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| Dizzy Gillespie - Ken Burns Jazz (rel.2000) |
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| AMG Review by Al Campbell (4): It's impossible to grasp the complete scope of trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and showman Dizzy Gillespie's influence on jazz. However, this companion release to Ken Burns' PBS documentary Jazz is an admirable attempt, providing a brief glimpse of Dizzy's pioneering bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz brilliance on a single 16-track disc. The disc captures his early sideman career with Cab Calloway's orchestra in 1940 and four years later with Coleman Hawkins' orchestra. The remaining tracks showcase Dizzy coming into his own on classic bebop compositions "Salt Peanuts," "A Night in Tunisia," "Dizzy Atmosphere," "Groovin' High," "Manteca," and "Bloomdido." Also included is "The Eternal Triangle," a 1957 blowing date with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt on Verve. The disc concludes in 1967 with Dizzy hamming it up on "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac," the humorous take on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." While Dizzy Gillespie's history can't be summed up on a single disc, the highlights on Ken Burns Jazz should make the novice listener interested enough to continue searching out more material. But this series includes nothing that the aficionado doesn't already have. Credits Ray Abrams Sax (Tenor) Tommy Allison Trumpet Lauren Atlas Packaging Manager Elek Bacsik Guitar Benny Bailey Trumpet Danny Barker Guitar Mario Bauza Trumpet Steven Berkowitz A&R Chu Berry Sax (Tenor) Jerry Blake Sax (Alto) Johnny Bothwell Sax (Alto) Sarah Botstein Project Director, A&R Michael Brooks A&R Andrew Brown Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone) John Brown Sax (Alto) Ray Brown Bass Ray Bryant Piano Dave Burns Trumpet Ken Burns A&R Kenny Burrell Guitar Don Byas Arranger, Sax (Tenor) Cab Calloway Vocals Calypso Boys Percussion Jack Carmen Trombone Ike Carpenter Piano Serge Chaloff Sax (Baritone) Mike Charlasch Project Director John Christiana Packaging Manager Kenny Clarke Drums Al Cohn Sax (Tenor) Cozy Cole Drums Rudy Collins Drums John Coltrane Sax (Tenor) Leon Comegys Trombone Vic Coulson Trumpet Michael Cuscuna A&R Talib Dawud Trumpet Didier C. Deutsch Discographical Information Kansas Fields Drums Otis Finch Drums Stan Fishelson Trumpet Howard Fritzson Art Direction Gil Fuller Arranger Joe Gayles Sax (Tenor) Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet, Arranger, Vocals Tyree Glenn Trombone, Vibraphone Victoria Gohl Photo Research Benny Golson Sax (Tenor) William Gottlieb Photography Al Grey Trombone Benny Harris Trumpet Clyde Hart Piano Percy Heath Bass Ernie Henry Sax (Alto) Milt Hinton Bass Milt Jackson Vibraphone Quentin Jackson Trombone Hilton Jefferson Sax (Alto) Budd Johnson Sax (Baritone) Howard E. Johnson Sax (Alto) Keg Johnson Trombone Steve Jordan Guitar Carlos Kase Discographical Information Peter Keepnews Liner Notes Ted Kelly Trombone Wynton Kelly Piano Hollis King Art Direction Kristin Kozusko A&R Herman Leonard Photography Rod Levitt Trombone (Bass) John Lewis Piano Melba Liston Trombone Mike Longo Piano Leonard Lowry Sax (Alto) Warren Luckey Sax (Tenor) John Lynch Trumpet Shelly Manne Drums Patti Matheny A&R Al McKibbon Bass Hal McKusick Sax (Alto) Joe Megro Sax (Tenor) Peter Miller A&R Billy Mitchell Sax (Tenor) Thelonious Monk Piano James Moody Sax (Tenor), Vocals Alton Moore Trombone Pee Wee Moore Sax (Baritone) Lee Morgan Trumpet Big Nick Nicholas Sax (Tenor) Lynn Novick A&R Nedra Olds-Neal A&R Adam Owett Art Direction Remo Palmieri Guitar Charlie Parker Sax (Alto) Leo Parker Sax (Alto) Benny Payne Piano Cecil Payne Sax (Baritone) Jeffrey Peisch Project Director, Photo Research E.V. Perry Trumpet Charlie Persip Drums Jimmy Powell Sax (Alto) Chano Pozo Conga, Vocals Brian Priestley Liner Notes Buddy Rich Drums Pepito Riestria Percussion Max Roach Drums Walter Robertson Trombone, Trumpet Sonny Rollins Sax (Tenor) Billy Root Sax (Baritone) Seth Rothstein A&R Curly Russell Bass Darren Salmieri A&R Nathan Savage Design Frank Schifano Bass (Electric) Lalo Schifrin Piano, Arranger Richard Seidel A&R Bill Shepherd Trombone Slam Stewart Bass Sonny Stitt Sax (Tenor) Pat Sweeting Business Consultant Gordon Thomas Trombone Walter "Foots" Thomas Sax (Tenor) Ed Van Dever Trumpet Clare Walker Packaging Manager Carl Warwick Trumpet Paul West Bass Chris White Bass Ernie Wilkins Arranger Ollie Wilson Trombone Elmon Wright Trumpet Lammar Wright, Jr. Trumpet Lammar Wright, Sr. Trumpet Ben Young Compilation, A&R, Discographical Information Trummy Young Trombone |