Diz Big Band

performed by Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993 (Verve Records, 2005), 33 mins

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Field of Interest: Jazz
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 33 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: Afro-Cuban, Bop, Jazz Fusion
Label: Verve Records
Performer: Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993
UPC (Physical): 00602498892404
Release Date: 2005-12-13
Review: This impossible-to-find LP (which, like Dizzy Gillespie's other Verve recordings, should be reissued on CD) features the great trumpeter with two different large bands: a string orchestra arranged by Johnny Richards and a big band with more standard instrumentation that plays charts by Buster Harding. This music predates Gillespie's globetrotting orchestra and puts the focus almost entirely on his trumpet. Most unusual is this version of "Roses of Picardy" (a song at the time closely identified with Sidney Bechet) and Gillespie's vocal on "'Lo Solo." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Subject: Jazz, Music & Performing Arts, Afro-Jazz, Bop, Jazz Fusion, Afro-Jazz, Bop, Jazz Fusion
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Afro-Jazz, Bop, Jazz Fusion