Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years [Box set]

Dizzy Gillespie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1992)
• Original Release Date: September 22, 1992
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046LW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,887 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a review, just FYI., January 30, 2001

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This review is from: Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years (Audio CD)

The recordings in this box set are from the late 50's and early 60's. Disc 1 is Big Band, Disc 2 is Small Groups, and Disc 3 is Afro-Cuban music. People looking for the bop era might be disappointed, but I loved it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond awesome jazz...., January 8, 2006

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David A. Marks "norcalidave" (Paradise, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years (Audio CD)

I have a LOT of jazz CDs, and for some reason it never occurred to me to log onto Amazon and rate "Dizzy's Diamonds", I think because I just assumed that scores of people would have rated it and rated it five stars.

This is such an incredible, beautiful set of 3 CDs, with 40 of the finest jazz performances in history, many of them live. It is beyond superb, and even five Amazon stars doesn't do it justice, and I'm serious about that.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I like this box set, but it's a little bit structured, December 2, 1999

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macfawlty "macfawlty" (potomac, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years (Audio CD)

It's nice to have this box set and while I had alot of these songs on other albums, the recordings are all different. They are a little bit too structured for my preference in comparing them to other Diz albums, but it's still well worth having particularly if you're as big a Diz fan as I.