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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | May 19 & 20, 1975 A & R Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:34 | |||
| Label | Sonet SNTF 692 | |||
| Producer | Sam Charters | |||
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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. [1]
The Allmusic review stated "Bop fans should enjoy this date despite the lack of surprises". [2]
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Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop,he worked in many other styles of music,and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians,including Clifford Brown,Coleman Hawkins,Dizzy Gillespie,Charlie Parker,Miles Davis,Duke Ellington,Thelonious Monk,Abbey Lincoln,Dinah Washington,Charles Mingus,Billy Eckstine,Stan Getz,Sonny Rollins,Eric Dolphy,and Booker Little. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.
Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist,brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath,with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis,Dizzy Gillespie,Charlie Parker,Wes Montgomery,and Thelonious Monk.
Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.,known professionally as 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 relentless touring and devotion to jazz yet rarely worked with the same musicians for long. 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.
Max Roach + 4 is an LP recorded by jazz drummer Max Roach,which featured Kenny Dorham on trumpet,Sonny Rollins on tenor sax,Ray Bryant on piano,and George Morrow on bass. It was the first album Roach recorded after his collaborators,trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell,died in a car crash in June 1956.
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.
Sonny Side Up is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie,and the tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins,recorded in December 1957 in New York City. It was released in 1959 on producer Norman Granz's newly launched Verve label.
Memorial Album is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown composed of tracks recorded at two sessions in 1953 and originally released as a 12" LP on the Blue Note label in September 1956. Apart from a few obscure recordings,the album represents the first tracks recorded under Brown's leadership.
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.
Dizzy and Strings is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie,released in 1955 by Norgran Records.
The Giants of Jazz is a live album of an English concert recorded at Victoria Theatre in London in two concerts on the same date,November 14,1971,by Art Blakey,Dizzy Gillespie,Al McKibbon,Thelonious Monk,Sonny Stitt,and Kai Winding,who were billed as The Giants of Jazz. The album was released by the Atlantic.
The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox,Massachusetts,in 1958,with guest artist Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers,and released on the Atlantic label.
God Bless Jug and Sonny is a live album by saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons recorded in Baltimore in 1973 and released on the Prestige label in 2001.
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded with trombonist J. J. Johnson or pianist Bud Powell in 1949–50 and released on the Prestige label in 1957. The 1990 CD reissue added five bonus tracks to the original LP. The cover art was done by cartoonist Don Martin of MAD magazine fame.
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Roost label.
Mellow is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1975 and released on the Muse 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.
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley was the debut album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1953 and first released on the Debut label as a 10-inch LP.
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.
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