Bird-Diz-Bud - Blue ‘N’ Boogie - Birdland, March 31st, 1951

Bird, Dizzy, and Bud Powell never recorded together in the studio. All we have is live performances, of which there are, I believe, a grand total of two: the 1953 concert at Massey Hall in Toronto and this, a broadcast from Birdland on March 31st, 1951, just four tunes snatched off the airwaves by the indispensable Boris Rose. All three men are in peak form, although Bird makes a point of stepping on Bud’s solos, robbing the world of precious choruses. Tommy Potter is on bass, and a flame-throwing Roy Haynes is on drums. The ubiquitous “Symphony Sid” is the MC.

[@carlorizzo827]

Absolutely sublime. Ecstasy. I was born 2 years later guffaw

[@edlizcano818]

🔥

[@spumpstein9374]

Parker swung a dozen different feels at least. So deep in the groove.

[@jeffentin3428]

Holy..... smokes! 😂