Bird in LA

Bird in LA

$99.98

This historic release brings together previously unknown & unissued recordings along with rarities captured during 3 of the 4 California trips Bird made during his too-short life.

Highlights include “How High the Moon” from his historic 1945 engagement with Dizzy Gillespie at Billy Berg’s, previously unknown performances from a 1948 “Jazz at the Philharmonic” concert at the Shrine Auditorium, & the complete recordings of the infamous 1952 “naked party” at the Altadena ranch of Jirayr Zorthian.

Tracklist

Side 1

# Title Length
1 Intro over I Waited For You into How High The Moon (Incomplete) 4:11
2 Intro dialogue with Gibson into Handsome Harry The Hipster (Incomplete) 4:15
3 Cement Mixer (Fragment) into Intro into Blues (Fragment) 1:20
4 Dizzy Atmosphere (Fragment) 1:04
5 Fifty-Second Street Theme into Closing Announcement 1:53
6 Groovin' High into Announcement 5:47

Side 2

# Title Length
1 Intro Dialogue with Gillespie into Shaw 'Nuff into Announcement 4:51
2 Intro Dialogue with Gillespie into Dizzy Atmosphere into Announcement 4:36
3 Intro dialogue between Vallee & Gibson into Salt Peanuts 3:40

Side 3

# Title Length
1 Billie's Bounce 3:45
2 Ornithology 5:04
3 All The Things You Are 5:13
4 Blue 'N' Boogie 5:15

Side 4

# Title Length
1 Anthropology into Announcement 2:51
2 Intro discussion into Cherokee into Announcement 4:22
3 Ornithology 4:11
4 Dizzy Atmosphere 5:39
5 Out of Nowhere 3:35

Side 5

# Title Length
1 Scrapple From The Apple (Incomplete) 5:44
2 Au Privave / Dance Of The Infidels 13:11

Side 6

# Title Length
1 Night In Tunisia 7:33
2 How High The Moon / Ornithology 7:31
3 Party Chatter into Embraceable You 3:45

Side 7

# Title Length
1 Hot House 7:07
2 Cool Blues 12:15

Side 8

# Title Length
1 March Noodling / Dixie 4:12
2 Scrapple From The Apple 13:14
3 Au Privave (Incomplete) 4:28