Bird Songs: The Final Recordings

Bird Songs: The Final Recordings 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] The album, along with To Bird with Love and To Diz with Love, represent the last recordings made by the legendary trumpeter before his death in 1993.

Bird Songs: The Final Recordings
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1992
Recorded	January 23–25, 1992
Venue	Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:58
Label	Telarc 83421
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Winter in Lisbon (1990) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992)

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This album and its companions might have worked better as videos, where one could still bask in Dizzy's live presence and thus experience the atmosphere of this celebration more fully".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

1. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 15:31
2. "Con Alma" – 9:20
3. "Confirmation" (Parker) – 10:41
4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 21:46
5. "The Diamond Jubilee Blues" – 4:14
6. "Theme" – 1:26

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Antonio Hart (track 3), Paquito D'Rivera (track 1), Jackie McLean (track 1) – alto saxophone
• Benny Golson (tracks 4–6), Clifford Jordan (track 3), David Sánchez (tracks 4–6) – tenor saxophone
• Danilo Pérez – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Kenny Washington (tracks 4–6), Lewis Nash (tracks 1–3) – drums
• Bobby McFerrin – vocals (track 1)

References

1. Concord Music Group website August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine accessed April 22, 2012
2. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed April 22, 2012
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.