Artist: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
Title: Bird And Diz (Expanded Edition)
Year Of Release: 1952/2018
Label: Verve Reissues
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 00:46:24
Total Size: 120 mb | 182 mb
Tracklist:01. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido
02. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - My Melancholy Baby (Take 1)
03. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Relaxing With Lee (Take 6 / Take 3 / Master)
04. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Leap Frog (Take 5 / Complete)
05. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - An Oscar For Treadwell (Alternate Take 3)
06. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Mohawk
07. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Melancholy Baby
08. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Relaxing With Lee (Take 4 / Take 2 / Alternate)
09. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 11 / Take 6 / Master)
10. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 8 / Take 4 / Alternate)
11. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 9 / Complete)
12. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - An Oscar For Treadwell (Take 4 Master)
13. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Mohawk (Alternate Take 3)
14. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Relaxing With Lee (Take 1 / Incomplete)
15. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Relaxing With Lee (Take 2 / Incomplete)
16. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Relaxing With Lee (Take 3 / False Start)
17. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Relaxing With Lee (Take 5 / Incomplete)
18. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 1 / Incomplete)
19. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 7 / Incomplete)
20. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 10 / Incomplete)
21. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 2 / Incomplete)
22. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 6 / Incomplete)
23. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 4 / Incomplete)
24. Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk & Curly Russell & Buddy Rich - Leap Frog (Take 3 / Incomplete)
This collection of 78 rpm singles, all recorded on June 6, 1950, was released in 1956. Several things distinguish this from numerous other quintet recordings featuring these two bebop pioneers. It was recorded during the period that Parker was working under the aegis of producer Norman Granz, whose preference for large and unusual ensembles was notorious. The end result in this case is 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. Unfortunately, Monk is buried in the mix and gets very little solo space, so his highly idiosyncratic genius doesn't get much exposure here. Still, this is an outstanding album there are fine versions of Parker standards like "Leap Frog," "Mohawk," and "Relaxin' with Lee," as well as a burning performance of "Bloomdido" and twjo interesting (if not entirely thrilling) renditions of the chestnut "My Melancholy Baby."
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