Dizzy Gillespie - The New Continent (1962/2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 279 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 MB
40:02 | Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 279 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 MB
40:02 | Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues
A wickedly great album from Dizzy Gillespie – one of his most striking sessions of the early 60s, and a perfect blend of his Latin and modern modes! The album features an extended suite – composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin, who'd just begun working with Dizzy at the time, and who was inflecting his sound with a lot of South American grooves. The work's played by a large ensemble led by Benny Carter – with Dizzy as the main soloist, and work by players that include James Moody, Phil Woods, Emil Richards, Francisco Aguabella, and Schifrin himself. Tracks are long, and have complicated introductions – then easily give way to the sort of flowing grooves that Schifrin was penning often at the time.