Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet and vocals (in the 1st-8th and 16th-18th works) ; Charlie Parker, alto saxophone (in the 1st-3rd, 9th-15th, and 18th works) ; with various assisting instrumentalists
Jazz quintets and septets.
"Simulated stereo"--Container.
Program notes by Stanley Dance on container.
Recorded Sept.-Dec. 1947, New York City, and Feb. 3, 1953, Paris.
A night in Tunisia / Gillespie, Paparelli (5:00) -- Confirmation / Charlie Parker (3:15) -- Groovin' high / D. Gillespie School days / Gus Edward, Will D. Cobb (2:30) -- Swing low sweet Cadillac / Aggie Dukes (3:55) -- Good bait / T. Dameron, C. Basie (4:50) -- The champ / (4:25) -- My man / Yuain-Pollack (3:05) -- Bird feathers (2:57) ; Air conditioning (2:50) ; Quasimodo Crazeology (2:56) ; Dewey Square (2:55) ; Bongo bop (2:44) ; Klactoveededstene (2:55) / C. Parker -- Ooh shoobbee doobee / Joe Carroll, Billy Graham I've got the bluest blues (3:50) -- Dizzy atmosphere / D. Gillespie