Thursday, May 10, 2018

Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Gillespiana

Styles: Trumpet Jazz 
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:13
Size: 180,3 MB
Art: Front

( 5:56)  1. Prelude
(11:20)  2. Blues
( 4:42)  3. Panamericana
( 7:35)  4. Africana
(12:03)  5. Toccata
( 5:02)  6. Prelude (live quintet version)
(10:55)  7. Blues (live quintet version)
( 6:56)  8. Africana (live quintet version)
(13:40)  9. Toccata (live quintet version)

This CD combines two complete and related LPs. When Lalo Schifrin joined the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet in 1960, he was encouraged by Gillespie to write an extended work for him. "Gillespiana" was the result, an impressive five-movement suite that showcased the trumpeter's talents with a large orchestra. The latter half of this CD was recorded at Carnegie Hall the same day that "Gillespiana" was debuted live, but those five pieces are more conventional, highlighted by remakes of "Manteca" and "A Night in Tunisia" (the latter as the more involved "Tunisian Fantasy"). Only an overly silly version of "Ool-Ya-Koo" with Joe Carroll detracts from this otherwise superb release.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/gillespiana-carnegie-hall-concert-mw0000103159

Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Leo Wright (flute, alto saxophone); Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, John Frosk (trumpet); Al Richman, Gunther Schuller , Jimmy Buffington, Julius Watkins (French horn); Frank Rehak, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (trombone); Paul Faulise (bass trombone); Don Butterfield (tuba); Lalo Schifrin (piano); Chuck Lampkin (drums); Candido Camero (congas); Jack Del Rio (bongos); Willie Rodriguez (timbales).

Gillespiana

2 comments:

  1. The correct description should be;
    "The complete original LP Gillespiana (Verve MGV8394), the first of many collaborations between Dizzy Gillespie and Argentinean pianist Lalo Schifrin. In addition to his role as the band’s pianist, Schifrin also composed the complete “Gillespiana” suite. A week after the studio session, the “Gillespiana” suite was performed live in Paris in a quintet format. Four of the five movements from that concert have been added here as a bonus, allowing us to compare the orchestral and small group versions."

    Tracks #6~#10
    Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Leo Wright (as, fl), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d).
    Salle Pleyel, Paris, France - November 25, 1960


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    1. The comentary is the Scott Yanow...
      But, Thank you for your comentary too.

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