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Dizzy Gillespie

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• ASIN: B00004UG5K
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,243,524 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars diZZyFunk!, January 4, 2001

By	vivek savant (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The pre-bop swing of dizzy's trumpet and the trademark shout-scats of his melodic-roaring voice is something that you will NOT find on this album. After penning the masterpiece "Gillespiana" for Dizzy in the 60s, famed Brazillian composer-pianist Lalo Schiffrin decided to take Dizzy's sounds to a new level, ushered mostly due to the soul-jazz and the street funk of the 70s, Schiffrin pens FUNK compositions for Dizzy. There are some strong funky tracks in there that caught me by total surprise, however the album has its weak moments too, thanks in most part due to the poor diluted funk that fences on the side of disco (sic!) than funk. Ray Parker Jr. (yeah, the same dude who penned "ghostbusters" in the 80s) and Wah-Wah Watson give us some traditional funk licks floating on thumping fender basslines. On the whole, a disappointment for "purists" bred on swing-n-bop....BUT possibly an outlet for hip-hop DJ samplers!