Bird & Diz

Bird and Diz
Studio album by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1952 (1952)
Recorded	February–May 5, 1949; and June 6, 1950; in New York City
Genre	Bebop
Length	24:58
Label	Clef/Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Diz 'N' Bird In Concert (1947)Diz 'N' Bird In Concert1947 Bird and Diz (1952) Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)Jazz at Massey Hall1953
Alternate cover
1986 Verve vinyl reissue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Down Beat
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded primarily on June 6, 1950 in New York City. Two tracks featured on the original pressing, "Passport" and "Visa", were recorded by Parker, without Gillespie and with a different personnel than that of the other tracks, in March and May 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.

Although produced by Norman Granz, known for large ensembles at the time, the album contains compositions performed with the standard bebop instrumentation of saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums. In a 1952 four-star review of Bird and Diz, a Down Beat magazine columnist wrote of Granz's contribution to the album's sound, stating "Though there is no mention of bop in Norman Granz'[s] notes, we owe him a salvo for reminding us through this LP that this music is still very much alive." It is the final collaborative studio recording by Parker and Gillespie, and has been reissued several times by Verve and PolyGram Records.

Included on the original LP, "Passport" and "Visa" were omitted from the reissue because they were not recorded during the 1950 Bird and Diz session.

The Verve/PolyGram remaster editions feature 18 additional takes and liner notes by music scholar James Patrick and producer Norman Granz.