Groovin' High (Living Era)
11/22/2005
Lyrics from Groovin' High (Living Era)
All Music Guide Review
Sorting through the dozen or so Dizzy Gillespie comps called Groovin' High can be a daunting exercise. This one, from Living Era/ASV is significantly different from all the rest. It begins with the title track by Dizzy Gillespie's classic sextet with Charlie Parker (the same cut appears first on Parker's compilation on this label). And it does contain most of the tracks that the other ones do. The significant difference here is the sequencing and the sound. These recordings have been cleaned up significantly from their original masters. The other attractive thing about this set is the price -- super budget. It serves as a fine introduction to one of jazz's great innovators. The range of music runs from 1945 to 1951 -- the truly great bebop years. Some of the players who appear here include Don Byas, Cozy Cole, Curly Russell, Milt Jackson, Al Haig, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke, and dozens of others. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Groovin' High (Living Era) Track Listing
Credits of Groovin' High (Living Era)
- John Lynch
- Trumpet
- Sabu Martinez
- Bongos
- Frank Paparelli
- Piano
- Charlie Parker
- Sax (Alto)
- Curly Russell
- Bass
- William Shepherd
- Trombone
- Teddy Stewart
- Drums
- Jesse Tarrant
- Trombone
- Elmon Wright
- Trumpet
- Slim Moore
- Trombone
- Tony Middleton
- Liner Notes, Compilation
- Max Jones
- Photo Courtesy
- Pee Wee Moore
- Sax (Baritone)
- Raymond Orr
- Trumpet
- Lammar Wright, Jr.
- Trumpet
- Remo Palmieri
- Guitar
- Martin Haskell
- Audio Restoration, Remastering
- Ray Crick
- Compilation
- Mark Ranshaw
- Cover Art
- Murray Shipinski
- Bass
- Matthew McKay
- Trumpet
- Gordon Thomas
- Trombone
- John Richard Lewis
- Piano
- Hen Gates Foreman
- Piano, Celeste
- Howard Glover "Johnny" Johnson
- Sax (Alto)
- Big Nick Nicholas
- Sax (Tenor)
- Chano Pozo
- Bongos, Conga, Vocals
- Trummy Young
- Trombone
- Al McKibbon
- Bass
- Percy Heath
- Bass
- Ray Abrams
- Sax (Tenor)
- Taswell Baird
- Trombone
- Art Blakey
- Drums
- Ray Brown
- Bass
- John Brown
- Sax (Alto)
- Kenny Burrell
- Guitar
- Don Byas
- Sax (Tenor)
- Scoops Carey
- Sax (Alto)
- Big Sid Catlett
- Drums
- Kenny Clarke
- Drums
- John Coltrane
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
- Leon Comegys
- Trombone
- Talib Dawud
- Trumpet
- Andy Duryea
- Trombone
- Kansas Fields
- Drums
- Bill Frazier
- Sax (Tenor)
- Joe Gayles
- Sax (Tenor)
- Charles "Majeed" Greenlee
- Trombone
- Joe Harris
- Conga, Drums
- Clyde Hart
- Piano
- J.C. Heard
- Drums
- Sam Hurt
- Trombone
- J.J. Johnson
- Trombone
- Ted Kelly
- Trombone
- Warren Luckey
- Sax (Tenor)
- Benny Bailey
- Trumpet
- Gil Fuller
- Arranger
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Piano, Trumpet
- Dexter Gordon
- Sax (Tenor)
- Al Haig
- Guitar
- Ernie Henry
- Sax (Alto)
- Milt Jackson
- Vibraphone
- Budd Johnson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Shelly Manne
- Drums
- James Moody
- Sax (Tenor)
- Cecil Payne
- Sax (Baritone)
- Oscar Pettiford
- Bass
- Slam Stewart
- Bass
- Sonny Stitt
- Sax (Alto)
- Lucky Thompson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Dave Burns
- Trumpet
- Cozy Cole
- Drums
- Willie Cook
- Trumpet
- Bill DeArango
- Guitar
- Stan Levey
- Drums
- Chuck Wayne
- Guitar












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