The Bop Session

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  • School Days
  • In Paris
  • Dizzy Gillespie in Paris, Vol. 1
  • Jazz at Massey Hall
  • Dizzy Gillespie in Paris, Vol. 2
  • Roy and Diz
  • Afro
  • One Night in Washington
  • Dizzy and Strings
  • Diz & Getz
  • The Champ
  • For Musicians Only
  • World Statesman
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  • Live, 1957
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  • Dizzy in Greece
  • Sonny Side Up
  • Duets
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  • Birks' Works
  • The John Lewis Piano
  • Copenhagen Concert
  • Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
  • Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Perceptions
  • Gillespiana
  • An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
  • The New Continent
  • Dizzy on the French Riviera
  • New Wave!
  • Something Old, Something New
  • Dizzy Gillespie & the Double Six of Paris
  • Dizzy Goes Hollywood
  • The Cool World
  • Jambo Caribe
  • With Gil Fuller and the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra
  • Live at the Village Vanguard
  • Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
  • Soul and Salvation
  • The Trumpeters: Jazz Fest Masters
  • Sweet Soul
  • The Real Thing
  • Blues People
  • The Giants of Jazz
  • The Giant
  • The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
  • Dizzy's Big 4
  • Jazz Maturity....Where It's Coming From
  • Trumpet Kings at Montreux
  • At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
  • The Bop Session
  • Bahiana
  • Dizzy's Party
  • The Gifted Ones
  • Montreux '77
  • Diz
  • The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four
  • Summertime
  • Digital at Montreux, 1980
  • Musician, Composer, Raconteur: Plays & Raps in His Greatest Concert
  • Free Ride
  • To a Finland Station
  • New Faces
  • Closer to the Source
  • Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be...Oo, Oo...Oo, Oo
  • 'Round Midnight
  • Dizzy Gillespie Meets the Phil Woods Quintet
  • In the Mood for Swing
  • Max + Dizzy, Paris 1989
  • Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989
  • Symphony Sessions
  • The Winter in Lisbon
  • Rhythmstick
  • Villa Hidalgo
  • To Diz with Love: Diamond Jubilee Recordings
  • To Bird with Love: Live at the Blue Note
  • Swing Love

Release Date

1975

Duration

50:34

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

May 19, 1975 - May 20, 1975
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Dizzy Gillespie

The Bop Session

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This LP matches together trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Stitt (on alto and tenor) with an all-star rhythm section (John Lewis or Hank Jones on piano, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Max Roach) for six classic bop standards. Gillespie was near the end of his prime but is in generally good form while Stitt typically eats the material (songs such as "Confirmation," "Groovin' High" and "All the Things You Are") with no difficulty. Bop fans should enjoy this date despite the lack of surprises.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Dizzy Gillespie
feat: Percy Heath / John Lewis / Max Roach / Sonny Stitt
09:30 Spotify
2
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
feat: Percy Heath / Hank Jones / Max Roach / Sonny Stitt
08:31 Spotify
3
Dizzy Gillespie
feat: Percy Heath / Hank Jones / Max Roach / Sonny Stitt
07:17 Spotify
4
Dizzy Gillespie
feat: Percy Heath / Hank Jones / Max Roach / Sonny Stitt
06:58 Spotify
5
Dizzy Gillespie
feat: Percy Heath / John Lewis / Max Roach / Sonny Stitt
09:54 Spotify
6
Tadd Dameron
Dizzy Gillespie
feat: Percy Heath / Hank Jones / Max Roach / Sonny Stitt
08:24 Spotify
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