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Dizzy Gillespie's career soared with the surge of interest in bop, but after the failure of his independent Dee Gee label, his career was in the doldrums. In 1953, Norman Granz added the trumpeter to his successful Jazz at the Philharmonic all-star roster for tours and also signed him to a non-exclusive recording contract, where the producer was very open to most anything Gillespie wished to record. This seven-CD boxed set, a limited edition of 10,000 compiled by Mosaic, draws material from selected studio and live sessions made for Granz between 1954 and 1961, in addition to a number of studio dates made for Philips, all of which featured his working bands of the time.
The Verve tracks are a treasure trove, as a good deal of these performances were not reissued on CD until this compilation, with six selections appearing for the first time in this collection. Aside from some of the early novelty songs like "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat," the calypso-flavored "Money Honey," and the perennial jive number "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac," which wear out their welcome quickly, the remaining material is very strong. Up and coming musicians in his bands include saxophonists Hank Mobley, Gigi Gryce, and Benny Golson, along with pianists Ray Bryant and Junior Mance. One of the obvious highlights is alto sax great Johnny Hodges' guest appearance on "Squatty Roo," which bolsters Gillespie's playing to its highest level. The addition of the relatively unheralded Leo Wright (who doubles on flute and alto sax) and young pianist Lalo Schifrin for a brief concert at the Museum of Modern Art marks the end of his association with Verve, which was sold by Granz that very same year.
Several of the earliest Philips sessions find Gillespie incorporating Brazilian influences and exploring the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and even one extended work by Schifrin, "Mount Olive." Dizzy Gillespie & the Double Six of Paris features collaborations with a group of French vocalists arranged by Lalo Schifrin, with most of the songs utilizing Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot, and Kenny Clarke, with the trumpeter's regular group of the time on two selections. The Double Six of Paris' leader Michel Perin's vocalese interpretations of Charlie Parker's instrumental solos from Gillespie's well-known records of "Hot House" and "Groovin' High" are outstanding, as are the big-band arrangements recast for small group and voices. The final sessions feature James Moody and Kenny Barron, with Chris White and Rudy Collins. The tracks from Dizzy Goes Hollywood are enjoyable but far too brief, as most of them hover around the three-minute mark. Better are the songs from Original Score from the Cool World, an updated look at music Dizzy composed for the film, with fine arrangements by Tom McIntosh. This collection should be considered essential for any Dizzy Gillespie fan.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wade Legge, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wade Legge, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lou Hackney, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Charli Persip, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Buster Harding, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Lester Peterson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Jesse A. Stone, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Buster Harding, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harding, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Buster Harding, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Buster Harding, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Golson, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Fred Norman, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Golson, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1960 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gigi Gryce, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gigi Gryce, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1960 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Gigi Gryce, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gigi Gryce, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Golson, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Octet, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Polydor Inc.
DISC 2
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jacques Charles, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Yvain, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Channing Pollock, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Albert Lucien Willemetz, ComposerLyricist - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Will Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Junior Mance, Participant - Eddie Delange, ComposerLyricist - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Billy Moll, ComposerLyricist - Harry Barris, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marty Symes, Author - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Isham Jones, Composer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Lex Humphries, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Les Spann, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Ann Ronell, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Nunes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Sunny Clapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Vincent Rose, ComposerLyricist - Larry Stock, ComposerLyricist - James Cavanaugh, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, Participant, MainArtist - JOHNNY HODGES, Composer, Participant, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Billy Graham, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Bernard Carroll Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marty Symes, Author - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Isham Jones, Composer - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marty Symes, Author - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Isham Jones, Composer - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 2001 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marty Symes, Author - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Isham Jones, Composer - Junior Mance, Participant - Lex Humphries, Participant - Les Spann, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer - Sam J. Jones, Participant
℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Charles Schwartz, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Charles Schwartz, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Graham Russell, ComposerLyricist - Gil Walter Fuller, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 4
Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Charles Schwartz, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney Catlett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Parker, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Clarke, ComposerLyricist - Curly Russell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, MainArtist - Charles Schwartz, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Schwartz, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, MainArtist - Charles Schwartz, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris White, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Guio De Morais, ComposerLyricist - Lalo Schifrin, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luiz Gonzaga, ComposerLyricist - Leo Wright, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tzigane Elek Bacsik, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ruby Collins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Pepito Riestria, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Dizzy Gillespie's career soared with the surge of interest in bop, but after the failure of his independent Dee Gee label, his career was in the doldrums. In 1953, Norman Granz added the trumpeter to his successful Jazz at the Philharmonic all-star roster for tours and also signed him to a non-exclusive recording contract, where the producer was very open to most anything Gillespie wished to record. This seven-CD boxed set, a limited edition of 10,000 compiled by Mosaic, draws material from selected studio and live sessions made for Granz between 1954 and 1961, in addition to a number of studio dates made for Philips, all of which featured his working bands of the time.
The Verve tracks are a treasure trove, as a good deal of these performances were not reissued on CD until this compilation, with six selections appearing for the first time in this collection. Aside from some of the early novelty songs like "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat," the calypso-flavored "Money Honey," and the perennial jive number "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac," which wear out their welcome quickly, the remaining material is very strong. Up and coming musicians in his bands include saxophonists Hank Mobley, Gigi Gryce, and Benny Golson, along with pianists Ray Bryant and Junior Mance. One of the obvious highlights is alto sax great Johnny Hodges' guest appearance on "Squatty Roo," which bolsters Gillespie's playing to its highest level. The addition of the relatively unheralded Leo Wright (who doubles on flute and alto sax) and young pianist Lalo Schifrin for a brief concert at the Museum of Modern Art marks the end of his association with Verve, which was sold by Granz that very same year.
Several of the earliest Philips sessions find Gillespie incorporating Brazilian influences and exploring the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and even one extended work by Schifrin, "Mount Olive." Dizzy Gillespie & the Double Six of Paris features collaborations with a group of French vocalists arranged by Lalo Schifrin, with most of the songs utilizing Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot, and Kenny Clarke, with the trumpeter's regular group of the time on two selections. The Double Six of Paris' leader Michel Perin's vocalese interpretations of Charlie Parker's instrumental solos from Gillespie's well-known records of "Hot House" and "Groovin' High" are outstanding, as are the big-band arrangements recast for small group and voices. The final sessions feature James Moody and Kenny Barron, with Chris White and Rudy Collins. The tracks from Dizzy Goes Hollywood are enjoyable but far too brief, as most of them hover around the three-minute mark. Better are the songs from Original Score from the Cool World, an updated look at music Dizzy composed for the film, with fine arrangements by Tom McIntosh. This collection should be considered essential for any Dizzy Gillespie fan.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 7 disc(s) - 117 track(s)
- Total length: 08:42:28
- Main artists: Dizzy Gillespie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2011 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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