The Modern Jazz Sextet (CD, Mono, Japanese Edition)
RARITY - Unsealed (Mint conditions) - No Obi
Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt (1 to 3.1, 4, 5)
Bass – Percy Heath
Cover – David Stone Martin
Drums – Charlie Persip
Piano – John Lewis
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (1, 2, 3.3 to 5)
Composed by Bob Haggart, Dedette Lee Hill, Dizzy Gillespie, Fred E. Ahlert, Irving Berlin, Johnny Burke, Oscar Peterson, Roy Turk, Willard Robison
CD, no Obi
Original analog Master tape : YES
Mono
Studio
Label : Verve Records
Original Label : Verve records
Recorded on January 12th, 1956 at Fine Sound, New York City
Produced by Norman Granz
Cover Design by David Stone Martin
Originally released in 1956
Reissued in 1986
Tracks :
- Wabash Blues
- Basin Street Blues
- Beale Street Blues
- Weary Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Loveless Love
- Royal Garden Blues
Reviews :
« Producer Norman Granz was a near-genius at matching together jazz musicians in such a way that they would stimulate each other to play above their heads. He always loved jam sessions, but it did not take too much insight to realize that putting trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and altoist Sonny Stitt together with a strong rhythm section would result in some explosive music. The fireworks really fly on this LP during versions of "Tour De Force," "Dizzy Meets Sonny," "Mean to Me" and "Blues for Bird," with time out taken for a ballad medley. Bebop at its best. » AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Rating:
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.5 / 5