''Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris'' is a 1963

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collaboration between

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

and Les Double Six, also known as the Double Six of Paris, a French vocal group who sings in

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to songs associated with Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie, pianist

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, and a rhythm section accompany; two of the songs feature his quintet, with James Moody. It was reissued on CD in 1989. The vocal parts by the Double Six were overdubbed on top of recordings by Gillespie, Powell, Pierre Michelot, and

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride ...

that had been made in July 1963. Two tracks were recorded with James Moody,

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, Chris White, and Rudy Collins in Chicago in September 1963.

Reception

Leonard Feather Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Biography Feather was born in London, England, into an u ...

described the album as "unique and unprecedented" and described the music as "sensational." Commenting on the vocalists, he wrote, "The results impress partly as a technical tour de force, and the Double Six must be respected for its accuracy and peerless intonation, but these values are a means to an artistically complete end." ''

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'' gave the album 3.5 of 4 stars, applauding Gillespie's "superb solos" and the Double Six's "supremely athletic vocals."

Track listing

# "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) – 3:44 # "

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" (Gillespie, Parker) – 2:45 # "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Pozo) – 4:15 # "One Bass Hit" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:26 # "Two Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Lewis) – 3:31 # "

Groovin' High "Groovin' High" is an influential 1945 song by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The song was a bebop mainstay that became a jazz standard, one of Gillespie's best known hits, and according to ''Bebop: The Music and Its Players'' author ...

" (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 2:27 # "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" (Carroll, Gillespie, Graham) – 3:04 # " Hot House" (

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) – 3:01 # " Con Alma" (Gillespie) – 3:35 # " Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 3:08 # "The Champ" (Gillespie) – 3:06 # "Ow!" (Gillespie) – 2:43

Personnel

Vocalists

* Jean-Claude Briodin – vocals * Christiane Legrand – vocals * Eddy Louiss – vocals * Mimi Perrin – vocals * Bob Smart – vocals *

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– vocals

Instrumentalists

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, vocal (7) * James Moody –

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(7, 9) *

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(7, 9) *

– piano (1–3, 6, 8, 10–12) * Pierre Michelot – bass (1–3, 6, 8, 10–12) * Chris White – bass (7, 9) *

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(1–3, 6, 8, 10–12) * Rudy Collins – drums (7, 9)

Arrangers

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...

– arranger

References

1963 collaborative albums Dizzy Gillespie albums Philips Records albums Les Double Six albums Albums arranged by Lalo Schifrin {{1960s-jazz-album-stub