Diz and Getz [Remastered]

Performer: Dizzy Gillespie
Artist: Oscar Peterson; Herb Ellis; Ray Brown; Hank Mobley; Max Roach; Charli Persip
Producer: Norman Granz
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Dizzie Gillespie (trumpet); Stan Getz, Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson, Wade Legge (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown, Lou Hackney (bass); Max Roach, Charlie Persip (drums). Recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 9, 1953 and in New York, New York on May 25, 1954. Includes liner notes by Doug Ramsey. Digitally remastered by Thomas Ruff (Polygram Studios). Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Herb Ellis (guitar); Hank Mobley, Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Oscar Peterson, Wade Legge (piano); Max Roach, Charlie Persip (drums). Liner Note Author: Doug Ramsey. Recording information: Hollywood, CA (12/09/1953/05/25/1954); New York, NY (12/09/1953/05/25/1954). Photographer: Phil Stern. Dizzy Gillespie was at the peak of his powers throughout the 1950s, still the pacesetter among trumpeters. This double CD matches Dizzy with Stan Getz, the Oscar Peterson Trio and drummer Max Roach. Getz, although identified with the "cool" school, thrived on competition and is both relaxed and combative on the uptempo explorations of "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Impromptu." ~ Scott Yanow Dizzy Gillespie was at the peak of his powers throughout the '50s, still the pacesetter among trumpeters. This double CD matches Dizzy with Stan Getz, the Oscar Peterson Trio and drummer Max Roach. Getz, although identified with the "cool" school, thrived on competition and is both relaxed and combative on the up-tempo explorations of "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Impromptu." [The 2001 remastered edition compiles "Siboney, Pts. 1 & 2" into one complete track.] ~ Scott Yanow

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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