by Scott Yanow
This double CD reissues material formerly on LPs restoring several of the selections that were originally issued in edited form. A pair of unusual jam sessions, on the first (and more eccentric of the two) trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie is paired with baritonist
Pepper Adams
, pianist
Chick Corea
, bassist
Richard Davis
, either
Mel Lewis
or
Elvin Jones
on drums and violinist
Ray Nance
(who is in particularly adventurous form). The second date substitutes
Garnett Brown
for
Nance
and is a bit more conventional. These lengthy performances (all but one of the seven songs are over 11 minutes) contain some loose and rambling moments but also plenty of creative playing by this unusual group of all-stars.