Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy Digs Paris (1953) [2CD] {2006 Giant Steps Remaster}

Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy Digs Paris (1953) [2CD] {2006 Giant Steps Remaster}

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Jazz / Mainstream Jazz / Bop / Trumpet

On February 9, 1953, Dizzy Gillespie played a live concert at the Salle Pleyel in Paris that was recorded, though when excerpts were first released, there were only enough used to fill one 10" LP. This two-disc set not only includes the entire 84-minute show (which actually fills just over one disc) for the first time on CD, it also adds 16 studio tracks that Gillespie cut in Paris that same month, as well as eight Gillespie-less studio tracks (also done in Paris in February 1953) by three of his sidemen, working under the name the Wade Legge Trio. It's the live Salle Pleyel set that's the main feature, presented here, according to the liner notes, in an "unedited remastered version of that evening's events with a number of butchered solos fully restored plus the addition of [alto and baritone saxophonist] Bill Graham's previously discarded showcase "'I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance,'" for which Dizzy made a rare appearance on piano." Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, piano, vocals, congas (Disc One and Disc Two, tracks 1-17) Nat Peck - trombone (Disc Two, tracks 4-11) Bill Graham - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone (Disc One and Disc Two, track 1) Wade Legge - piano Lou Hackney - bass Al Jones - drums Joe Carroll, Sarah Vaughan - vocals (Disc One, track 12, Disc Two, track 1) The Paris Operatic String Orchestra arranged by Michel Legrand (Disc Two, tracks 2, 3 & 12-16) tracklist: CD1 01 - Intro 02 - The Champ 03 - Good Bait 04 - Swing Low...Sweet Cadillac 05 - I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance 06 - Lady Be Good 07 - Mon Homme 08 - (I've Got) The Bluest Blues 09 - Birk's Works 10 - Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be 11 - They Can't Take That Away From Me 12 - Embraceable You 13 - Play Fiddle Play 14 - I Can't Get Started 15 - Tin Tin Deo 16 - On The Sunny Side Of The Street CD2 01 - School Days 02 - Undecided 03 - The Way You Look Tonight 04 - Always 05 - Mon Homme 06 - Clappin' Rhythm 07 - Fais Gaffe (Watch Out) 08 - Moon Nocturne 09 - This Is The Way 10 - S 'Wonderful 11 - Oo-Bla-Dee 12 - Stormy Weather 13 - Jalousie 14 - The Very Thought Of You 15 - Fine And Dandy 16 - I've Got You Under My Skin 17 - Pennies From Heaven 18 - Perdido 19 - Dream A Little Dream On Me 20 - Wade Legge's Blues 21 - A Swedish Folk Song 22 - Dance Of The Infidels 23 - Aren't You Glad You're You 24 - These Foolish Things 25 - Why Don't You Believe Me