Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - Live in Las Vegas 1963 (2LP coloured) RSD23

Format: 2 x LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.:  JRR2LP810
Barcode: 0730167338677
Release Date: 21 Apr 2023
Genre: Jazz

• This concert recording sees its first ever vinyl pressing, 60 years on!
• A rare and unique jazz work, pressed on heavyweight black vinyl
• Double album in a gatefold sleeve with Blue Note style artwork
• Research / liner notes by American historian and jazz reviewer Scott Yanow
• Features some of Dizzy's best original works performed during the height of his career
• Masters transferred and remastered from original analog tape source
This remarkable recording sees its first ever vinyl press. An unissued performance by one of the true jazz giants, Dizzy Gillespie. At the time of this recording, Gillespie was close to the halfway point of his career and very much in his musical prime. The quintet featured here began to form when saxophonist Leo Wright joined Gillespie in 1959 and pianist Lalo Schifrin was hired the following year. Bassist Chris White and drummer Rudy Collins became members in 1962. Recorded at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the group explores some of Gillespie’s finest and most famous originals, including ‘Con Alma’ and ‘A Night in Tunisia’. Those famous trumpet breaks will not disappoint. A true stereo recording, transferred from the original analogue tapes. Pressed on heavyweight virgin vinyl.

TRACKLIST
A1 Here It Is
A2 There Is No Greater Love
A3 Con Alma
A4 Green Sleeves
B1 A Night In Tunisia
B2 Salt Peanuts
C1 Long, Long Summer
C2 Morning Of The Carnival
C3 Kush PT. 1
D1 Kush PT. 2
D2 School Days
D3 I Can't Get Started
D4 Oops Shoo Be Doo Be