Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz

For the age of the recording, the sound quality is extremely good (as you can listen to here). The CD runs about 45 minutes, but only the first six songs are the complete studio recording as it was meant to be heard. On song seven (as you can see), you begin to hear different variations of the first six songs. Songs seven through thirteen are complete, and then the remainder are just second-long blips – false starts, some conversation (which can be interesting), and various beginnings that they experimented with. The longest of these is about 50 seconds, and many are only 12 to 14 seconds – the majority of the CD is, of course, the first 13 complete songs. So, the CD has a very complete feeling from the start, yes, but be aware how it trails off. You buy the CD for the first six songs and the next variations on those songs, though. You won't be disappointed. AMG customer review

Tracks:
1. Bloomdido
2. My Melancholy Baby
3. Relaxin' With Lee
4. Leap Frog
5. An Oscar For Treadwell
6. Mohawk
7. My Melancholy Baby (Complete Take)
8. Relaxin' With Lee (Complete Take)
9. Leap Frog (Complete Take)
10. Leap Frog (Complete Take)
11. Leap Frog (Complete 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)

Personnel:
Charlie Parker: alto saxophone
Dizzy Gillespie: trumpet
Thelonious Monk: piano
Curly Russell: bass
Buddy Rich: drums

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