giants of jazz
Album:
Giants Of
Jazz In Berlin' 71
Year:
1971
Fine supergroup pairing with
Dizzy Gillespie,
Monk,
Sonny Stitt,
Kai Winding,
Art Blakey, and
Al McKibbon. The all-star lineup unites and makes quality music. ~
Ron Wynn,
AMG
At least
George Wein had the foresight to put this group together for a tour while they were still alive.
Dizzy's chops were not always the best and they had to deal with
Monk's often changing moods, but Kai Winding was always at least adequate, Al McKibbon was rock-steady, Art Blakey could still light a fire underneath the soloists, and Sonny Stitt was always on.
This concert was performed on
November 5th, a year before the more widely known
London concert that was released on
Atlantic Records as a 2-LP set. They were in the middle of a tour that started in September
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