Bird And Diz (+11 Bonus Tracks) (Centennial Celebration Collection)

This set contains the complete original LP Bird and Diz

(Verve MGV-8006), consisting of a quintet session which

marked Parker and Gillespie's last studio date ever

(although they would later be recorded together live

on numerous occasions, including the celebrated 1953

Massey Hall concert). This session was also Parker's

only studio encounter with the great Thelonious Monk.

Two further quintet sessions recorded by Bird for Verve

during the same period, one of them featuring Miles

Davis on trumpet, have been added as a bonus.

Charlie Parker, Alto Sax; Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet

Thelonious Monk, Piano; Curley Russell, Bass

Buddy Rich, Drums. New York, June 6, 1950.

*Bonus Tracks (16-26):

16-21: Charlie Parker (As), Miles Davis (Tp), Walter Bishop Jr. (P),

Teddy Kotick (B), Max Roach (D). New York, January 17, 1951.

22-26: Charlie Parker (As), Kenny Dorham (Tp), Al Haig (P),

Tommy Potter (B), Max Roach (D).

New York, May 5 Into May 6, 1949.

All Original Sessions Produced By Norman Granz.