Jazz / Swing
Recorded between January and April, 1957.
STUFF SMITH, DIZZY GILLESPIE, OSCAR PETERSON contains three albums:
* HAVE VIOLIN WILL TRAVEL
* STUFF SMITH (WITH THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO)
* DIZZY GILLESPIE - STUFF SMITH
The great swing violinist Stuff Smith had not recorded as a leader since 1945 when producer Norman Granz got him to make three albums for Verve during a three-month period. Smith, who was still very much in his prime, recorded 11 selections (one previously unissued) with pianist Carl Perkins, either Red Callender or Curtis Counce on bass and Oscar Bradley or Frank Butler on drums (Have Violin Will Swing), jammed nine numbers (three released for the first time here) with the Oscar Peterson Trio (for the album titled Stuff Smith), and on five tunes teamed up with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and a rhythm section (Dizzy Gillespie-Stuff Smith); all are reissued in full on this generous two-CD set from 1994. In each of the settings, the violinist excels, making this an easily recommended and very satisfying release.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic
Includes liner notes by Harvey Pekar.
Disc 1: 78:17 min.
Disc 2: 74:32 min.
Stuff Smith - violin
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Oscar Peterson - piano
Gordon Family - vocals
Carl Perkins - piano
Wynton Kelly - piano
Curtis Counce - bass
Red Callender - bass
Ray Brown - bass
Paul West - bass
Frank Butler - drums
Oscar Bradley - drums
Alvin Stoller - drums
J.C. Heard - drums |
