For Musicians Only

by Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz

Overview

Often in the early days of the modern jazz movement, players would come up with the most dazzling tempos, complex chord changes, intricate melodies, and tricky rhythmic breaks imaginable, as much to challenge themselves as to keep the squares from trying to get on the bandstand and jam. For Musicians Only is just that, and then some. Gillespie, the great virtuoso trumpeter, is joined on the front line by Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt for a blowing session of phenomenal proportions. Gillespie's demanding tune "Bebop," and Denzil Best's "Wee (Allen's Alley)" (based on "I Got Rhythm") are given brisk, wailing treatments. Both tunes highlight Stitt's scampering alto, Getz's dancing, mentholated tenor (very much in his Lester Young mode), and Gillespie's coiled, tempestuous trumpet. The tough, swinging rhythm section really distinguishes itself on the standards "Dark Eyes" and "Lover Come Back to Me" (particularly bassist Ray Brown). They always manage to keep a hint of the basic tune in the foreground, no matter how free the soloists get. Gillespie is inspired throughout, and For Musicians Only contains some of his spunkiest, most pugnacious solos.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/10/2015
Label:	Imports
UPC:	8712177064540
Rank:	53815

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stan Getz   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Sonny Stitt   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Ray Brown   Guest Artist,Bass
Herb Ellis   Guest Artist,Guitar
John Lewis   Guest Artist,Piano
Stan Levey   Drums

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Sonny Stitt   Performer
Frank Paparelli   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer,Performer
Denzil Best   Composer
Richard Seidel   CD Preparation
Phil Schaap   Liner Notes,Tape Vault Research
Norman Granz   Producer,Original Session Producer
Tom Hughes   Design
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Stan Getz   Performer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Seth Rothstein   CD Preparation
Ellie Hughes   Design
Tom "Curly" Ruff   Remixing
Sheldon Marks   Art Direction