Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 and '70 (2006)

Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gilespie features two historic concerts from one of the founding fathers of bebop. Filmed 12 years apart, the 1958 concert features Dizzy working eloquently within the small combo structure of a quintet including such influential musicians as sax player Sonny Stitt and bassist Ray Brown. The second show focuses on a completely different side of Dizzy, fronting the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band. With a 16-piece big band to conduct, including two drummers, his Latin influences are revealed on "Con Alma" and "Manteca."

Tracklist:

Live in Belgium 1958

Trumpet, Vocal- Dizzy Gillespie
Tenor and Alto Sax, Vocal- Sonny Stitt
Piano- Lou Levy
Bass- Ray Brown
Drums- Gus Johnson

Songs :
Blues After Dark
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Loverman
Cocktails For Two
Blues Walk


Live in Denmark 1970

Trumpet and Vocal- Dizzy Gillespie
Alto Sax- Tony Coe and Derek Humble
Tenor Sax- Billy Mitchell and Ronnie Scott
Baritone Sax- Sahib Shihab
Trumpet- Benny Bailey, Art Farmer, Dusko Goykovich and Idrees Sulieman
Trombone- Nat Peck, Ake Persson, and Erik Van Lier
Piano- Francy Boland
Bass- Jimmy Woode
Drums- Kenny Clarke

Songs :
Con Alma
The Brother K
Now Hear My Meanin’
Manteca
Let Me Outta Here
Things Are Here


Extras:
- None