Diz 'N’ Bird The Beginning is a Jazz album by Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, originally released in 1966. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1A Night In Tunisia Part 13:00
- A2A Night In Tunisia Part 22:01
- A3Confirmation3:15
- A4Groovin' High Part 13:03
- A5Groovin' High Part 22:04
Side B
- B1School Days2:30
- B2Swing Low Sweet Cadillac3:55
- B3Good Bait4:50
- B4The Champ4:25
- B5My Man3:05
Side C
- C1Bird Feathers2:57
- C2Air Conditioning2:50
- C3Quasimodo2:50
- C4Crazeology2:56
- C5Dewey Square2:55
Side D
- D1Bongo Bop2:44
- D2Klactoveededstene2:55
- D3Ooh Shoobbee Doobee3:15
- D4I've Got The Bluest Blues3:50
- D5Dizzy Atmosphere2:45
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- clean
- intense
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Simulated stereo
This label design used from 1963
Recording dates & places:
A1 to A5, D5 - Sept. 29, 1947 at Carnegie Hall, New York
C5 - Oct. 28, 1947 at WOR Studios, New York
C1, D2 - Nov. 4, 1947 at WOR Studios, New York
C2 to C4, D1 - Dec. 17, 1947, at WOR Studios, New York
B1 to B5, D3, D4 - Feb. 9, 1953, at Salle Pleyel, Paris
Runouts mostly etched but there is an illegible stamped element as well
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Al JonesDRUMS
- Al McKibbonBASS
- Bill GrahamALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Charlie ParkerALTO SAXOPHONE
- Dizzy GillespieTRUMPET TRUMPET, VOCALS, CONGAS VOCALS, CONGAS
- Duke JordanPIANO
- J.J. JohnsonTROMBONE
- Joe CarrollVOCALS
- Joe HarrisDRUMS
- John LewisPIANO
- Lou HackneyBASS
- Max RoachDRUMS
- Miles DavisTRUMPET
- Tommy PotterBASS
- Wade LeggePIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 14 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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