Author: GILLESPIE,DIZZY

Format: Import

Release Date: 26-08-2013

Details: Here are some of the earliest of all bebop recordings, made between January 1945 and May 1946, and highlighting the role of Gillespie, the leading spirit in the whole bebop movement. The most celebrated tracks are the six numbers featuring Dizzy and Charlie Parker together, a potent and volatile combination which never failed to produce exciting results. Virtually every modern jazz pioneer puts in an appearance here, including Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown and Sonny Stitt, all absurdly young and full of spirit. Their youthful impatience has a lot to do with the sketchiness of the arrangements, if any, and the apparent lack of concern with producing a fully finished performance. The important thing was the improvised solo, each one a challenge to the last, and the excitement of it all comes through undimmed by the passage of half a century. --Dave Gelly

UPC: 766126406828

EAN: 0766126406828

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood