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To Bird with Love
Live album by
Released1992
RecordedJanuary 25, 1992
VenueBlue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, New York City
GenreJazz
Length63:20
LabelTelarc
CD 83307
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings
(1992)
To Bird with Love
(1992)
To Diz with Love
(1992)

To Bird with Love is a live album trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City in 1992 and released on the Telarc label.[1] Along with Bird Songs: The Final Recordings and To Diz with Love, these were Gillespie's final recordings.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "The good spirits and obvious love that these musicians had for Gillespie make up for his technical lapses".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

  1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 15:21
  2. "Bebop" (Gillespie) - 11:44
  3. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Parker) - 10:40
  4. "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Parker) - 10:56
  5. "Oop-Pop-A-Da" (Babs Gonzales) - 11:21
  6. "The Diamond Jubilee Blues" (Gillespie) - 1:53
  7. "The Theme" (Miles Davis)- 1:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 20, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 20, 2012