Bahiana is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.[1]
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | November 19 & 20, 1975 Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 75:23 | |||
| Label | Pablo 2625-708 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Stewart Mason, in his review for AllMusic, called the album "one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest albums of the decade", commending the "richly expansive tunes [...] built on pure carnival rhythms".[2] Alun Morgan of Jazz Journal highlighted a "subtle interplay" between the jazzmen and Paulinho Da Costa. The journalist praised both the group as a whole, for their "control and sensitivity", and Dizzy Gillespie specifically, for his "exemplary" trumpet control.[5]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
- "Carnival" - 8:02
- "Samba" (Mike Longo) - 9:41
- "Barcelona" (Al Gafa) - 12:24
- "In the Land of the Living Dead" (Gafa) - 10:34
- "Behind the Moonbeam" (Gafa) - 7:35
- "The Truth" (Longo) - 8:27
- "Pele" (Gafa) - 7:15
- "Olinga" - 20:00
Personnel edit
- Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
- Roger Glenn - flute, bass flute, vibraphone
- Al Gafa, Michael Howell - guitar
- Earl May - bass
- Mickey Roker - drums
- Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
References edit
- ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 17, 2012
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. Bahiana at AllMusic
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Morgan, Alun (July 1976). "Record Reviews: Dizzy Gillespie – Bahiana". Jazz Journal. Vol. 29, no. 7. London: Novello & Co. p. 30. ISSN 0307-4439.