This memorable set from Dizzy Gillespie's longtime drummer is one of the best small-group jazz albums of recent vintage, full of rhythmic play and meaty assertiveness with a Latin lilt.
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Music Review: Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Volumes 1-4’
Dizzy Gillespie’s 'Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Volumes 1-4' makes for the kind of treasure that will warm the ears of happy jazz fans all over the planet.
Read More »Music Review: Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Dizzy’s Big 4’ [Expanded & Remastered]
Even approaching 60, Dizzy Gillespie shows he hasn't lost the touch.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker’ by Chuck Haddix
Filled with illuminating anecdotes from the people who knew the man, who saw at his best, who saw him at his worst.
Read More »Music Review: Miki Purnell – ‘Swingin’ to the Sea’
Miki Purnell's debut album 'Swingin' to the Sea' is just what the doctor ordered.
Read More »Music Review: Bob Arthurs and Steve Lamattina – Jazz for Svetlana
Jazz for Svetlana features a surprising trumpet-guitar duo.
Read More »Music Review: Lalo Schifrin – Lalo Schifrin: My Life in Music
A remarkable four-CD set of highlights from Lalo Schifrin's 50 year musical career.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus – The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall
Not the complete concert, and a cheat to boot with overdubbed bass.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus – The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall
Five jazz titans performed together in a half empty hall back in 1953. The result was one of the legendary jazz concerts of all time.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus – The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall [Remastered]
If this isn't classic be-bop at its greatest, I'm not sure how it could get much better.
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