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September 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 630
Dizzy Gillespie, Salle Pleyel Concert (Vol.2) (1956) A wee taster really, a little soupçon – it’s volume two of a concert, just an EP’s worth – I found it at a store in Sydney recently; I was buying up a few singles and just decided to chuck this in the pile. I’ve got other Dizzy […]Archive
October 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 808
V/A, Chill Pill Vol. 1 (?) It looks like one of those not-quite-legal bootleg-jobs, a compilation (well chosen) of funk and soul cuts, a bit of soul-jazz here, some forgotten blues or gospel there…one minute it’s Minnie Riperton next it’s Stanley Turrentine – chuck in some Quincy Jones, some Donald Byrd, some Dizzy Gillespie…well, shit, […]Archive
November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1741
Dizzy Gillespie, Digital At Montreux, 1980 (1981) I bought this for $1 because it was Dizzy Gillespie and Bernard Purdie and Toots Thielemans. I knew all of the players and I couldn’t see it working – so I was curious. Also the album is red vinyl and I thought that was fucking cool. This was […]Archive
July 29, 2011 by Simon Sweetman