''Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris'' is a 1963
studio album collaboration between
Dizzy Gillespie and
Les Double Six Les Double Six (also known as the Double Six of Paris) was a French vocal jazz group established in 1959 by Mimi Perrin. The group established an international reputation in the early 1960s. The name of the group was an allusion to the fact that the ...
, also known as the Double Six of Paris, a French vocal group who sings in
vocalese
Vocalese is a style of jazz singing in which words are added to an instrumental soloist's improvisation.
Definition
Vocalese uses recognizable lyrics that are sung to pre-existing instrumental solos, as opposed to scat singing, which uses nonsen ...
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.
It was reissued on CD in 1989.
Reception
Leonard Feather
Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.
Biography
Feather was born in London, England, into an u ...
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."
Track listing
# "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) 3:44
# "
Anthropology
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" (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
"Groovin' High" is an influential 1945 song by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The song was a bebop mainstay that became a jazz standard, one of Gillespie's best known hits, and according to ''Bebop: The Music and Its Players'' author ...
" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 2:27
# "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" (Carroll, Gillespie, Graham) 3:04
# "
Hot House" (
Dameron
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) 3:01
# "
Con Alma
"Con Alma" is a jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie, appearing on his 1954 album '' Afro''. The tune incorporates aspects of bebop jazz and Latin rhythm, and is known for its frequent changes in key centers (occurring every two bars), while s ...
" (Gillespie) 3:35
# "
Blue 'n' Boogie Blue 'n' Boogie is a 1944 jazz standard. It was written by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli. It can be found on Gillespie's 1955 compilation album ''Groovin' High'', and was notably performed by trumpeter Miles Davis on ''Miles Davis All-Star ...
" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 3:08
# "The Champ" (Gillespie) 3:06
# "Ow!" (Gillespie) 2:43
Personnel
Vocalists
* Jean-Claude Briodin – vocals
*
Christiane Legrand
Christiane Legrand (21 August 1930 – 1 November 2011) was a French soprano.
Biography
Legrand was born in Paris. Her father Raymond Legrand was a conductor and composer renowned for hits such as ''Irma la douce'', and her mother was Mar ...
– vocals
*
Eddy Louiss – vocals
*
Mimi Perrin
Jeannine "Mimi" Perrin (2 February 1926 – 16 November 2010) was a French jazz pianist and singer, and translator.
Perrin received private musical instruction, including piano as a child and pursued English studies at Sorbonne. In 1949, she con ...
– vocals
* Bob Smart – vocals
*
Ward Swingle – vocals
Instrumentalists
*
Dizzy Gillespie –
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
*
James Moody –
alto saxophone
*
Kenny Barron –
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
*
Bud Powell – piano
*
Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot (3 March 1928 – 3 July 2005) was a French jazz double bass player and arranger.
Early life
Michelot was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris on 3 March 1928. He studied piano from 1936 until 1938. He switched to playin ...
– bass
*
Chris White – bass
*
Kenny Clarke
Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-ha ...
–
drums
*
Rudy Collins
Rudy Collins (July 24, 1934 – August 15, 1988) was an American jazz drummer born in New York City.
Collins played trombone in high school and started on drums at that time as well. He studied with Sam Ulano during 1953–57 and began gigging in ...
– drums
Arrangers
*
Lalo Schifrin – arranger
References
1963 collaborative albums
Dizzy Gillespie albums
Philips Records albums
Les Double Six albums
Albums arranged by Lalo Schifrin
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