Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World + Dizzy Goes Hollywood (2001)

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"The Cool World" 1964

01. Theme From The Cool World
02. The Pushers
03. Enter, Priest
04. Duke's Awakening
05. Duke On The Run
06. Street Music
07. Bonnie's Blues
08. Coney Island
09. Duke's Fantasy
10. Coolie
11. Duke's Last Soliloquy

"Dizzy Goes Hollywood" 1963

12. Theme From Exodus
13. Moon River
14. Caesar And Cleopatra Theme
15. Days Of Wine And Roses
16. Walk On The Wild Side
17. More
18. Love Theme From Lolita
19. Theme From Picnic
20. Never On Sunday
21. Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia
22. Carioca

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Double Reissue Label: Verve

"The Cool World" (tracks 1 to 11) (PHS-600-138) was recorded 1964 in New York City.
is the original score of the same-named movie, an avant-garde Sixties film of Harlem life.

"Dizzy Goes Hollywood" (tracks 12 to 22) (PHS-600-123) was recorded 1963 in Chicago
consists of Gillespie treatments of Hollywod film themes.

This single CD reissues all of the music from two rare Dizzy Gillespie LPs. Dating from 1963-64, the set features the trumpeter's interpretation of the score of the obscure film The Cool World (although these are not the actual performances heard in the movie) plus 11 themes from other films. Gillespie, who is joined by James Moody (on tenor, alto and flute), pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Chris White and drummer Rudy Collins, was in peak form during that era. Although the liner notes deal only with The Cool World, the other set is actually of greater interest. Gillespie uplifts such tunes as the "Theme from Exodus," "Moon River," "Days of Wine and Roses," "Never on Sunday" and "Walk on the Wild Side," turning them into swinging jazz. The Cool World pieces (all composed by Mal Waldron) are also worth hearing although they are not as memorable overall. This set is a real historical curiosity and, although not essential, it is a release that should please Dizzy Gillespie fans while reminding others of how great a trumpeter he was before his long decline. (AMG)