Released 1992 Label Telarc83421 Release date 1992 | Length 62:58 Genre Jazz | |
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Bird Songs: The Final Recordings is a live album trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars recorded at the Blue Note in 1992 and released on the Telarc label. The album, along with To Bird with Love and To Diz with Love, represent the last recordings made by the legendary trumpeter before his death in 1993.
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Reception
The Allmusic review stated "This album and its companions might have worked better as videos, where one could still bask in Dizzy's live presence and thus experience the atmosphere of this celebration more fully".
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
- "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 15:31
- "Con Alma" – 9:20
- "Confirmation" (Parker) – 10:41
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Felix Paparelli) – 21:46
- "The Diamond Jubilee Blues" – 4:14
- "The Theme" (Miles Davis) – 1:26
Personnel
References
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA