“Diz’N Bird at Carnegie Hall” documents an awesome concert performance by a partnership whose influence on the history of jazz is inescapable and profound, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.
Here are fifteen selections from a Carnegie Hall performance by Dizzy Gillespie – with Joe Harris on drums, bassist Al McKibbon and pianist John Lewis as the rhythm section - with an orchestra and special guests Parker and Ella Fitzgerald, which took place September 29th, 1947.
Parker and Gillespie square off in the quintet format for the first five tracks, then Parker drops out and Gillespie and crew are joined by an orchestra whose members include tenor James Moody, Milt Jackson on vibes, and Gillespie’s frequent foil when in a Latin mood, percussion player Chano Pozo.
The Parker-Gillespie tracks are among the crown jewels of Twentieth Century music. No two musicians ever played more closely together. The unison passages are as breathtaking as the solos, which are products of genius.


Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Diz ‘N Bird at Carnegie Hall

1947




CD / 1997 / Remastered / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

01. A Night in Tunisia

02. Dizzy Atmosphere

03. Groovin' High

04. Confirmation

05. Koko

06. Cool Breeze

07. Relaxin' at Camarillo

08. One Bass Hit

09. Nearness

10. Salt Peanuts

11. Cubano-Be, Cubano-Bop

12. Hot House

13. Toccata for Trumpet

14. Oop-Pop-A-Da

15. Things to Come


Recorded live at Carnegie Hall on September 29th, 1947


Arrangers:

John Lewis; George Russell; Gil Fuller; Tadd Dameron

Personnel:

Charlie Parker (alto saxophone)

Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet)

Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (vocals)
John Brown, Howard Johnson (alto saxophone)
James Moody, Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone)
Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone)
Elmon Wright, Mathew McKay, Dave Burns, Ray Orr (trumpets)
Taswell Baird, Williams Shepard (trombone)
Milt Jackson (vibraphone)
Al McKibbon (bass)
John Lewis (piano)
Joe Harris (drums)
Lorenzo Salan (bongos)
Chano Pozo (congas)


Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie / Diz ‘N Bird at Carnegie Hall / 1947