Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris is a 1963 studio album collaboration between Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six, also known as the Double Six of Paris, a French vocal group who sings in vocalese to songs associated with Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, and a rhythm section accompany; two of the songs feature his quintet, with James Moody.[5] It was reissued on CD in 1989.
Reception
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Leonard Feather described the album as "unique and unprecedented" and described the music as "sensational." Commenting on the vocalists, he wrote, "The results impress partly as a technical tour de force, and the Double Six must be respected for its accuracy and peerless intonation, but these values are a means to an artistically complete end."[3]
Track listing
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- "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) 3:44
- "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Parker) 2:45
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Pozo) 4:15
- "One Bass Hit" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) 3:26
- "Two Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Lewis) 3:31
- "Groovin' High" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 2:27
- "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" (Carroll, Gillespie, Graham) 3:04
- "Hot House" (Dameron) 3:01
- "Con Alma" (Gillespie) 3:35
- "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 3:08
- "The Champ" (Gillespie) 3:06
- "Ow!" (Gillespie) 2:43
Personnel
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References
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