Diz and Getz by Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie

Diz and Getz

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Diz and Getz

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Inexplicably this disc has two different entries and on the other one I gave it 5 stars without much comment, but referring to the other reviewer for this entry who gave it 3 stars. Sure, everybody is entitled to his opinion, but these reviews are not screened and a review from someone totally ignorant (which I believe is the case here) may affect the sales of a very good product and therefore correction is needed. I can hardly resist the temptation to make more fun of the reviewer; in my other review I wondered where he had his (or her) ears (I now believe he is a male); this time I would like to suggest he wears lighter pants. Once again, this is top level music. Importantly, it joined a black and a white musical giant made at a time when the white and black sounds (and to a certain extent musical ideas) were clearly distinct. Stan must have been something like "the great white hope" in those days and Diz (an avid boxing fan) according to the booklet felt in a fighting mood. Yet Gillespie's charm must have been such that even the extremely volatile Getz was subdued and the result was a competitive camaraderie. Like all great records, this one gets better everytime one listens to it. (If it doesn't, question your first judgment.) With regard to the sidemen, substantial praise goes to the superb Max Roach and the indomitable Oscar Peterson, who was termed by Getz to a common Danish friend as "a big music machine". But the machine turns out a real quality product.

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