Dizzy Gillespie is in better than usual form on this previously unreleased club date from 1981.
The trumpeter's repertoire is streaky, with an overly long "On Green Dolphin Street" never really stating the melody or developing, and a "Blues Theme" being rather aimless.
"Salt Peanuts" gets some sparks flying before the band runs through a typical version of the comedy number "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac." The second half of the disc, with excellent versions of "Land of Milk and Honey," "Tin Tin Deo," and the old standby "A Night in Tunisia," has the meat of the CD.
The pianoless quintet has a sparse sound, with the underrated Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr playing some fine tenor and flute solos and guitarist Ed Cherry getting his spots.
The overall results are not quite essential but are worthwhile due to Dizzy's excellent late-period playing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blues ThemeDizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 09:01 | 20 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Land of Milk and HoneyDizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 10:57 | 25 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Tin Tin DeoChano Pozo | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Night in Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 11:20 | 25 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Barcelona | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 11:28 | 26 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Sweet Low Sweet Cadillac | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 06:35 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Girl From Ipanema | Dizzy Gillespie | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 58 mins | 133 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr | Flute, Main Personnel, Sax (Tenor) |
| 2 | Rouè-Doudou Boicel | Engineer |
| 3 | Tommy Campbell | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 4 | Ed Cherry | Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Main Personnel |
| 5 | Kenny Clarke | Composer |
| 6 | Laval Côte | Project Coordinator |
| 7 | Vinícius de Moraes | Composer |
| 8 | Len Dobbin | Liner Notes |
| 9 | Len Dobbin | Liner Notes |
| 10 | Dizzy Gillespie | Composer, Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Trumpet |
| 11 | Norman Gimbel | Composer |
| 12 | Michael Howell | Electric Double Bass, Main Personnel |
| 13 | Michael Howell | Bass |
| 14 | Antônio Carlos Jobim | Composer |
| 15 | Bronislaw Kaper | Composer |
| 16 | Reid Morris | Design |
| 17 | Frank Paparelli | Composer |
| 18 | Chano Pozo | Composer |
| 19 | Billy Szawlowski | Digital Restoration |
| 20 | Ned Washington | Composer |
| 21 | Jim West | Executive Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |