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Dizzy Gillespie omits a piano on these 1974 sessions, but it is never missed due to the potent rhythm section supplied by guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Mickey Roker. Starting with the inspired, occasionally funky Latin-flavored "Frelimo" (which features the leader on both muted and open trumpet), Gillespie is in top form. His deliberate treatment of the forgotten chestnut "Hurry Home" is a lyrical gem, while the breezy setting of the standard "Russian Lullaby" bubbles with excitement. But the fireworks take place in the rapid-fire performance of Gillespie's "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)," in which Pass seems to play at an impossible tempo. Just as much fun is the sassy, intricate interpretation of the trumpeter's blues "Birk's Works," powered by Brown's potent bass, along with the hip updated treatment of Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz." This is easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Mickey Roker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Pass, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Bob Emmerich, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Mickey Roker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Joe Pass, MainArtist - Joseph Meyer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Bernier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Mickey Roker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Joe Pass, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Original Jazz Classics
RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Mickey Roker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer, MainArtist - Joe Pass, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Mickey Roker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Maxwell Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Joe Pass, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Fats Waller, Composer - Mickey Roker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Joe Pass, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Album review
Dizzy Gillespie omits a piano on these 1974 sessions, but it is never missed due to the potent rhythm section supplied by guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Mickey Roker. Starting with the inspired, occasionally funky Latin-flavored "Frelimo" (which features the leader on both muted and open trumpet), Gillespie is in top form. His deliberate treatment of the forgotten chestnut "Hurry Home" is a lyrical gem, while the breezy setting of the standard "Russian Lullaby" bubbles with excitement. But the fireworks take place in the rapid-fire performance of Gillespie's "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)," in which Pass seems to play at an impossible tempo. Just as much fun is the sassy, intricate interpretation of the trumpeter's blues "Birk's Works," powered by Brown's potent bass, along with the hip updated treatment of Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz." This is easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:28
- Main artists: Dizzy Gillespie Ray Brown Joe Pass Mickey Roker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1990 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
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