Track Listing

1. Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Parker
2. Dizzy Atmosphere - Charlie Parker
3. Sweet Georgia Brown
4. Lover, Come Back to Me
5. Night in Tunisia
6. Dizzy Atmosphere
7. Groovin' High
8. Confirmation
9. Koko
10. Blue 'N' Boogie
11. Anthropology
12. 'Round Midnight
13. Night in Tunisia
14. Hot House

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #603039 in Music
• Released on: 1998-10-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

DIZ 'N' BIRD, THE BEGINNING
Classic jazz album, with both live and studio tracks, has moments of acid-tinged brilliance among more traditional jam sessions, which are often edited to two seperate tracks, designated parts one and two. A bit annoying, in that what is missing is a mystery, and equally annoying is the abrupt Porky Pig-like 'That's all folks!", ending to most of the studio tracks. When it cooks, the ensemble is a fine unit of fluid improvisational skill, although unfortunately, the CD doesn't credit the musicians, and if you want to know the names of the exceptional pianist and drummer, you won't find it here. There's a handful of unknown improvisational vocal tracks, possibly by Gillespie or Parker themselves, which serve as snappy comedic relief, especially, "Ooh Shoobee Doobee", which is language for lovemeaking.

Strong Players, Weak Recording
I was a little diappointed with this recording. Parker and Gillespie definely deliver, no question. The sidemen are burnin' it up too but there is no mention of who they are! Who is playing piano on 'Dizzy Atmosphere'? Great ride but no mention of who is who! This sounds like a compilation from several different dates (from different years) but there is almost no info on the jacket. On top of that the recording quality is very weak. It's almost as if someone recorded their 30 year old dusty LPs onto an 8 track only to put it on CD. The balance varies greatly from track to track also. But if you are a die hard bebopper it doesn't matter. The musical product is 5 star. Production gets 1 star for the cool cover.