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Often in the early days of the modern jazz movement, players would come up with the most dazzling tempos, complex chord changes, intricate melodies, and tricky rhythmic breaks imaginable, as much to challenge themselves as to keep the squares from trying to get on the bandstand and jam. For Musicians Only is just that, and then some. Gillespie, the great virtuoso trumpeter, is joined on the front line by Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt for a blowing session of phenomenal proportions. Gillespie's demanding tune "Bebop," and Denzil Best's "Wee (Allen's Alley)" (based on "I Got Rhythm") are given brisk, wailing treatments. Both tunes highlight Stitt's scampering alto, Getz's dancing, mentholated tenor (very much in his Lester Young mode), and Gillespie's coiled, tempestuous trumpet. The tough, swinging rhythm section really distinguishes itself on the standards "Dark Eyes" and "Lover Come Back to Me" (particularly bassist Ray Brown). They always manage to keep a hint of the basic tune in the foreground, no matter how free the soloists get. Gillespie is inspired throughout, and For Musicians Only contains some of his spunkiest, most pugnacious solos.
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RAY BROWN, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Stitt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Levey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Stitt, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Levey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - John Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Levey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - John Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Denzil Best, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sonny Stitt, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Sigmund Romberg, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Stitt, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Stan Getz, MainArtist
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Often in the early days of the modern jazz movement, players would come up with the most dazzling tempos, complex chord changes, intricate melodies, and tricky rhythmic breaks imaginable, as much to challenge themselves as to keep the squares from trying to get on the bandstand and jam. For Musicians Only is just that, and then some. Gillespie, the great virtuoso trumpeter, is joined on the front line by Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt for a blowing session of phenomenal proportions. Gillespie's demanding tune "Bebop," and Denzil Best's "Wee (Allen's Alley)" (based on "I Got Rhythm") are given brisk, wailing treatments. Both tunes highlight Stitt's scampering alto, Getz's dancing, mentholated tenor (very much in his Lester Young mode), and Gillespie's coiled, tempestuous trumpet. The tough, swinging rhythm section really distinguishes itself on the standards "Dark Eyes" and "Lover Come Back to Me" (particularly bassist Ray Brown). They always manage to keep a hint of the basic tune in the foreground, no matter how free the soloists get. Gillespie is inspired throughout, and For Musicians Only contains some of his spunkiest, most pugnacious solos.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 5 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:50
- Main artists: Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sonny Stitt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1989 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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