Album 1978 Montreux

  • November 18, 2014

    Autumn Leaves (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)

    Album (DVD): Ray Charles à Montreux 1978, S.r., S.a. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp, solo), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g),  George Duvivier (b), Esther Phillips (voc).

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  • November 17, 2014

    Blues Jam In F (aka Ray Charles Blues) (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)

    Album (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. This ditty was probably set up by Ray Charles; I assume it was the Montreux Concerts Database that gave it the title Ray Charles Blues. On the bootleg CD this tune is named Blues Jam In F. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman […]

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  • November 11, 2014

    God Bless The Child (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O., Ft Esther Philips)

    Album (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Most of this concert was a mess, and Esther didn’t make it any better. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g); George Duvivier (b), Esther Phillips (voc).

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  • November 8, 2014

    How Can You Get In (When You Get Out) (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)

    Album (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Recorded during their masterclass concert at the 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival. With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Crawford (as) and David Newman (fl, ts), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g),  George Duvivier (b).I’m not sure where the title comes from (it may have been thought up […]

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  • October 20, 2014

    Salt Peanuts (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)

    Album (CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Here Dizzy and his boys learned Ray how to play Salt Peanuts… With Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Mickey Roker (ds), Kenny Burrel (g), George Duvivier (b).

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  • October 15, 2014

    Stormy Monday (With Dizzy Gillespie A.O.)

    Album (bootleg CD): Ray Charles Meets Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz File JF1005, S.a. Ray Charles fooled around several times with citations from Stormy Monday (Madrid 1975, The Hague 1980), but this version with a combo led by Dizzy Gillespie came closest to a complete rendition (although Ray had trouble again to get the rhythm section in the right […]

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