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Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker · 1945 · Definitive bebop version (1945) of the Jerome Kern standard

Context

Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker recorded an instrumental version of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein standard in New York in 1945, with Clyde Hart, Remo Palmier, Slam Stewart and Cozy Cole. The session is among the recordings made for the small labels Guild and Musicraft, later gathered in compilations such as Groovin' High.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

By the same artist

• Salt Peanuts (1945)
• Hot House (1945)
• Groovin' High (1945)
• A Night in Tunisia (1946)
• Manteca (1947)
• Cubana Be, Cubana Bop (1947)

Sources

• whyevolutionistrue.com
• freshsoundrecords.com

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