Blues for Bird

Name: Blues for Bird
Duration: 9 min 8 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	US1956	Norgran Records (US jazz label)	MG N-1076
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	GB1956	Columbia Records (EMI-owned 1931-1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973)	33CX 10048
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	FR1957	Barclay	GLP 3568
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	Album	US1958	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	MGV-8166
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet (different cover)	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	US1958	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	MGV-8166, V-8166
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath, Charlie Persip	Album	JP1974	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	MV 2512
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath, Charlie Persip	Album	JP1974	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	MV 1124
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	ZA1975	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	2352 131
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	Album	US1978	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	90-5603, MGV-8166
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Dizzy Meets Sonny	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	US1979	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	VE-1-2533
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	Album	JP1980	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	MV 4019
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	Album	JP1986	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	20MJ0078
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Dizzy Meets Sonny	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	AU-	World Record Club	R09395
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	Album	DK-	Clef Records, Norgran Records (US jazz label)	MG N-1076
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	Album	FR-	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	823 091-1
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	JP-	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	23MJ3103
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	IT-	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	MGV 8166
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	BR-	Sinter, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	SLP-2704
Promotion
1.5	Blues for Bird	9:08	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Dizzy Meets Sonny	The Modern Jazz Sextet	Album	US1979	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	VE-1-2533

Relationships

bass:	Percy Heath (on 1956-01-12)
drums (drum set):	Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-12)
guitar:	Clifton "Skeeter" Best (on 1956-01-12)
piano:	John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-01-12)
saxophone:	Sonny Stitt (on 1956-01-12)
trumpet:	Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-01-12)

recorded at:	Fine Sound Studios (1953–1956; fka WMGM Studios until 1953) in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-01-12)

recording of:	Blues for Bird (on 1956-01-12)

Blues for Bird

composer:	Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)

publisher:	Dizlo Music Corp. Tomi Music Corp. (BMI affiliated)

Blues for Bird

Appears on releases

Relationships

Blues for Bird

Recording information

Rating

Genres

Other tags

Editing

Blues for Bird

Appears on releases

Relationships

Related works

Blues for Bird

Recording information

Rating

Genres

Other tags

Editing