DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL-STAR BIG BAND: I`m BeBoppin´Too

DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL STAR BIG BAND
Este é um verdadeiro "dream team", prestando sua homenagem ao seu inspirador. Os nomes que compõem esta "seleção de ouro" dispensam apresentação. "Dizzy" deve estar sorrindo, agradecido, aí no andar de cima...
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DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL-STAR BAND
Tribute bands are often bland affairs, because they become too predictable, while often omitting any artists who played with the deceased artist. Fortunately, this third CD by the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band mixes veterans who worked with the trumpeter and talented younger players who acquit themselves very well. Trombonist Slide Hampton contributed a fresh chart of Dizzy's "Manteca" that is a bit more introspective and less percussive and shouting, with potent solos by pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath scored the subtle, hip treatment of Kenny Dorham's "Una Mas," showcasing alto saxophonist Mark Gross, trombonist Douglas Purviance, and baritonist Gary Smulyan. Vocalist Roberta Gambarini's solid performance of "'Round Midnight" (and Hampton's fresh arrangement) trump those who claim that this landmark Thelonious Monk composition is recorded all too often; there is always room for a top-notch recording such as this one. Gambarini also
guests in Heath's setting of Tadd Dameron's bittersweet ballad "If You Could Seem Me
Now" and Hampton's snappy setting of "Lover, Come Back to Me." Nor should the brass
players be overlooked: Roy Hargrove's lush playing in "I Can't Get Started," plus his comic vocal in the jive piece "I'm BeBoppin' Too," are complemented by Greg Gisbert's searing trumpet and Michael Dease's brief, effective trombone solo. Recommended.
~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
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MINHA OPINIÃO: melhor não dizer mais nada e assinar em baixo do escorreito comentário do Ken Dryden. Merecem destaque, todavia, as presenças do nosso CLAUDIO RODITI, titular absoluto deste "scratch" e da excelente ROBERTA GAMBARINI, em dois dos mais belos temas de "jazz" de todos os tempos: "If you could see me now", do grande Tadd Dameron e "´Round Midnight", de Thelonious Monk. No mais...é OURO EM PÓ!

(*)Atenção guitarristas e pianistas: a reharmonização de "´Round midnight" é uma aula...

(**) A revisão de MANTECA - inclusive harmônica - também e formidável. Uma parte do tema é conduzida num clima "light" de "bossa nova", uma agradável surpresa, contrastando com a parte "pesada" do arranjo - a do "tutti" da banda.
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DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL-STAR BIG BAND: I`m BeBoppin´Too

PERSONNEL:
Slide Hampton - musical director, trombone
James Moody - tenor sax, flute, vocals
Jimmy Heath - tenor sax
Antonio Hart - lead alto sax, flute
Gary Smulyan - baritone sax
Frank Greene - lead trumpet
Greg Gisbert - trumpet
Roy Hargrove - trumpet, vockals
Claudio Roditi - trumpet
Jason Jackson - lead trombone
Steve Davis - trombone
Michael Dease - trombone
Douglas Purviance - bass trombone
Cyrus Chestnut - piano
John Lee - bass, executive director
Lewis Nash - drums
Roberta Gambarini - vocals

TRACKS/ FAIXAS:
1. I'm BeBoppin' Too (2:39)
2. Cool Breeze (5:08)
3. 'Round Midnight (7:38)
4. Manteca (5:38)
5. Birks' Works (4:51)
6. If You Could See Me Now (7:13)
7. Dizzy's Blues (4:38)
8. Una Mas (7:46)
9. I Can't Get Started (6:01)
10. One Bass Hit (4:57)
11. Tin Tin Deo (6:20)
12. Lover Come Back to Me (5:28)