Diz'n Bird At Carnegie Hall

The latest entry in Blue Note's performance series, this 1947 concert reunites Dizzy Gilliespie and Charlie Parker for 5 stunning performances and captures 11 selections by Dizzy's big band (James Moody, Cecil Payne, Milt Jackson and John Lewis) at the peak of it's powers. It was at this concert that Gillespie premiered John Lewis's "Toccata for Trumpet" and George Russell's "Cubano-Be, Cubano-Bop." the complete, releasable material from this historic set debuts on CD with the best possible sound.