GILLESPIE AND LALO SCHIFRIN’S READING OF THE BOSSA NOVA!
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE - 4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
PERSONNEL:
DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet on all tracks, with:
A1, B2, B4-B5:
LEO WRIGHT (fl, as)
LALO SCHIFRIN (p)
ELEK BACSIK (g),
CHRIS WHITE (b)
RUDY COLLINS (d),
PEPITO RIESTRA (perc).
Live at Juan-les-Pins, France, July 24, 1962.
A2-A3, B1, B3: Same personnel as above except Bacsik and Riestra omitted,
and CHARLIE VENTURA (ts, bass sax) & JOSÉ PAULA (g, tamb, perc, vcl) added.
New York, May 1962.
SIDE A:
1 CHEGA DE SAUDADE (NO MORE BLUES) #1 (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 10:20
2 LONG, LONG SUMMER (Lalo Schifrin) 5:15
3 I WAITED FOR YOU (Dizzy Gillespie-Gil Fuller) 2:44
SIDE B:
1 DESAFINADO (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 3:27
2 HERE IT IS (Dizzy Gillespie) 8:33
3 PAU DE ARARA (Lalo Schifrin) 3:38
4 FOR THE GYPSIES (OLE) (Dizzy Gillespie) 4:34
5 ONE NOTE SAMBA (Antonio Carlos Jobim-Newton Mendonça) 5:17*
*BONUS TRACK: From the Juan-les-Pins concert but not included on the original LP.
Original sessions produced by QUINCY JONES
Arrangements by LALO SCHIFRIN
ALL MUSIC GUIDE REVIEW: “Some of Dizzy Gillespie’s best and most well-known material from the ‘60s with a truly talented band is included on this longawaited reissue of recordings done in France. A group of American expatriates and Europeans –really musicians from all over the world– accompany the trumpeter for music that spans bop, Brazilian sounds, and originals.” (Michael G. Nastos)
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE REVIEW: “Caught in the act at the third International Jazz Festival at Juanles- Pins on the French Riviera, Gillespie and company were in fine fettle.” (John A. Tynan)