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The Bop Session
1975 studio jazz album
The Bop Session is an album by jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Hank Jones, Percy Heath and Max Roach recorded in 1975 and released on the Swedish Sonet label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "Bop fans should enjoy this date despite the lack of surprises".[2]
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Track listing
- "Blues 'N Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Felix Paparelli) - 9:30
- "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 8:31
- "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) - 7:17
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 6:58
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:54
- "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 8:24
Personnel
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. | Albums
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- Urbanity (1947–53)
- Bluebird (1955)
- Quartet-Quintet (1955)
- The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
- Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
- Gigi (1958)
- Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958)
- Porgy and Bess (1958)
- The Talented Touch (1958)
- Here's Love (1963)
- This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
- Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966)
- Hanky Panky (1975)
- Arigato (1976)
- Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
- Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
- Bop Redux (1977)
- Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
- I Remember You (1977)
- Just for Fun (1977)
- Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
- Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978)
- Compassion (1978)
- Groovin' High (1978)
- More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Bluesette (1979)
- I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
- Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987)
- The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988)
- The Oracle (1989)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
- Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994)
- Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006)
- Come Sunday (2010)
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The Great
Jazz Trio | |
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With
Bob
Brookmeyer | |
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With
Al
Cohn | |
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With
Coleman
Hawkins | |
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With
Johnny
Hodges | |
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With
Milt
Jackson | |
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With
J.J.
Johnson | |
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With
Oliver
Nelson | |
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With
Sonny
Stitt | |
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With
others |
- The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
- Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
- Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
- Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
- Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
- Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965)
- Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58)
- Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959)
- Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
- Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62)
- Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
- For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973)
- Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
- Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
- 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
- Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
- Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
- Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
- Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959)
- Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
- Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957)
- Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
- The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
- Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61)
- Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962)
- New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
- A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
- The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
- Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963)
- Gigi Gryce (1958)
- You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
- I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
- The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
- Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
- Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951)
- French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
- Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62)
- And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966)
- Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
- SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959)
- The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952)
- I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003)
- Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
- Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
- Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957)
- 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982)
- Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
- The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
- Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
- SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961)
- Great Day (James Mody, 1963)
- Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956)
- The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
- Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984)
- All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
- New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979)
- So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
- Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
- Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978)
- Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
- The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967)
- The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
- Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
- Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964)
- Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
- See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964)
- Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955)
- Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
- Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956)
- The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
- But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969)
- The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958)
- Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
- More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
- Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)
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- The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
- Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
- Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
- MAX (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
- Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
- Deeds, Not Words (1958)
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959)
- The Many Sides of Max (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- We Insist! (1960)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
- The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964)
- Drums Unlimited (1965)
- Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
- Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973)
- Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978)
- Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979)
- M'Boom (1979)
- One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979)
- Pictures in a Frame (1979)
- The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979)
- In the Light (1982)
- Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
- Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
- It's Christmas Again (1984)
- Scott Free (1984)
- Survivors (1984)
- Easy Winners (1985)
- Bright Moments (1986)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989)
- To the Max! (1990–91)
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| With Clifford Brown | |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. | As
leader or
co-leader |
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- Stitt's Bits (1950)
- Kaleidoscope (1950–52)
- Jazz at the Hi-Hat (1954)
- The Battle of Birdland (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1954)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
- Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
- New York Jazz (1956)
- For Musicians Only (with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, 1956)
- 37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt (c.1956/57)
- Only the Blues (1957)
- Personal Appearance (1957)
- Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
- Burnin' (1958)
- Sonny Stitt (1958)
- The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt (1958)
- A Little Bit of Stitt (1959)
- Saxophone Supremacy (1959)
- Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (1959)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (1959)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959)
- Sonny Side Up (with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Verve, 1959)
- Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (1959)
- The Hard Swing (1959)
- The Sonny Side of Stitt (1959)
- Previously Unreleased Recordings (1960)
- Sonny Side Up (Roost, 1960)
- Stittsville (1960)
- Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
- Sonny Stitt at the D. J. Lounge (1961)
- The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt (1961)
- Feelin's (1962)
- Low Flame (1962)
- Rearin' Back (1962)
- Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
- Stitt Meets Brother Jack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962)
- Move on Over (1963)
- My Mother's Eyes (1963)
- Now! (1963)
- Primitivo Soul! (1963)
- Salt and Pepper (and Paul Gonsalves, 1963)
- Soul Shack (with "Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963)
- Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
- Stitt Plays Bird (1963)
- My Main Man (and Bennie Green, 1964)
- Shangri-La (with Don Patterson, 1964)
- Sax Expressions (1965)
- Sonny Stitt / Live at Ronnie Scott's (with Dick Morrissey, 1965)
- Soul People (with Booker Ervin and Don Patterson, 1964–69)
- Broadway Soul (1965)
- Inter-Action (and Zoot Sims, 1965)
- Night Crawler (with Don Patterson, 1965)
- Pow! (with Bennie Green, 1965)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (1965)
- Deuces Wild (1966)
- I Keep Comin' Back! (1966)
- Soul in the Night (and Bunky Green, 1966)
- What's New!!! (1966)
- Parallel-a-Stitt (1967)
- Little Green Apples (1968)
- Soul Electricity! (1968)
- Come Hither (1969)
- Night Letter (1969)
- Black Vibrations (1971)
- Turn It On! (1971)
- 12! (1972)
- Constellation (1972)
- Goin' Down Slow (1972)
- Tune-Up! (1972)
- Mr. Bojangles (1973)
- The Champ (1973)
- Satan (1974)
- Blues for Duke (1975)
- Dumpy Mama (1975)
- Mellow (1975)
- My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (1975)
- Forecast: Sonny & Red (with Red Holloway, 1976)
- I Remember Bird (1978)
- Stomp Off Let's Go (1976)
- Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (1977)
- In Style (1981)
- The Last Sessions (1982)
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And
Gene
Ammons | |
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With
Dizzy
Gillespie | |
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With
Don
Patterson | |
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With
others | |
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