Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early-to-mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo,complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key,instrumental virtuosity,and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure,the use of scales and occasional references to the melody.
Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone,he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation,recording more than 100 albums. He was nicknamed the "Lone Wolf" by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern because of his tendency to rarely work with the same musicians for long despite his relentless touring and devotion to jazz. Stitt was sometimes viewed as a Charlie Parker mimic,especially earlier in his career,but gradually came to develop his own sound and style,particularly when performing on tenor saxophone and even occasionally baritone saxophone.
For Musicians Only is a 1958 jazz album by Dizzy Gillespie,Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt incorporating bebop influences.
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet,also known as Quintet/Sextet is a studio album by trumpeter Miles Davis and vibraphonist Milt Jackson released by Prestige Records in August of 1956. It was recorded on August 5,1955. Credited to "Miles Davis and Milt Jackson",this was an "all-star" session,and did not feature any of the members of Davis's working group of that time. Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean appears on his own compositions “Dr. Jackle”and “Minor Apprehension”.
Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded primarily on June 6,1950,in New York City. Two tracks featured on the original pressing,"Passport" and "Visa",were recorded by Parker,without Gillespie and with different personnel than the other tracks,in March and May 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.
"Lover Man" is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis,Roger ("Ram") Ramirez,and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday,for whom it was written,and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989.
Charles Lawrence Persip,known as Charli Persip and formerly as Charlie Persip,was an American jazz drummer.
Thomas Bryant was an American jazz double-bassist.
Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album as "some of the key bebop small-group and big band recordings."
The Modern Jazz Sextet is a jazz album featuring the combined talents of Dizzy Gillespie,Sonny Stitt,John Lewis,Percy Heath,Skeeter Best and Charlie Persip. The album was conceived by producer Norman Granz for his own label,Norgran Records. Although no single album artist is credited as a bandleader for this album,Verve Records - which owns the Norgran catalogue - files it as a Dizzy Gillespie album.
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson,recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.
Duets is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt,recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. The recordings on this album are from the same sessions and with the same personnel that produced the Sonny Side Up album which had Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins playing simultaneously with Dizzy Gillespie. On the Duets album,as the name implies,Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins played separately with Dizzy Gillespie.
Birks' Works is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. The original album featured 10 tracks and was reissued as Birks Works:The Verve Big Band Sessions,a 2 CD compilation featuring unreleased tracks,alternate takes and tracks from Gillespie's previous 1956 albums Dizzy in Greece and World Statesman.
The Bop Session is an album by jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie,Sonny Stitt,John Lewis,Hank Jones,Percy Heath and Max Roach recorded in 1975 and released on the Swedish Sonet label.
Modern Jazz Trumpets is an album released by Prestige Records in 1951 with music by four jazz trumpeters:Fats Navarro,Dizzy Gillespie,Miles Davis and Kenny Dorham. The album was released on the 10" LP format and includes the first recordings by Davis for Prestige.
Alone Together:The Best of the Mercury Years is a compilation album featuring recordings by trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach in groups together and separately which were originally released on Mercury and subsidiary labels.
Made for Each Other is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1968 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972. The album represents Stitt's fourth recording featuring the varitone,an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound.
Rainbow Mist is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins compiling recordings from 1944 originally released by Apollo Records that was released by the Delmark label in 1992.
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