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Charlie Parker
Bird and Diz (1950)
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01) Bloomdido
02) My Melancholy Baby
03) Relaxing With Lee
04) Leap Frog
05) An Oscar for Treadwell
06) Mohawk
07) My Melancholy Baby (alternate take)
08) Relaxin' With Lee (complete take)
09) Leap Frog (alternate take)
10) Leap Frog (complete take)
11) Leap Frog (alternate take)
12) An Oscar for Treadwell (complete take)
13) Mohawk (complete take)
14) Relaxin' With Lee (breakdown take)
15) Relaxin' With Lee (breakdown take)
16) Relaxin' With Lee (false start)
17) Relaxin' With Lee (breakdown take)
18) Leap Frog (breakdown take)
19) Leap Frog (breakdown take)
20) Leap Frog (breakdown take)
21) Leap Frog (breakdown take)
22) Leap Frog (breakdown take)
23) Leap Frog (breakdown take)
24) Leap Frog (breakdown take)

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1950

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Jazz

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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. 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 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Mercury subsidiary label Clef Records.

While it was produced by Norman Granz, who was known for his preference of 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 & Diz, a Down Beat 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 serves as the final collaborative studio recording by Parker and Gillespie, and it is also notable for featuring an early appearance of pianist Thelonious Monk. The album has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.

Tracklist:
01. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido (3:28)
02. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - An Oscar For Treadwell (Alternate Take) (3:24)
03. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - An Oscar For Treadwell (Master Take) (3:26)
04. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Mohawk (Alternate Take) (3:52)
05. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Mohawk (Master Take) (3:38)
06. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - My Melancholy Baby (Alternate Take) (3:20)
07. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - My Melancholy Baby (Master Take) (3:27)
08. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Leap Frog (Alternate Take) (2:37)
09. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Leap Frog (Alternate Take 2) (2:04)
10. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Leap Frog (Alternate Take 3) (2:09)
11. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Leap Frog (Master Take) (2:32)
12. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Relaxin' With Lee (Alternate Take) (3:58)
13. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Relaxin' With Lee (Master Take) (2:45)



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