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Dizzy Gillespie: New Wave!

In March 1963, “Philips” label released “New Wave!”, the 37th Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded May – July 1962, in New York City and Juan-les-Pins, France, and was produced by Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, arrangements
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone, flute
  • Charlie Ventura – tenor and bass saxophone
  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements
  • Bola Sete – guitar
  • Elek Bacsik – guitar
  • Jose Paula – vocal, guitar, tamboura, percussion
  • Chris White – bass
  • Rudy Collins – drums
  • Carmen Costa – vocal, maracas, cabasa, güiro
  • Pepito Riestra – percussion
  • Fred Schnell – photography

Track listing:

  1. In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town – Joe Young, John Siras, Little Jack Little
  2. Careless Love – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Chega de Saudade – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes
  4. Taboo – Sidney Keith Russell
  5. One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
  6. Manhã de Carnaval – Antonio Naria, Luiz Bonfa
  7. Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You –  Andy Razaf, Don Redman
  8. Pergunte ao Joao – Helena Silvia, Milton Costa

Be-Bop Deluxe: Drastic Plastic

In February 1978, “Harvest” label released “Drastic Plastic”, the fifth and the final Be-Bop Deluxe album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Chateau Saint Georges” in Juan-les-Pins, in France, and was produced by John Leckie and Bill Nelson.

Personnel:

  • Bill Nelson– lead vocals, electric, acoustic and 12-string guitars, mandolin, guitar synthesizer, piano, percussion
  • Andy Clark- keyboards and synthesizers
  • Charlie Tumahai- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Simon Fox- drums, loops

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Nelson.

  1. Electrical Language
  2. New Precision
  3. New Mysteries
  4. Surreal Estate
  5. Love in Flames
  6. Panic in the World
  7. Dangerous Stranger
  8. Superenigmatix (Lethal Appliances for the Home with Everything)
  9. Visions of Endless Hopes
  10. Possession
  11. Islands of the Dead