Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie – The Gifted Ones
Piano - Count Basie [click here to see more vinyl featuring Count Basie]
Trumpet - Dizzy Gillespie [click here to see more vinyl featuring Dizzy Gillespie]
Guitar - Joe Pass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Joe Pass]
Double bass - Ray Brown [click here to see other vinyl featuring Ray Brown]
Drums - Mickey Roker
Written by Count Basie (A1, B2), Dizzy Gillespie (A1-2, B2-B3), Frank Foster (A3)
B1 is a traditional song adapted by Irving Mills
1 LP, Gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Pablo Records
Recorded on February 3, 1977 at Las Vegas Recording Studio, Las Vegas, NV
Engineered by Val Valentin
Produced by Norman Granz
Mastered by Kevin Gray
Photography by Phil Stern
Liner Notes by Joe Pass
Originally released in 1977
Reissued in September 2024
Tracks :
Side A:
- Back to the Land
- Constantinople
- You Got It
Side B:
- St. James Infirmary
- Follow the Leader
- Ow!
Reviews :
"Norman Granz got this one backwards. Instead of featuring Dizzy Gillespie with the Count Basie Orchestra, he put Gillespie and Basie together in a quartet which the trumpeter naturally dominates. The music is generally quite rewarding, including an unusual version of "St. James Infirmary," but never reaches the great heights one might have expected." AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow.
Ratings:
Discogs : 4.36 / 5 ; AllMusic : 2 / 5 ; The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide : 4 / 4 ; The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz : 3 / 4