Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris
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Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 15, 1964[1] | |||
Recorded | July 8, 1963 Europasonor Studios, Paris, France | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:45 | |||
Label | Philips | |||
Dizzy Gillespie chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
DownBeat | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris is a 1963 studio album collaboration between Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six, also known as the Double Six of Paris, a French vocal group who sings in vocalese to songs associated with Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, and a rhythm section accompany; two of the songs feature his quintet, with James Moody.[5] It was reissued on CD in 1989.
Reception[edit]
Leonard Feather described the album as "unique and unprecedented" and described the music as "sensational." Commenting on the vocalists, he wrote, "The results impress partly as a technical tour de force, and the Double Six must be respected for its accuracy and peerless intonation, but these values are a means to an artistically complete end."[3]
Track listing[edit]
- "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) 3:44
- "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Parker) 2:45
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Pozo) 4:15
- "One Bass Hit" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) 3:26
- "Two Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Lewis) 3:31
- "Groovin' High" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 2:27
- "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" (Carroll, Gillespie, Graham) 3:04
- "Hot House" (Dameron) 3:01
- "Con Alma" (Gillespie) 3:35
- "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 3:08
- "The Champ" (Gillespie) 3:06
- "Ow!" (Gillespie) 2:43
Personnel[edit]
Vocalists[edit]
- Jean-Claude Briodin – vocals
- Christiane Legrand – vocals
- Eddy Louiss – vocals
- Mimi Perrin – vocals
- Bob Smart – vocals
- Ward Swingle – vocals
Instrumentalists[edit]
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
- James Moody – alto saxophone
- Kenny Barron – piano
- Bud Powell – piano
- Pierre Michelot – bass
- Chris White – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
- Rudy Collins – drums
Arrangers[edit]
- Lalo Schifrin – arranger
References[edit]
- ^ ""More Sales History Making LPs"". Billboard. February 15, 1964. p. 17.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Feather, Leonard (March 12, 1964). "Dizzy Gillespie-Double Six". DownBeat. pp. 26, 27.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris at AllMusic