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Dizzy Gillespie
Gettin' Dizzy - The High Flying Dizzy Gillespie

Compil. US 2005 on Savoy Jazz label
Jazz (Hard-Bop, Bop)

Contributing Artists: Sarah Vaughan, J. J. Johnson, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke, Stuff Smith Distributor: UMG Album Notes Personnel includes: Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Sarah Vaughan (vocals); John Coltrane (alto & tenor saxophones); Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone); Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Stuff Smith (violin); Milt Jackson (vibraphone, piano, organ); Al Haig, Clyde Hart (piano); Kenny Burrell, Remo Palmieri (guitar); Percy Heath, Curley Russell, Slam Stewart, Ray Brown (bass); Al Jones, Sid Catlett, Art Blakey, Cozy Cole, Kenny Clarke (drums).Producers include: Dick Bock, Dave Usher, Dizzy Gillespie.Recorded between 1945 & 1951. Includes liner notes by Bill Milkowski.All tracks have been digitally remastered.This is part of Savoy's Timeless series.Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Dizzy Gillespie; Barbara Whitney, Barbara Whitney (harp); Jack Shukman, Jack Shukman (violin); Cy Bernhard (cello); Askell Issenbuth (flute); Phillip Shuken, Phil Shukin (alto flute); Howard E. Johnson , Howard Johnson (alto saxophone); Talib Dawud, Talib Dawuud (trumpet); Dick Kenney, Dick Kenny, Harold "Hal" Smith, Harold Smith (trombone); Paul "Scooby" Smith, John Richard Lewis, Paul Smith (piano); Curly Russell, Percy Heath, Ray Brown , Roy Brown, Slam Stewart, Jack Cascales (bass instrument); John Lewis, Al Jones (drums); Carlos Vidal Bolado, Carlos Vidal Bolado (congas); Gil Fuller, Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Kenny Burrell, Remo Palmieri (guitar); Stuff Smith, Victor Arno, Walter Edelstein (violin); Felix Slatkin, Eleanor Slatkin (cello); Harry Steinfeld (oboe); Shirley Thompson (bassoon); John Coltrane (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Bill Graham (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Warren Luckey, Ray Abrams, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Leo Parker (baritone saxophone); Dave Burns, Kenny Dorham, John Lynch , Elmon Wright (trumpet); John Graas (French horn); Gordon Thomas, Leon Comegys, Henry Coker, J.J. Johnson , Pee Wee Moore (trombone); Milt Jackson (piano, organ, vibraphone); Clyde Hart, Al Haig (piano); Cozy Cole, Kansas Fields, Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Big Sid Catlett, Specs Wright (drums).Recording information: Detroit, MI (02/28/1945-10/25/1951); Los Angeles, CA (02/28/1945-10/25/1951); New York, NY (02/28/1945-10/25/1951).Photographer: Frank Driggs.Arranger: Johnny Richards .Dizzy Gillespie is heard at the height of his vanguard years on the single-disc compilation Gettin' Dizzy: The High Flying Dizzy Gillespie, featuring 15 remastered tracks, recorded between 1945 and 1952 for the Savoy label. This is the era that Dizzy outgrew his all-star sideman status as trumpeter in Billy Eckstine's big band to become a first-rate bandleader, innovator, and showman in his own right. At this time he began to formulate three new directions in jazz: bebop, big-band bebop, and Afro-Cuban jazz. Of particular interest are six tracks that earmark the remarkably lucid and rapid-fire interplay of bebop invention between Dizzy and Charlie Parker, especially on three Gillespie-penned standards: "Salt Peanuts," "Groovin' High," and "Dizzy Atmosphere." Also of note are early appearances by future jazz stalwarts including tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Even though Gettin' Dizzy: The High Flying Dizzy Gillespie is by no means a complete representation of those evolutionary years, it does provide an excellent snapshot marking the inceptive brilliance of Dizzy Gillespie. ~ Al Campbell Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2014 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

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