Dizzy Gillespie Quintet in Copenhagen Concert 1959

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - Copenhagen Concert (1992)
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Label: Steeplechase | Catalogue No: SCCD 36024

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 17, 1959.

Dizzy Gillespie trumpet Leo Wright alto saxophone Junior Mance piano Art Davis bass Teddy Steward drums

1. I Found a Million Dollar Baby 10:20
2. My Man 4:16
3. Oh! Lady Be Good 3:42
4. They Can't Take That Away 5:29
5. Wheatleigh Hall 11:41
6. A Short One 0:09
7. Introduction 0:26
8. A Night In Tunisia 13:00
9. Lorraine Gillespie
10. Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee 4:01
11. There is No Greater Love 4:01
12. Woody'n You Gillespie 7:51

Recording Time 68 minutes

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This SteepleChase CD for the first time releases music from a Sept. 17, 1959 Copenhagen concert featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and his Quintet of the period (which includes altoist Leo Wright, pianist Junior Mance, bassist Art Davis and drummer Teddy Stewart). Wright (who doubled on flute) was a perfectly suitable musical partner for Gillespie (staying with the group until 1962) and was always able to take assertive solos without trying to stealing the spotlight from the trumpeter. Diz is in good spirits throughout these two sets, singing a good-humored "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" and scatting furiously on "Lady Be Good." His trumpet chops are in excellent form and his solos are as complex as ever. Highlights include "My Man," "Wheatleigh Hall," "Night in Tunisia" and "Woody'n You." ~ Scott Yanow