''Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet'' is an album by trumpeter
Dizzy Gillespie with saxophonist
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...
Quintet recorded in 1986 and released on the Dutch
Timeless label.
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accessed April 19, 2012
Reception
The
Allmusic
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review stated "This European studio session features Dizzy as a special guest sitting in with one of Woods' greatest quintets, with pianist Hal Galper and the brilliant trumpeter and flugelhornist Tom Harrell. In fact Dizzy's chops had already slipped somewhat during the decade and Harrell clearly outplays him even though he clearly isn't trying to embarrass the legendary trumpeter".
[Dryden, K]
Allmusic Review
accessed April 19, 2012
Track listing
''All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated''
# "Oon-Ga-Wa" - 6:21
# "Loose Change" (Hal Galper) - 8:06
# "Whasdishean" - 6:01
# "
'Round Midnight" (
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
) - 12:42
# "
Love for Sale" (
Cole Porter) - 8:49
Personnel
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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 ...
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Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...
-
alto saxophone
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Hal Galper
Harold Galper (born April 18, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer.
Biography
He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Galper studied classical piano as a boy, but switched to jazz wh ...
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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 ...
*Steve Gilmore -
bass
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-
drums
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
- trumpet,
flugelhorn
References
Timeless Records albums
Dizzy Gillespie albums
Phil Woods albums
1987 albums
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