Marian McPartland, Dizzy Gillespie - Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Dizzy Gillespie (1985)

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Title: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Dizzy Gillespie
Year Of Release: 1985
Label: The Jazz Alliance [TJA-12005]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Interview
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 57:11
Total Size: 243 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Conversation (4:51)
02. Con Alma (4:59)
03. Conversation (4:24)
04. In A Mellow Tone (6:32)
05. Conversation (0:43)
06. On The Alamo (3:41)
07. Conversation / Demonstration / Manteca (7:17)
08. For Dizzy (2:11)
09. Conversation (0:47)
10. Lullaby Of The Leaves (5:02)
11. Conversation (0:42)
12. 'Round Midnight (5:09)
13. Conversation (3:19)
14. Portrait Of Diz (2:19)
15. Conversation (0:59)
16. Night In Tunisia (4:16)

personnel :

Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet, Piano
Marian McPartland - Piano, Interviewer

This edition of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz is from 1985 and features the veteran pianist interacting with Dizzy Gillespie. Rather than talking much about his career, the conversation is mostly centered on the technical aspects of some of Gillespie's songs, their chord structures, voicings, and moods. Of the eight songs performed during this hour, two are McPartland piano solos ("For Dizzy" and her freely improvised "Portrait of Diz"), four are piano duets with Gillespie in the lead, and just two ("In a Mellow Tone" and "Lullaby of the Leaves") have Dizzy playing trumpet. There are some worthwhile stretches during this hour, but it is not worth hearing more than a couple times.~Scott Yanow