Live In Paris & Copenhagen 1974

Performer: Dizzy Gillespie
Distributor: Phantom Import Distributi

Notes: Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Al Gafa (guitar); Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Mickey Roker (drums). Liner Note Author: Mat�as Rinar. Recording information: Belgrade, Yugoslavia (10/28/1974-11/19/1974); Copenhagen, Denmark (10/28/1974-11/19/1974); Paris, France (10/28/1974-11/19/1974). Author: Sonny Stitt. This European bootleg (c'mon, the label name is Rare Live Records) features trumpet boss and bop pioneer Dizzy Gillespie in the company of some killer sidemen including saxophonist Sonny Stitt, drummer Mickey Roker, drummer Earl May, and guitarist Al Gaffa, ripping through ten bop-era nuggets in Copenhagen in October and November of 1974, with another couple of tracks added on from a third performance in Belgrade in between those two dates. The sound quality varies from gig to gig, from fair to very good. The readings of "Groovin' High," (there are two), "'Round Midnight," and "All the Things You Are" are the best things here, but there isn't a weak cut on the disc. That said, this is strictly for collectors. Novices should be steered to some of the classic compilations on Verve. ~ Thom Jurek

If Charlie Parker was the chief architect of the bop revolution of the 1940s, Dizzy Gillespie was its standard-bearer, an evangelist who battled public hostility and incomprehension with rapier wit. A trumpeter of dazzling virtuosity, he matched Parker's rhythmic innovations with deft harmonic ingenuity. He also functioned as teacher, putting his vast knowledge of harmony at the disposal of younger musicians like Miles Davis, who were trying to get a handle on the new sound. His historic big band featuring Chano Pozo was the first large-scale attempt to combine Latin music with jazz, and the unflagging excellence of his subsequent career was a tribute to the integrity of his original vision. He died in 1993.

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