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a r t i s t : Dizzy Gillespie
t i t l e : Bebop Professor
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Bluebird (Bluebird's Best)
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jan/28/2003
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 55,7 MB
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Veteran jazz producer Orrin Keepnews once stated that there are basically
two types of jazz: before Charlie Parker and after Charlie Parker.
Keepnews wasn't saying that bop, modal post-bop, third stream, and free
jazz were identical, or that Dixieland sounded exactly like swing. His
point was that in certain respects, Bird changed jazz forever. The bebop
revolutionary changed the way jazzmen improvised, and thanks to Bird,
jazz became more cerebral and less commercial - after World War II, jazz
no long enjoyed mass appeal (except on rare occasions). One of the people
who helped Parker lead that bebop revolution was trumpeter Dizzy
Gillespie, and this collection boasts some of the most important
recordings from bop's early years. Many of the classics on Bebop
Professor, which spans 1939-1949, are an essential part of any bop
collection, including "A Night in Tunisia," "Anthropology," "Good Bait,"
and Gillespie's 1949 interpretation of Lester Young's "Jumpin' With
Symphony Sid." This CD also contains a few early examples of what came to
be called Latin jazz; in 1947, "Manteca" and "Chano Pozo" both
demonstrated that bop and Afro-Cuban music could be a powerful
combination. The only track that doesn't fall into the bop category is
1939's "Hot Mallets," which takes listeners back to a time when Gillespie
was a sideman in Lionel Hampton's big band and was still playing swing.
Bebop Professor isn't the last word on Gillespie's early years; some
essential recordings from the '40s are missing, including "Groovin' High"
and "Woody 'n You." And for novices, a better, more comprehensive
starting point would be RCA's two-CD set The Complete RCA Victor
Recordings: 1937-1949. Nonetheless, Bebop Professor does offer an
exciting, although not terribly generous, overview of the trumpeter's
early period. - Alex Henderson
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01-Anthropology [02:39]
02-52nd Street Theme [03:05]
03-Overtime [03:08]
04-Manteca [03:07]
05-Hot Mallets [02:17]
06-Two Bass Hit [02:49]
07-Cubana Be-Cubana Bop [06:04]
08-Ol' Man Rebop [02:46]
09-Good Bait [02:47]
10-Jump Did-le-Ba [02:29]
11-Jumpin' With Symphony Sid [03:04]
12-Dizzier And Dizzier (also known as Katy) [03:06]
13-A Night In Tunisia [03:04]
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40:25 min
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