1952 studio album by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
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. 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. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.
Although produced by Norman Granz, known for 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 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." It is the final collaborative studio recording by Parker and Gillespie, and has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.
Track listing
Included on the original LP, "Passport" and "Visa" were omitted from the reissue because they were not recorded during the 1950 Bird and Diz session.
Side one
Track |
Recorded |
Song Number |
Song Title |
Writer(s) |
Time
|
1. |
6/6/50 |
C 410-4 |
Bloomdido |
Charlie Parker |
3:25
|
2. |
6/6/50 |
C 413-2 |
My Melancholy Baby |
Ernie M. Burnett and George A. Norton |
3:24
|
3. |
6/6/50 |
C 415-4 |
Relaxin' with Lee |
Charlie Parker |
2:47
|
4. |
5/5/49 |
C 295-2 |
Passport |
Charlie Parker |
3:00
|
Side two
Track |
Recorded |
Song Number |
Song Title |
Writer |
Time
|
1. |
6/6/50 |
C 414-11 |
Leap Frog |
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker |
2:29
|
2. |
6/6/50 |
C 411-4 |
An Oscar for Treadwell |
Charlie Parker |
3:23
|
3. |
6/6/50 |
C 412-6 |
Mohawk |
Charlie Parker |
3:35
|
4. |
2/3/49 |
C 293-4 |
Visa |
Charlie Parker |
2:55
|
CD reissue
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" – 3:36
- "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
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