Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Joe Carroll - School Days (1951/2000)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Title Of Album School Days
Year Of Release:1951/2000
Label (Catalog#) :Jazz Heritage [515835L]
Country: USA
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Bop
Quality: Flac (*tracks + cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 28:20
Total Size: 128Mb

Review by Adam Greenberg An old recording from 1951, this album has been re-released on Columbia from the old Savoy/Regent recordings. The blowing is insane in spots -- in "Pop's Confessin," Dizzy tries to hit the loudest, highest, longest note possible (à la Roy Eldridge). Joe Carroll provides some humor in his vocal work (often performing in duet with Dizzy). Milt Jackson actually goes without his vibes here, singing and playing piano. A young John Coltrane solos on “We Love to Boogie,” which was one of his first appearances on record. According to the original liner notes, other performers on the album are "probably" Bill Graham on baritone sax, Wynton Kelly on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Al Jones, Kansas Fields, or Joe Hanes on drums. The interplay among trumpet, piano, and Joe Carroll's vocals is some of the best you'll hear from this time period (it gets even better in a couple years, but this is still outstanding). "Lady Be Good" is a tour de force for Carroll, and "School Days" starts to sound a lot like the blues-shouting R&B of the day. For any fan of Dizzy, and the bop of the day, this is a worthwhile investment in listening pleasure. The trumpet is good, the vocals are good, the humor is good. You can barely miss with this one.

Tracks:
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01. Oh, Lady Be Good
02. Pop's Confessin'
03. Nobody Knows
04. Bopsie's Blues
05. I Couldn't Beat The Rap
06. School Days
07. I'm In A Mess
08. The Umbrella Man
09. Love Me, Pretty Baby
10. We Love To Boogie

Personnel:
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Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Bill Graham (tr: 2 to 8)
Bass – Bernie Griggs (tr: 2, 8), Percy Heath (tr: 1, 3 to 7, 9,10)
Drums – Al Jones (tr: 2 to 8), Art Blakey (tr: 1, 9)
Piano – Milt Jackson (tr: 1,3 to 7, 9, 10), Wynton Kelly (tr: 2, 8)
Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson (tr: 1, 9)
Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson (tr: 1, 9)
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tr: 1 to 10)
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tr: 1, 3 to 7, 9)
Vocals – Dizzy Gillespie (tr: 2, 4, 7, 8), Joe Carroll (tr: 1 to 9), Melvin Moore (2) (tr: 1, 4 to 8, 9)

All thanks to original releaser