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THE GIANTS OF JAZZ

Paris 1972 [no label, 2CD]

Live at the Olympia, Paris, France; October 27, 1972. Very good FM broadcast.

Thanks to cosmikd for sharing the show at Dime.



Lineage:

FM > Yamaha TX-330 > Audacity (WAV) > WaveLab > FLAC (level 8, sector-align)

Broadcast: Les Légendes du Jazz, France Musique, may 25 & 26, 2019



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Disc 1

Track 101. Blue ‘n’ Boogie (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) 14:29

Track 102. Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) 12:56

Track 103. Lover Man (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) 5:15

Track 104. I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) 4:50

Track 105. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) 5:59

44 mins

Disc 2

Track 201. And Then She Stopped (Dizzy Gillespie) 13:58

Track 202. Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk) 15:42

Track 203. ‘Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 9:28

Track 204. Dexterity (Charlie Parker) 8:21

Track 205. A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) 7:43

56 mins

Lineup:

Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet

Kai Winding - trombone

Sonny Stitt - alto & tenor saxes

Thelonious Monk - piano

Al McKibbon - bass

Art Blakey - drums

Click on the respective links to order artiste’s releases: Dizzy Gillespie; T Monk; Art Blakey.