Dick's Picks: Dizzy Gillespie And His Quintet

From: Portland Skanner | Date: June 21, 1995| Author: Dizzy Gillespie | Copyright information


Portland Skanner

06-21-1995

Dick's Picks: DIZZY GILLESPIE AND HIS QUINTET.

Dizzy Gillespie became a regular Paris performer after 1952 and this recording captures his 1965 concert at the Olympia.

He had the faithful and marvelous James Moody on flute and tenor saxophone; Kenny Barron, piano; Rudy Collins, drums and Chirstopher White on bass. All are good musicians but some uneven sound mars their efforts at certain times. But if you love Diz like I do,...

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