DIZZY GILLESPIE REUNION BIG BAND - Mother Africa - Live 1968 - LP - Deluxe Gatefold 180g Vinyl [APR 14]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl housed in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve with Matte Varnish, relief printing.

With the label MPS, post-war musical history was written in Germany: noble music productions with many international greats come from the Black Forest and are timelessly legendary.

There are still unreleased treasures in the MPS band archive, some of which are now being released in the vinyl edition of the HGBS Blue label. These include the LP "Mother Africa" with the Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Band, which provided a furious climax to the Berlin Jazz Days in 1968. Part of this concert has not been released before and is now just coming out on LP - but not as a musical remnant, but as a splendid addition to old MPS tracks. Dizzy Gillespie, the jazz legend, founded his first big band in 1946, and the "Reunion" band features some musicians from those early days, including James Moody and Sahib Shihab. The LP features "Manteca," the danceable Cuban Bob classic, as well as "Ray's Idea" with razor-sharp horn sections. A stirring album with lavish embossed cover art and first- rate pressing. A vinyl treasure, in the tradition of the legendary MPSMusic. A must for friends of good vinyl releases!

* Previously unreleased material of the MPS archive
* Unique live recording of November 7, 1968 in Berlin, Germany
* High-end vinyl quality 180 gr. Vinyl in gatefold, matt varnish with relief printing.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Milan Is Love
2. Yesterdays
3. Ray´s Idea

Side B
1. M' Bani
2. Manteca / St. Thomas

Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Owens, Dizzy Reece, Viktor Paz, Stu Halmer - Trumpets
Curtis Fuller, Tom McIntosh, Ted Kelly - Trombones
Chris Woods, James Moody, Paul Jeffery, Sahib Shihab, Cecil Payne - Saxophones
Mike Longo - Piano
Paul West - Bass
Candy Finch - Drums