To Bird with Love

To Bird with Love
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1992
Recorded	January 25, 1992 Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:20
Label	Telarc 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 in 1992 and released on the Telarc label.^[1] Along with Bird Songs: The Final Recordings and To Diz with Love the album represents the final recordings by the trumpet legend.

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 15:21
2. "Bebop" - 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" - 1:53
7. "The Theme" (Miles Davis)- 1:25

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Antonio Hart (tracks 2-4), Paquito D'Rivera (tracks 5-7), Jackie McLean (tracks 5-7) - alto saxophone
• Benny Golson (track 1), Clifford Jordan (tracks 2-4), David Sánchez (track 1) - tenor saxophone
• Danilo Pérez - piano
• George Mraz - bass
• Kenny Washington (tracks 1 & 5-7), Lewis Nash (tracks 2-7) - drums
• Bobby McFerrin - vocals (tracks 5-7)

References