Bird and Diz
1952 studio album by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[7] 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.[8] The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.[9][10]
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Released | July/August 1952[1] | |||
Recorded | February–May 5, 1949; and June 6, 1950; in New York City | |||
Genre | Bebop | |||
Length | 24:58 | |||
Label | Clef/Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
DownBeat | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Although produced by Norman Granz, known for large ensembles at the time,[2] the album contains compositions performed with the standard bebop instrumentation of saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums.[11] 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."[3] It is the final collaborative studio recording by Parker and Gillespie,[7] and has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.[11]