Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie ‎– Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie

    Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie ‎– Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie

    27 Jan

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    Label: Pablo Records ‎– 2310-740
    Format: Vinyl, LP
    Country: US
    Released: 1974
    Genre: Jazz

    In 1974, Dizzy Gillespie was still playing as near his best as ever and Oscar Peterson was playing at his at his absolute zenith. This soon becomes apparent when you start listening to ‘Caravan’ (track 1). Taken at a blistering tempo, and remember without bass and drums, both players are in top form. Oscar’s ideas seem to be pouring out of him and Dizzy is pushing just as hard. So much is happening on this track for mine when I first heard it I put the needle back in the lead in groove to hear it again and just kept smiling!

    As a complete contrast ‘Blues for Bird’ (track 5) is a blues track. Compared with ‘Caravan’ this is a bit slower for the first 5 minutes, then it becomes a really slow blues piece. There is some marvelous playing here: Dizzy double or triple tonguing some very fast repeated notes – Oscar responds by playing double time stride underneath. Shortly after this exchange it then hits the slow part of the blues and then there is another 7 minutes of brilliant solos. The album has many more highlights.

    At the Grammy Awards of 1976, Gillespie won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album.

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