medjuck Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 The unfortunately 1 disc only Birdland All Stars at Carnegie Hall I just received lists other Roulette cds including one titled Diz N' Bird in Concert. Much to my surprise it's not listed in Peter Losin's excellent Bird discography (nor are any other Roulette releases). Does anyone know what session(s) it contains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 The CD is a reissue that includes this Diz/Bird concert Diz n' Bird Probably similar to this other Diz 'n Bird reissue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 The Roulette vinyl, which I had many years ago, had the edited-down version of the 1947 Carnegie Hall tracks. The BN issue mentioned by Brownie has them in complete form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 FWIW, the Dizzy Big band portion of the concert was booted on a Can-Am(?) LP. Don't know if the Ella stuff has turned up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 The Roulette vinyl, which I had many years ago, had the edited-down version of the 1947 Carnegie Hall tracks. The BN issue mentioned by Brownie has them in complete form. You talking about the Echoes Of An Era series? Yeah, they issued them like they were still 78s...I never understood that. But that is some of the purest, most fully realized bebop ever recorded, especially "Dizzy Atmosphere". Things had to be simplified if it was ever going to become the province of more than a handful of virtuosos, but hearing this most complex music realized in full flower at this level is startling, exhilarating, and profoundly humbling, at least for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 The Roulette vinyl, which I had many years ago, had the edited-down version of the 1947 Carnegie Hall tracks. The BN issue mentioned by Brownie has them in complete form. You talking about the Echoes Of An Era series? Yeah, they issued them like they were still 78s...I never understood that. But that is some of the purest, most fully realized bebop ever recorded, especially "Dizzy Atmosphere". Things had to be simplified if it was ever going to become the province of more than a handful of virtuosos, but hearing this most complex music realized in full flower at this level is startling, exhilarating, and profoundly humbling, at least for me. That's the one I had. It was a life-changing album for me as a teenager, not only for the Carnegie Hall tracks, but for the randomly selected, often mistitled selection of Bird's Dial output that was included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 like "Relaxin' in Cameroon" ? or "Yardbird Sweats" or "Daisy's Atmosphere" ? btw, was listening to some of the Dial stuff on a collection recently, and can't remember the tune, but there's a Barney Kessel intro that sounds just like Giant Steps. I'll try and find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I have a CD that includes the Ella tracks - it's on something called "Black Label," whatever that is. (By the way, is that beer still around?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I have a CD that includes the Ella tracks - it's on something called "Black Label," whatever that is. (By the way, is that beer still around?) The whiskey is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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