Bird & Diz [Digipak With Bonus Tracks] [New CD] Bonus Tracks, Digipack

• CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COLLECTION• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES• LIMITED EDITION• INCLUDES 11 BONUS TRACKSThis 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.PERSONNEL:CHARLIE PARKER, alto saxDIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpetTHELONIOUS MONK, pianoCURLEY RUSSELL, bassBUDDY RICH, drumsNew 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.TRACKS:01 Bloomdido02 My Melancholy Baby03 Relaxin’ with Lee04 Leap Frog05 An Oscar for Treadwell06 Mohawk07 My Melancholy Baby [alt tk]08 Relaxin’ with Lee [alt tk]09 Relaxin’ with Lee [alt tk incomplete]10 Leap Frog [alt tk1]11 Leap Frog [alt tk2]12 Leap Frog [alt tk3]13 Leap Frog [alt tk4 incomplete]14 An Oscar for Treadwell [alt tk]15 Mohawk [alt tk]16 Au Privave [alt tk] (*)17 Au Privave (*)18 She Rote [alt tk] (*)19 She Rote (*)20 K. C. Blues (*)21 Star Eyes (*)22 Carboard (*)23 Visa (*)24 Segment (*)25 Passport [tune Y] (*)26 Passport [tune Z] (*)TOTAL TIME: 77:24 Min.