Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie - The Gifted Ones - Analogue Productions Pablo LP

180 Gram Vinyl — Analogue Productions Pablo Reissue

Count Basie occasionally cautioned young sidemen not to play bebop in his swing-rooted band — so how could he make an album with Dizzy Gillespie, one of the progenitors of bop? Happily. Before evolving bebop, Gillespie was a swing-era musician, and the two masters of time and the blues had no difficulty accommodating one another. This 1977 album is built on the blues, with Ray Brown on bass and Mickey Roker on drums.

Features

• 180-gram vinyl
• Mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tape
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket
• Label: Pablo

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Back to the Land
2. Constantinople
3. You Got It

Side Two:

1. St. James Infirmary
2. Follow the Leader
3. Ow!