To Bird with Love

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To Bird with Love
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Live album by
Released1992
RecordedJanuary 23–25, 1992
Venue Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length63:20
Label Telarc
CD-83316
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings
(1992)
To Bird with Love
(1992)
To Diz with Love
(1992)

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.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "The good spirits and obvious love that these musicians had for Gillespie make up for his technical lapses". [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

  1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 15:21
  2. "Bebop" (Gillespie) – 11:44
  3. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Parker) – 10:40
  4. "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Parker) – 10:56
  5. "Oop-Pop-A-Da" (Babs Gonzales) – 11:21
  6. "The Diamond Jubilee Blues" (Gillespie) – 1:53
  7. "The Theme" (Miles Davis) – 1:25

Personnel

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References

  1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 20, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 20, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.