Things To Come – 1968
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
The most exciting number by the trumpeter’s early big band is revived
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Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, one of the most innovative of all jazz artists, always loved leading a big band.
His orchestra of 1946-49 set the standard for his later short-term big bands.
“Things To Come” was always among the highpoints of any Gillespie orchestra performance.
This version, from a 1968 tour of Europe, features the leader, pianist Mike Longo, tenor-saxophonist Paul Jeffrey, and some rousing ensembles.
-Scott Yanow
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