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共32首歌曲

在网易云音乐打开

艺人

Dizzy Gillespie / Roy Eldridge / Flip Phillips / Illinois Jacquet / Herb Ellis / Ray Brown / Gene Krupa

语种

英语

厂牌

Verve

发行时间

1959年02月17日

专辑类别

录音室专辑

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专辑介绍

by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

It's easy and perhaps unfair to take any later jazz album by a trendy, &hot& trumpeter and compare it to a classic like Have Trumpet, Will Excite!. Critics and fans have been afforded the luxury of time to weed out half-efforts. Still, even without former knowledge of who Dizzy Gillespie is, Have Trumpet, Will Excite! separates itself from the crowd pretty quickly. The Latin up-tempo arrangement of &My Heart Belongs to Daddy& thrusts the song into an entirely different realm. Junior Mance's piano kicks things of with a quirky, forceful rhythm, and after Gillespie's trumpet lays down the bare bones of the melody, it's pretty much forgotten. From there, the band takes off on a creative surge. The same is true of &My Man.& A brave arrangement, kicked off by piano and outlined by trumpet, completely rewrites the piece. &Sure,& Gillespie and the band, seem to say, &We can play old swing tunes, but wouldn't it be cool if we turned them inside out?& This approach, along with sharp solos, gives the material an exciting edge. Gillespie's solo on &St. Louis Blues& just soars, while Les Spann, who plays both flute and guitar on the album, follows him with a bristly guitar solo. Mance offers distinctive piano work that matches Gillespie's enthusiasm on tunes like &Woody 'N' You,& while bassist Sam Jones and drummer Lex Humphries keep a high-octane rhythm in constant motion. Have Trumpet, Will Excite! more than measures up to its promise and stands as a cornerstone of Gillespie's '50s work.