Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall by Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (vocals); John Brown, Howard Johnson (alto saxophone); James Moody, Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Elmon Wright, Mathew McKay, Dave Burns, Ray Orr (trumpets); Taswell Baird, Williams Shepard (trombone); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Al McKibbon (bass); John Lewis (piano); Joe Harris (drums); Lorenzo Salan (bongos); Chano Pozo (congas). Producer: Teddy Reig. Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York on September 29, 1947. Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler. For starters, a clarification: this CD contains only five cuts in which Parker and Gillespie front a quintet. The remaining ten tunes are performed by Gillespie with his big band and do not include Parker. The reason for this, as explained by Ira Gitler in his excellent liner notes, lies in the origin of the concert itself-originally meant only to feature Gillespie's band and guest Ell...