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Title: Bird followers beware!
Review: The primary reason to pick up "Bird Is Free" is that it is alleged to include Bird's longest and fastest solo--on "Lester Leaps In"--not his 1949 solo with Prez and Eldridge at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, but the performance from 1952 at the Rockland Palace that's included in the movie "Bird" (a doctored, distorted reproduction that's inferior to the original "low-fi" copies in print).Notice that it's not included among these downloads. But also be wary of the prohibitively-priced album versions (CD or LP). I suspect they contain the 3-4 minute excerpt rather than the complete performance. I would certainly require the seller's reassurance before putting out a hundred or more.
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