• 180 GRAM ANALOGUE VINYL
• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
“A date that sounds very much like those that Parker and Gillespie recorded for Savoy and Dial, except with top-of-the-line production quality. Even more interesting, though, is Parker's choice of Thelonious Monk as pianist.” (Rick Anderson)
PERSONNEL:
- CHARLIE PARKER alto sax
- DIZZY GILLESPIE trumpet
- THELONIOUS MONK piano
- CURLEY RUSSELL bass
- BUDDY RICH drums
New York, June 6, 1950.
- (*) BONUS TRACKS:
- ON TRACKS A7:
- Charlie Parker (as), Kenny Dorham (tp), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b), Max Roach (d).
- New York, May 5 into May 6, 1949.
- ON TRACK A8:
- Charlie Parker (as), Kenny Dorham (tp), Tommy Turk (tb), Al Haig (p), Tommy Potter (b), Max Roach (d), Carlos Vidal (cga).
- New York, April, 1949.
- NOTE: Both of these songs were first issued on the original 1952 Bird & Diz 10” album (Mercury MGC-512) along with the five master takes from the Parker-Gillespie-Monk session. The 1956 12” LP Bird and Diz (Verve Records MGV-8006), released after Parker’s death, omitted both 1949 tunes and presented instead the 1950 master takes along with plenty of alternative takes.]
TRACKS:
- SIDE A: The Master Takes
- 1 BLOOMDIDO
- 2 AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL
- 3 MOHAWK
- 4 MY MELANCHOLY BABY
- 5 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE
- 6 LEAP FROG
- 7 PASSPORT (*)
- 8 VISA (*)
- SIDE B: The Alternative Takes
- 1 AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL
- 2 MOHAWK
- 3 MY MELANCHOLY BABY
- 4 LEAP FROG
- 5 LEAP FROG
- 6 LEAP FROG
- 7 LEAP FROG
- 8 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE
- 9 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE [alt tk incomplete]