Birks' Works

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the reissue compilation as part of its suggested Core Collection. The Allmusic review awarded the album 5 stars calling it "Essential music".

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

Original LP Release

Side One:

1. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) - 4:13
2. "Birks' Works" - 4:56
3. "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) - 3:02
4. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) - 3:11
5. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Mercer) - 3:43

Side Two:

1. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 4:37
2. "Yo No Quiero Bailar" (Joe Willoughby) - 4:42
3. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:30
4. "Left Hand Corner" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:26
5. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson, Leonard Feather) - 5:17

CD Compilation Reissue

Disc One:

1. "Dizzy's Business" (Wilkins) - 3:37 Originally released on World Statesman
2. "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" (Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) - 5:39 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
3. "Jessica's Day" (Quincy Jones) - 4:50 Originally released on World Statesman
4. "Tour de Force" - 5:04 Originally released on World Statesman
5. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 2:55 Originally released on World Statesman
6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:07 Originally released on World Statesman
7. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) - 3:56 Originally released on World Statesman
8. "A Night in Tunisia" - 5:34 Originally released on World Statesman
9. "The Champ" - 4:42 Originally released on World Statesman
10. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:46 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
11. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:17 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
12. "Groovin' for Nat" (Wilkins) - 3:21 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
13. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) - 2:52 Originally released on World Statesman
14. "Dizzy's Blues" (Ahmad Kharab Salim) - 2:32 Originally released on World Statesman
15. "Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) - 4:05 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
16. "Cool Breeze" (Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) - 4:55 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
17. "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 4:23 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
18. "Jordu" (Jordan) - 4:13
19. "Yo No Quiero Bailar" (Willoughby) - 4:42

Disc Two:

1. "Birk's Works" - 4:56
2. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) - 3:11
3. "Tangerine" (Mercer, Schertzinger) - 3:43
4. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) - 4:37
5. "Umbrella Man" (Cavanaugh, Rose, Stock) - 3:02
6. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman) - 3:30
7. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 0:13 Previously unreleased
8. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 2:26 Previously unreleased
9. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 2:16 Previously unreleased
10. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 0:10 Previously unreleased
11. "Left Hand Corner" [master take] (Wilkins) - 2:22
12. "Whisper Not" [alternate take] (Golson, Feather) - 5:52 Previously unreleased
13. "Whisper Not [alternate take] (Golson, Feather) - 5:08 Previously unreleased
14. "Whisper Not [master take] (Golson, Feather) - 5:17
15. "Stablemates" (Golson) - 4:12 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
16. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 3:13 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
17. "Groovin' High" [master take] - 3:53 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
18. "Mayflower Rock" [alternate take] (Lee Brown) - 3:17 Previously unreleased
19. "Mayflower Rock" [master take] (Brown) - 3:14 Originally released as 45rpm single B-side
20. "Joogie Boogie" - 4:14 Originally released as 45rpm single
21. "I Remember Clifford" (Golson) - 4:15
22. "You'll Be Sorry" - 2:17 Previously unreleased
23. "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky) - 3:51 Previously unreleased

On original LP and CD Compilation Reissue Disc One, tracks 18 & 19 and Disc Two, tracks 1-21

On CD Compilation Reissue Disc One, tracks 1-17

On CD Compilation Reissue Disc Two, tracks 22 & 23