To Bird with Love | ||||
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Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | January 23–25, 1992 | |||
Venue | Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 63:20 | |||
Label | Telarc CD-83316 | |||
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To Bird with Love is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars. It was recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City on January 23–25, 1992 and released on the Telarc label. [1] Gillespie's performances at the club in January and February of that year yielded two additional live albums, Bird Songs: The Final Recordings and To Diz with Love . Together, these three titles represent his final recordings prior to his death in 1993.
The Allmusic review stated "The good spirits and obvious love that these musicians had for Gillespie make up for his technical lapses". [2]
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