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- Date Released: May 9, 2000
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Fantasy Records
Listen as jazz super-legends create the Big Bang of bebop
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We Say...
These privately made recordings were cut live at two legendary Harlem nightclubs, Minton's and Monroe's Uptown House, in May, 1941. There, musicians held galvanizing after-hours jam sessions where they'd hone and advance their craft after their regular gigs were over. The first five tracks of this collection feature guitarist Charlie Christian, one of bop's major influences; the rest are by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, a founding bopper. These recordings document the very origins of the be-bop movement.
We hear Christian in excellent form, playing long, relaxed lines and swinging effortlessly on tunes like "Swing to Bop" and "Stompin' at the Savoy." (His rhythmic conception was influenced by another great precursor of bop, tenor saxman Lester Young.) With Christian is pianist Thelonious Monk, who hadn't yet developed his characteristic style but was already a capable Earl Hines-influenced soloist. Also on board is trumpeter Joe Guy, a powerful Roy Eldridge-like stylist who also picked up some ideas from Gillespie, although he remained basically a swing stylist. Pioneering bop drummer Kenny Clarke provides lively accompaniment.
His style in transition, Gillespie straddles swing and bop (he was inventing bop at the time), displaying a fertile imagination, unreeling rich, coherent lines with rhythmic grace. Distinguishing themselves with Gillespie are tenor saxman Don Byas, an advanced thinker in the Coleman Hawkins school who stars on one version of "Stardust," and the agile pianist Kenny Kersey.
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Swing To Bop
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8:53 |
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| 02. | |
Stompin' At The Savoy
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8:14 |
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| 03. | |
Up On Teddy's Hill
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6:09 |
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Down On Teddy's Hill
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3:06 |
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| 05. | |
Guy's Got To Go
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2:26 |
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| 06. | |
Lips Flips
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4:56 |
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Stardust
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6:15 |
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| 08. | |
Kerouac
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7:32 |
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| 09. | |
Stardust
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3:25 |
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09 Total Tracks, 50:56 Total Length
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Credits
- Charlie Christian - Guitar // Charlie Christian - Guitar // Charlie Christian - Guitar // Charlie Christian - Main Performer // Charlie Christian - Main Performer // Charlie Christian - Main Performer // Leonard Feather - Liner Notes // Leonard Feather - Liner Notes // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet // Rudy Williams - Sax (Alto) // Don Byas - Sax (Tenor) // Don Byas - Sax (Tenor) // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kirk Felton - Remastering // Nick Fenton - Bass // Joe Guy - Trumpet // Tom Miller - Drums // Thelonious Monk - Piano // Thelonious Monk - Piano // Thelonious Monk - Piano // Thelonious Monk - Piano // Thelonious Monk - Piano // Thelonious Monk - Piano // Hot Lips Page - Trumpet // Kermit Scott - Sax (Tenor) // Al Tinney - Piano // Edmund Paul - Bass // Eric Miller - Digital Producer
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