CHARLIE PARKER/DIZZY GILLESPIE "BIRD & DIZ" MERCURY MG C-512-10", DSM COVER ART

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION 

This 33 RPM 10 INCH JAZZ LP

BY CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE

NORMAN GRANZ' JAZZAT THE PHILHARMONIC 

Rare copy

MERCURY MG C 512 

TITLED : Bird and Diz

DAVID STONE MARTIN COVER ART

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Bird and Diz Studio album by Charlie Parker & Dizzy 

RELEASED–May 5, 1949 and June 6, 1950

New York City, New York Genre Jazz, bebop Length 24:58 (Original LP)
44:52 (Remaster)LabelClef/Verve
MG C-512 NORMAN Granz 

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie chronology Diz 'N' Bird In Concert
(1947)Bird and Diz
(1952)Jazz at Massey Hall
(1953)Reissue covers1986 

Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, 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 a different personnel than that of 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]

While it was produced by Norman Granz, who was known for his preference of large ensembles at the time,[11] the album contains compositions performed with the standard bebop instrumentation of saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums.[12]In a 1952 four-star review of Bird and Diz, a Down Beat 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 serves as the final collaborative studio recording by Parker and Gillespie, and it is also notable for featuring an early appearance of pianist Thelonious Monk.[7] The album has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.[12]

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. 

YOU WILL NOTICE THESE TWO COMPOSITIONS ARE ON THIS DISC.

Side one

Track Recorded Song Number Song Title Writer(s)Time1.6/6/50C 410-4BloomdidoCharlie Parker3:252.6/6/50C 413-2My Melancholy BabyErnie M. Burnett and George A. Norton3:243.6/6/50C 415-4Relaxin' with LeeCharlie Parker2:474.5/5/49C 295-2PassportCharlie Parker3:00

Side two

TrackRecordedSong NumberSong TitleWriterTime1.6/6/50C 414-11Leap FrogBenny Harris and Charlie Parker2:292.6/6/50C 411-4An Oscar for TreadwellCharlie Parker3:233.6/6/50C 412-6MohawkCharlie Parker3:354.2/3/49C 293-4VisaCharlie Parker2:55

MUSICIANS

• Charlie Parker - saxophone
• Curley Russell - bass (except on tracks A4 & B4)
• Buddy Rich - drums (except tracks A4 & B4)
• Thelonious Monk - piano (except tracks A4 & B4)
• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet (except tracks A4 & B4)
• Tommy Potter - bass (on tracks A4 & B4)
• Carlos Vidal - bongo (on track B4)
• Max Roach - drums (tracks A4 & B4)
• Al Haig - piano (tracks 4 & 8)
• Tommy Turk - trombone (track B4)
• Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 4 & 8)
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• Production

• Norman Granz - producer
• Dennis Drake - mastering
• David Stone Martin - cover design

THIS RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION 

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