Description
**THIS IS A VINYL LP**
Release Date: 2020
Label: Bird’s Nest
Track List
Side A
- Diggin’ Diz
- Cheers
- Carvin’ The Bird
- Stupendous
- Bongo Bop
- Dewey Square
- The Hymn
- This Is Always
- Dark Shadows
- Drifting On A Reed
Side B
- Quasimodo
- Charlie’s Wig
- Bongo Beep
- Crazeology
- Hallelujah
- Get Happy
- Slam Slam Blues
- Congo Blues
Notes
Personnel
- CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax
- On all tracks, plus:
- A1: DIZZY GILLESPIE (tp), LUCKY THOMPSON (ts),
- GEORGE HANDY (p), ARV GARRISON (g), RAY BROWN (b),
- STAN LEVEY (d).
- Glendale, California, February 5, 1946.
- A2-A4: HOWARD McGHEE (tp), WARDELL GRAY (ts),
- BARNEY KESSEL (g), RED CALLENDER (b), DON LAMOND (d).
- Hollywood, February 26, 1947.
- A5-A7: MILES DAVIS (tp), DUKE JORDAN (p),
- TOMMY PORTTER (b), MAX ROACH (d).
- New York, October 28, 1947.
- A8-A9: ERROLL GARNER (p), RED CALLENDER (b),
- HAROLD “Doc” WEST(d), EARL COLEMAN (vcl).
- Hollywood, February 19, 1947.
- A10 & B1-B4: Same personnel as A5-A7 except J.J. Johnson (tb) added.
- New York, December 17, 1947.
- B5-B8: DIZZY GILLESPIE (tp), FLIP PHILLIPS (ts), RED NORVO (vib),
- TEDDY WILSON (p), SLAM STEWART (b), SPECS POWELL (d on B5-B6),
- J.C. HEARD (d on B7-B8).
- New York, June 6, 1945