Max + Dizzy, Paris 1989

Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach

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Max + Dizzy, Paris 1989 Review

by Scott Yanow

This double-CD set is a big mistake. Teaming drummer Max Roach and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie together as a duo might have worked had it taken place 20 years earlier when Dizzy was still in his musical prime. However the immortal players did not even discuss what they were going to play beforehand and the result is a series of rambling sketches, essentially a long drum solo with occasional trumpet interludes that are full of clams. The closing 32 ½ minute "Interview" also wanders and could have been cut in half.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	In the Beginning, Pt. 1 Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	02:39	Spotify Amazon
2	In the Beginning, Pt. 2 Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	04:32	Spotify Amazon
3	The Arrival Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	03:43	Spotify Amazon
4	Versailles Dizzy Gillespie / John Lewis / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	03:51	Spotify Amazon
5	Place de la Concorde Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	03:21	Spotify Amazon
6	Georges Cinq Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	01:58	Spotify Amazon
7	Struttin' on the Champs Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	04:46	Spotify Amazon
8	Brother K/South Africa Goddamn Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	05:54	Spotify Amazon
9	Salt Peanuts Kenny Clarke / Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	03:39	Spotify Amazon
10	Word Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	05:07	Spotify Amazon
11	Fountain Blues Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	03:03	Spotify Amazon
12	Bastille Day Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	04:11	Spotify Amazon
13	The Underground Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	04:41	Spotify Amazon
14	The Antilles Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	06:11	Spotify Amazon
15	'Round Midnight Bernie Hanighen / Thelonious Monk / Cootie Williams	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	01:41	Spotify Amazon
16	Messin' Around Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	06:05	Spotify Amazon
17	Metamorphosis Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	02:30	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Just Dreaming Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	02:33	Spotify Amazon
2	Nairobi Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	09:27	Spotify Amazon
3	Allen's Alley Denzil Best	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	05:04	Spotify Amazon
4	The Theme Miles Davis	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	00:52	Spotify Amazon
5	The Smoke That Thunders Max Roach	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	04:46	Spotify Amazon
6	Oo Pa Pa Da Dizzy Gillespie / Babs Gonzales	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	02:38	Spotify Amazon
7	Interview	Dizzy Gillespie / Max Roach	32:40	Spotify Amazon

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