Audio CD review:
Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years

Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years

Band: Dizzy Gillespie Title: Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best Of Verve Years Rating: Release Date: 22 September, 1992 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Prelude 2: 'Bout To Wail 3: Umbrella Man 4: The Chains 5: Birks' Works 6: Stella By Starlight 7: Dizzy's Business 8: Autumn Leaves 9: Dizzy's Blues 10: Flamingo 11: Jordu 12: Evening Sound 13: Take The 'A' Train 14: Blue 'N' Boogie 15: Bonnie's Blues 16: Ool-Ya-Koo 17: Blues After Dark 18: The Heat's On 19: Leap Frog 20: Where's Adam? 21: There Is No Greater Love 22: Just One Of Those Things 23: I Know That You Know 24: Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac 25: Dizzy Atmosphere 26: Manteca 27: Fiesta Mojo 28: A Night In Tunisia 29: And Then She Stopped 30: Tin Tin Deo 31: Desafinado 32: Africana 33: Pergunte Ao Joao (Ask John) 34: Caravan 35: This Lovely Feeling 36: Ungawa 37: Begin The Beguine 38: Con Alma 39: Rio Pakistan 40: Jambo

Customer Reviews Beyond awesome jazz.... This is such an incredible, beautiful set of 3 CDs, with 40 of the finest jazz performances in history, many of them live. I have a LOT of jazz CDs, and for some reason it never occurred to me to log onto Amazon and rate "Dizzy's Diamonds", I think because I just assumed that scores of people would have rated it and rated it five stars. It is beyond superb, and even five Amazon stars doesn't do it justice, and I'm serious about that. . Not a review, just FYI. Disc 1 is Big Band, Disc 2 is Small Groups, and Disc 3 is Afro-Cuban music. The recordings in this box set are from the late 50's and early 60's. People looking for the bop era might be disappointed, but I loved it. I like this box set, but it's a little bit structured They are a little bit too structured for my preference in comparing them to other Diz albums, but it's still well worth having particularly if you're as big a Diz fan as I. It's nice to have this box set and while I had alot of these songs on other albums, the recordings are all different. . You can see a complete list of all Dizzy Gillespie discography, or go back to the Dizzy Gillespie tabs