The Gifted Ones

by Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie

Overview

Norman Granz got this one backwards. Instead of featuring Dizzy Gillespie with the Count Basie Orchestra, he put Gillespie and Basie together in a quartet which the trumpeter naturally dominates. The music is generally quite rewarding, including an unusual version of "St. James Infirmary," but never reaches the great heights one might have expected. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	03/19/1996
Label:	Fantasy / Universal
UPC:	0025218688628
Rank:	215193

Tracks

1. Back to the Land
2. Constantinople
3. You Got It
4. St. James Infirmary
5. Follow the Leader
6. Ow!

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Count Basie   Primary Artist,Piano
Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Mickey Roker   Guest Artist,Drums
Ray Brown   Guest Artist,Bass

Technical Credits

Count Basie   Composer
Frank Foster   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer,Performer
Eric Miller   Engineer
Joe Pass   Liner Notes
Val Valentin   Engineer
Norman Granz   Producer,Liner Notes
Joe Primrose   Composer
Phil DeLancie   Remastering
Phil Carroll   Art Direction
Phil Stern   Photography
Gilles Margerin   Design
Traditionnel   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer