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Richard Tabnik writes:

heard the ‘new’ bird and diz?
amazing…if that had come out 60 years ago, the entire concept of saxophone would be different
whew!

From the August 8 Rifftides posting:

Throughout, Gillespie’s control, range, harmonic ingenuity, melodic inventiveness and time—above all, his time—are breathtaking. In these performances, he and Parker give profound meaning to Dizzy’s frequently-quoted description of Bird as, “the other half of my heartbeat.”

To read the whole entry, go here.