Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris

Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris
Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie, Les Double Six, and Bud Powell
Released	February 15, 1964
Recorded	July 8, 1963; Europasonor Studios, Paris, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:45
Label	Philips
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Bud Powell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
DownBeat	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris is a 1963 studio album collaboration between Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six, also known as the Double Six of Paris, a French vocal group who sings in vocalese to songs associated with Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, and a rhythm section accompany; two of the songs feature his quintet, with James Moody.^[5] It was reissued on CD in 1989.

Reception

Leonard Feather described the album as "unique and unprecedented" and described the music as "sensational." Commenting on the vocalists, he wrote, "The results impress partly as a technical tour de force, and the Double Six must be respected for its accuracy and peerless intonation, but these values are a means to an artistically complete end."^[3]

Track listing

"Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) 3:44
"Anthropology" (Gillespie, Parker) 2:45
"Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Pozo) 4:15
"One Bass Hit" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) 3:26
"Two Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Lewis) 3:31
"Groovin' High" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 2:27
"Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" (Carroll, Gillespie, Graham) 3:04
"Hot House" (Dameron) 3:01
"Con Alma" (Gillespie) 3:35
"Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Paparelli) 3:08
"The Champ" (Gillespie) 3:06
"Ow!" (Gillespie) 2:43

Personnel

Vocalists

Jean-Claude Briodin – vocals
Christiane Legrand – vocals
Eddy Louiss – vocals
Mimi Perrin – vocals
Bob Smart – vocals
Ward Swingle – vocals

Instrumentalists

Arrangers

Lalo Schifrin – arranger

References

^ ""More Sales History Making LPs"". Billboard. February 15, 1964. p. 17.
^ Allmusic review
^ ^a ^b Feather, Leonard (March 12, 1964). "Dizzy Gillespie-Double Six". DownBeat. pp. 26, 27.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris at AllMusic