Bird and Diz: Limited Edition 180gm Red Vinyl LP (Centennial Celebration Collection) Braids The album is an opportunity

The album is an opportunity for the pianist to look back at and expand upon his own musical history as he revisits the pop/rock influenced jazz style of The Bad Plus

When a musical ensemble chooses to self-title an album mid-career

When I first met them [during exchange workshops]

but there’s no particular reason to put that out into the world unless

Bird and Diz: Limited Edition 180gm Red Vinyl LP (Centennial Celebration Collection) Braids The album is an opportunityThis release presents the complete widely celebrated Massey Hall concert, performed in Canada by an all star quintet of bebop founders which would never be reunited again. It appears here in the actual order of performance and without the added bass and echo which darkened the sound quality of some issues. As a bonus, we present a version of "Bass ically Speaking". Although the track was recorded at a New York studio, Mingus originally included it,