Jazz / Bop; Afro-Cuban Jazz; Mainstream Jazz
Recorded: Feb 9, 1961, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Dizzy Gillespie (along with altoist Leo Wright, pianist Lalo Schfrin, bassist Bob Cunningham, and drummer Chuck Lampkin) were in peak form for this live performance. Their versions of "Kush," "Salt Peanuts," and "The Mooche" are all excellent, but it is "A Night in Tunisia," with its absolutely stunning trumpet break (which lasts half a chorus), that is most memorable.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic
Includes liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason & Mark Gardner.
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Leo Wright - alto saxophone, flute
Lalo Schifrin - piano
Bob Cunnings - bass
Chuck Lampkin - drums |
