It took until the mid-'70s for a trumpeter to emerge who could not only emulate Dizzy Gillespie, but display a larger range: Jon Faddis. Unfortunately, Gillespie and his protégé barely recorded together, and this 1977 encounter at the Montreux Jazz Festival is quite disappointing. The trumpeters (plus vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist Monty Alexander, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jimmie Smith) play well enough on "Girl of My Dreams," "Get Happy," "The Champ," and a ballad medley, but there are, amazingly enough, no tradeoffs between Faddis and Gillespie (the younger trumpeter is much too respectful throughout this session), and few fireworks occur in what should have been an explosive encounter.
Montreux '77
Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy Gillespie Jam
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Montreux '77 Review
by Scott Yanow
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy Gillespie Jam | 13:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy Gillespie Jam | 07:51 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy Gillespie Jam | 13:03 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 | Dizzy Gillespie / Dizzy Gillespie Jam | 09:34 | SpotifyAmazon |
