "Relaxin' With Lee (Take 5 Breakdown Take)" - 0:24
# "Leap Frog (Take 1 Breakdown Take)" - 0:26
# "Leap Frog (Take 7 Breakdown Take)" - 0:14
# "Leap Frog (Take 10 Breakdown Take)" - 0:40
# "Leap Frog (Take 2 Breakdown Take)" - 0:18
# "Leap Frog (Take 6 Breakdown Take)" - 0:20
# "Leap Frog (Take 4 Breakdown Take)" - 0:13
# "Leap Frog (Take 3 Breakdown Take)" - 0:41

Personnel

Musicians

* Curly Russell - bass (except on tracks A4 & B4)
* Tommy Potter - bass (on tracks A4 & B4)
* Carlos Vidal - bongo (on track B4)
* Buddy Rich - drums (except tracks A4 & B4)
* Max Roach - drums (tracks A4 & B4)
* Thelonious Monk - piano (except tracks A4 & B4)
* Al Haig - piano (tracks 4 & 8)
* Charlie Parker - saxophone
* Tommy Turk - trombone (track B4)
* Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet (except tracks A4 & B4)
* Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 4 & 8)

Additional personnel

* Norman Granz - producer
* Dennis Drake - mastering
* David Stone Martin - cover design

References

*Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
cite book|author = Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky|title = The Mercury Labels — A Discography|others = |year = 1993|publisher = Greenwood Press|isbn=0-313-27371-5
*cite book| title = Bird & Diz album liner notes by James Patrick, Norman Granz | publisher = PolyGram Records Inc.

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