1992 live album by Dizzy Gillespie
To Bird with Love is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars. It was recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City on January 23–25, 1992 and released on the Telarc label.[ 1] Gillespie's performances at the club in January and February of that year yielded two additional live albums, Bird Songs: The Final Recordings and To Diz with Love . Together, these three titles represent his final recordings prior to his death in 1993.
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "The good spirits and obvious love that these musicians had for Gillespie make up for his technical lapses".[ 2]
Track listing
"Billie's Bounce " (Charlie Parker ) – 15:21
"Bebop" (Gillespie) – 11:44
"Ornithology " (Benny Harris , Parker) – 10:40
"Anthropology " (Gillespie, Parker) – 10:56
"Oop-Pop-A-Da" (Babs Gonzales ) – 11:21
"The Diamond Jubilee Blues" (Gillespie) – 1:53
"The Theme" (Miles Davis ) – 1:25
Personnel
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Soundtracks Compositions Books Related articles
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.
As leader or co-leader With others
The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons , 1956)
Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Hard Bop (Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1956)
Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks , 1960)
2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney , 1957)
Off to the Races (Donald Byrd , 1958)
Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark , 1958)
Dig (Miles Davis , 1951)
Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)
Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham , 1961)
Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper , 1957)
2 Trumpets (Art Farmer , 1957)
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)
To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus , 1956)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley , Prestige, 1956)
Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
Evolution (Grachan Moncur III , 1963)
Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd , 1960)
Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
Open House (Jimmy Smith , 1960)
Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
Mal/2 (Mal Waldron , 1957)
Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson , 1967)
Film and TV appearances
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithArt Farmer WithCharles Mingus WithLee Morgan WithMax Roach WithCedar Walton With others
Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
Sonny Clark Quintets /My Conception (1957)
Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis , 1972)
Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973)
Iron Man (Eric Dolphy , 1963)
Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)
Roots (Slide Hampton , 1985)
Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood , 1985)
Shades (Andrew Hill , 1986)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson , 1961)
Con Alma! (Charles McPherson , 1965)
Any Old Time (Carmen McRae , 1986)
Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988)
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty , 1988)
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter , 1962)
Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece , 1976)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Further Explorations (Horace Silver , 1958)
Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver , 1970)
What It Is (Mal Waldron , 1981)
Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul , 1967)