The Modern Jazz Sextet
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best, Charlie Persip
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 12, 1956 at Fine Sound Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length42:26
LabelNorgran Records MGN 1076[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
One Night in Washington
(1955)		 The Modern Jazz Sextet
(1956)		 World Statesman
(1956)

The Modern Jazz Sextet is a jazz album featuring the combined talents of Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best and Charlie Persip.[2] The album was conceived by producer Norman Granz for his own label, Norgran Records.[3] Although no single album artist is credited as a bandleader for this album, Verve Records - which owns the Norgran catalogue - files it as a Dizzy Gillespie album.

Two of the album's rhythm section, Lewis and Heath, also feature in the 1952-founded Modern Jazz Quartet.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

AllMusic gives the album four stars, stating that "it did not take too much insight to realize that putting trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and altoist Sonny Stitt together with a strong rhythm section would result in some explosive music. ...Bebop at its best."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Tour De Force" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 11:39
  2. "Dizzy Meets Sonny" (Gillespie) - 7:59
  3. "Ballad Medley: Old Folks/What's New?/How Deep is the Ocean?" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke/Irving Berlin) - 7:10
  4. "Mean to Me" (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) - 6:30
  5. "Blues for Bird" (Sonny Stitt, Gillespie) - 9:08

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440248917 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ MCNALLY, OWEN. "THE MODERN JAZZ SEXTET - SONNY STITT & DIZZY GILLESPIE". courant.com.
  3. ↑ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. The Modern Jazz Sextet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
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