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Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Singer Concert Hall 1973

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Format: CD

Cat No: FON1704028

Release Date:  01 June 2021

Label:  The Lost Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  889854692223

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    In view of the work of new musicians of the same period, such as Miles Davis, Frank Zappa and the Art Ensemble of Chicago (to name only three representatives of the exceptional creative effervescence of this enchanted fleeting period in musical history), at this specific moment in his career Dizzy Gillespie might conceivably have given his peers the impression that he was resting on his laurels. However, the passing of time and the rediscovery of unpublished recordings such as the one of this 1973 concert in Laren give a fresh, dispassionate perspective on the music that the artist was making then, and help put peremptory judgements into context. With hindsight, there appears to have been a schism within the Gillespie of the 1970s: he readily agreed to go on high-profile tours in line with legends of bebop (such as the Giants of Jazz in 1971) where, following tradition, he would give performances "of himself", while he could call himself into question, return to the framework of his usual small bands that were familiar yet experimental, rediscovering there, as if by magic, his style – cutting-edge, inventive, virtuoso and exuberant – and his ever-intact joy in performing.

    Artists:
    Dizzy Gillespie - Vocals
    Alexander Gafa - Guitar
    Mike Longo - Bass
    Earl May - Bass
    Mickey Roker - Drums
    John Faddis - Trumpet

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Introduction By Dizzy Gillespie
      • 2. Sunshine
      • 3. Announcement By Dizzy Gillespie
      • 4. Brother K
      • 5. Announcement By Dizzy Gillespie
      • 6. Ole for the Gypsies
      • 7. Announcement By Dizzy Gillespie
      • 8. The Truth
      • 9. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie & Jon Faddis
      • 10. The Blues - Dizzy Gillespie & Jon Faddis
      • 11. Tune Birks' Works