Great band!
jjn | Seattle, WA USA | 05/12/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Dizzy was a true master. He has spread his mastery onto countless numbers of people including all who are on this great cd. Jon Faddis is an extreme player. He plays high, low, loud, soft, fast, slow, furious, and beautiful. His highnotes are very controlled and have a great tone. The big disappointment of the cd is the fact that Slide Hampton does not solo. He arranges many of the songs and plays in the band, but has no improvisation. Steve Turre does take a couple of nice trombone solos.The arrangements by Slide are some of the best ever. Lush full orchestration with unique colors being used together.Roy Hargrove also plays in the band, as well as Lewis Nash, and Jimmy Heath. With them and other well known players, the band is truly an all star assembledge. All great Gillespie tunes made for a bebop big band(3sax,3tbone,3trpt,rhythm section). Worth twice as much as the asking price."
Virtuosity
brian keegan | milky way | 12/21/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"virtuosity. dynamics. music. this is one of the most amazing albums i have heard. when you assemble some of the greatest players of bop into a singular, cohesive unit and record it live, something magical is recorded for all time. buy the album!"