Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Algo Bueno: The Complete Bluebird/Musicraft Recordings & The Pleyel Concert (1946-1949) (2000)
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Title: Algo Bueno: The Complete Bluebird/Musicraft Recordings & The Pleyel Concert (1946-1949)
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Definitive
Genre: Jazz, Big Band
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 75:55 / 75:46
Total Size: 703 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Algo Bueno: The Complete Bluebird/Musicraft Recordings & The Pleyel Concert (1946-1949)
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Definitive
Genre: Jazz, Big Band
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 75:55 / 75:46
Total Size: 703 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
01. Ow (2:59)
02. Oop-Pop-A-Da (3:15)
03. Two Bass Hit (2:49)
04. Saty On It (3:16)
05. Algo Bueno (Woody'n You) (3:02)
06. Cool Breeze (2:48)
07. Cubana Be (2:43)
08. Cubana Bop (3:21)
09. Ool-Ya-Koo (2:52)
10. Minor Walk (2:47)
11. Manteca (3:10)
12. Good bait (2:49)
13. Guarachi Guaro (3:14)
14. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:34)
15. Sweedish Suite (2:59)
16. I Should Care (3:04)
17. That Old Black Magic (2:43)
18. Jump Di-Le-Ba (2:30)
19. If Love Is Trouble (3:46)
20. In The Land of Oo-Bla-Dee (2:39)
21. Duff Capers (3:12)
22. St. Louis Blues (3:09)
23. You Go To My Head (3:03)
24. Dizzier And Dizzier (3:08)
25. Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat (3:03)
CD 2
01. Our Delight (2:32)
02. Good Dues Blues (3:01)
03. One Bass Hit no. 2 (2:55)
04. Ray's Idea (2:23)
05. Things To Come (2:48)
06. He Beeped When He Shold Have Bopped (2:41)
07. I Waited For You (3:07)
08. Emanon (3:06)
09. He Beeped When He Shold Have Bopped (2:43)
10. I'm Be Boppin' Too (2:24)
11. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (3:10)
12. Oop-Pap-A-Da (4:56)
13. 'Round About Midnight (8:51)
14. Algo Bueno (Woody'n You) (3:23)
15. I Con't Get Started (3:54)
16. Two Bass Hit (4:02)
17. Good Bait (5:16)
18. Afro-Cuban Suite (6:08)
19. Ool-Ya-Koo (5:06)
20. Things To Come (3:16)
This double CD collects all of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band sides from 1946-1949 for the Bluebird and Musicraft labels, including seven previously unissued cuts. These bands were renowned for their hard-swinging styles that accented the toughness of bebop wailing R&B and Latin/Cuban grooves. Some of Diz's sidemen included Milt Jackson, Cecil Payne, Ray Brown, Willie Bobo, Yusef Lateef, Johnny Hartman, Leo Parker, John Lewis, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Dorham, James Moody, Ernie Henry, Al McKibbon, and dozens of others. Here are formidable versions of "Two Bass Hit," "Cubana Bop," "Jump Did-Le-Ba," "Oop-Pop-A-Da," and many others. In addition to the studio sides there is an entire Paris concert included from a radio transcription, making these sides indispensable. The only downside is the lack of liner notes -- though full session notation is included.