The Alternate Blues

1980 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard
The Alternate Blues
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard
Released1980
RecordedMarch 10, 1980
StudioGroup IV Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length40:01
LabelPablo Today[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
(1980) 		The Alternate Blues
(1980) 		Digital at Montreux, 1980
(1980)
Professional ratings
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AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Alternate Blues is a 1980 album featuring the trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. It was recorded at Group IV Studios, Los Angeles on March 10, 1980.[5] With one exception, the tracks were previously unissued recordings from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Alternate Blues": Alternate One – 5:33
  2. "Alternate Blues": Alternate Two – 8:04
  3. "Alternate Blues": Alternate Three – 9:05
  4. "Alternate Blues": Alternate Four – 9:36
  5. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 8:55
  6. Ballad Medley: "Here's That Rainy Day"/"The Gypsy"/"If I Should Lose You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)/(Billy Reid)/(Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 7:37

Personnel

Source:[5]

References

  1. ^ McRae, Barry (April 11, 2012). Dizzy Gillespie: His Life and Times. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857128287 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Dizzy Gillespie: The Alternate Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 281.
  5. ^ a b "Fantasy Records Catalog: OJC 700 Series". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
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