Time: 43:29
Size: 99.5 MB
Styles: Bop
Year: 2005
Art: Front
[2:44] 1. Dizzy Gillespie - Love Is Here To Stay
[8:22] 2. Giants Of Jazz - Allen's Alley
[7:57] 3. John Coltrane - Three Little Words
[6:38] 4. Max Roach - Almost Like Me
[6:13] 5. Philly Joe Jones - Salt Peanuts
[4:51] 6. Sonny Stitt - Koko
[6:41] 7. Thelonious Monk - Evidence
Part of Atlantic's extensive jazz series, Atlantic Jazz: Bebop takes in some of the innovators of 52nd Street over the course of seven nicely selected cuts. And while more astute listeners will want to check out something like Proper's multi-disc Bebop Spoken Here collection, this set still delivers a respectable mix of bop performances. This is no jazz history lesson, what with the glaring absence of Parker, Navarro, Dameron, Bud Powell, et al., not to mention the lack of original '40s performances. But what listeners do have is a stellar trio rendition of Monk's "Evidence" with Art Blakey, Coltrane, Sonny Stitt's whirlwind go at Bird's "Ko-Ko," and a few other gems. Best seen as a general jazz mix and not as any kind of definitive chronicle of the music. ~Stephen Jones
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