Dizzy Gillespie + Freddie Hubbard + Clark Terry + Oscar Peterson + Joe Pass + Bobby Durham + Ray Brown – The Alternate Blues
28 Jan
By Harry Karalis
| Label: | Original Jazz Classics – OJC 744, Pablo Records – 2312 136 |
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| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| Country: | Germany |
| Released: | 1991 (Original 1982) |
| Genre: | Jazz, Blues |
Norman Granz teamed together the very distinctive trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard and Clark Terry with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Bobby Durham for a “Trumpet Summit.”
On this release it features four ‘Alternate’ takes, three unissued tracks from that session. These are four versions of a slow blues (only the fourth was released before), all of which have very different solos from the three trumpeters.
They interact on “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” and share the spotlight on a three-song ballad medley; Hubbard’s “Here’s That Rainy Day” is hard to beat.