Giants Of Modern Jazz is a Jazz album by Dizzy Gillespie And Charlie Parker, originally released in 1955. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- brittle
- frenzied
- smoky
First issued 1955 on Jazzology as "Giants Of Modern Jazz."
Reissued in 1959 by Baronet as "A Handful Of Modern Jazz."
Hallelujah, Slam-Slam Blues, Congo Blues (Bird's Blues) and Get Happy recorded June 6, 1945, at WOR Studios, New York, and originally issued as Comet T6 and Comet T7.
Diggin' Diz, Confirmation, Dynamo, Round Midnight and When I Grow Too Old To Dream recorded February 7, 1946, at Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, California, and originally issued on Dial 78s.
Moose The Mooch, Yardbird Suite, Ornithology and A Night In Tunisia recorded March 28, 1946, at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, and originally issued on Dial 78s.
Crazeology (or Move) recorded December 17, 1947, at WOR Studios, New York, and originally issued on Dial 1034.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Al HaigPIANO
- Arvin GarrisonGUITAR
- Charlie ParkerALTO SAXOPHONE FEATURING
- Dizzy GillespieTRUMPET FEATURING
- Dodo MarmarosaPIANO
- Flip PhillipsTENOR SAXOPHONE
- J.C. HeardDRUMS
- J.J. JohnsonTROMBONE
- Lucky ThompsonTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Max RoachDRUMS
- Miles DavisTRUMPET
- Milt JacksonVIBRAPHONE
- Ray BrownBASS
- Red NorvoVIBRAPHONE
- Roy PorterDRUMS
- Slam StewartBASS
- Specs PowellDRUMS
- Stan LeveyDRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 14 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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