Salt Peanuts

by Dizzy Gillespie

Overview

Dizzy Gillespie is in better than usual form on this previously unreleased club date from 1981. The trumpeter's repertoire is streaky, with an overly long "On Green Dolphin Street" never really stating the melody or developing, and a "Blues Theme" being rather aimless. "Salt Peanuts" gets some sparks flying before the band runs through a typical version of the comedy number "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac." The second half of the disc, with excellent versions of "Land of Milk and Honey," "Tin Tin Deo," and the old standby "A Night in Tunisia," has the meat of the CD. The pianoless quintet has a sparse sound, with the underrated Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr playing some fine tenor and flute solos and guitarist Ed Cherry getting his spots. The overall results are not quite essential but are worthwhile due to Dizzy's excellent late-period playing. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/2004
Label:	JUST A MEMORY
UPC:	0068944916122

Tracks

1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. Blues Theme
3. Salt Peanuts
4. Swing Low Sweet Cadillac
5. A Night in Tunisia
6. Land of Milk and Honey
7. The Girl from Ipanema
8. Tin Tin Deo

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dizzy Gillespie   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Ed Cherry   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Tommy Campbell   Drums
Michael Howell   Bass

Technical Credits

Len Dobbin   Liner Notes,Liner Notes
Kenny Clarke   Composer
Frank Paparelli   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Chano Pozo   Composer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Jim West   Executive Producer
Bronislaw Kaper   Composer
Gil Fuller   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Roue-Doudou Boicel   Engineer
Reid Morris   Design
Laval Cote   Project Coordinator
Billy Szawlowski   Digital Restoration