Dizzy Gillespie - Round About Midnight (Finland, 1982)

[Vininn126]

Watching him is like watching a frog....

[Whatisthescore]

dizzy's crazy...he developed like crazy when he played with bird and then just like that he stopped and played the same style same lines for like 30 years.

[noiresoldier]

It's obvious this cat has no idea of the actual "innovations" of jazz improvisation...otherwise this comment would never have been typed

[Whatisthescore]

explain..

[noiresoldier]

Dizzy's initial development was his "concept" of improv, not the actual lines. So however redundant his later work may seem to some, there were subtle differences in everything Diz played b/c of his usage of rhythmic and harmonic permutations. That's what makes one solo different from the next

[Whatisthescore]

ok.  I admit as he developed he found different permutations of his melodic ideas, not so much his rhythmic ideas imo. stylistically imo he virtually stayed exactly the same through all parts of his career and I find that somewhat boring. I'm in the miles/coltrane "always changing" school of thought. And, if you're going to take the "same style" route I think chet would be a good example of that in the way he gets lyrically slicker, learning how to never bs melodically as he got older.

[54spiritedwill54]

wow amazing vid!

[Jazzman1985]

Nice version!

[handsomerob48]

That sax solo, just wow. And no one should be dissing Diz's solo. This guy (along with Parker and a few other noteworthies) practically INVENTED modern jazz soloing.

[Brooklynvjg]

Miles once said that, Dizzy and Bird always went somewhere else while playing and the rest of the band would just stand back in awe and wait for them to come back and get them so they can continue with the tune! Those guys were great, they did what they felt, not what was required.

[PabloVestory]

Aaltonen is relly a very appropriate name for an alto player!

I'm sorry, I could not to hold myself:) Thanks a lot for posting

[omenoid]

Aaltonen actual means 'a small wave' or 'a wavelet'

[glublak1]

a fucked up version

its not a song for that bigband dixieland crap

[layoutzz]

You must be out of your mind or you have exceptionally bad taste. This is a fabulous version played by a master. Even Dizzy's flawed solo is priceless!! Dizzy wrote the intro you hear in this version and it's the intro used by most musicians--including Monk and Miles. Bravo to Dizzy for a job done well.

[robbyd227]

he's great but such an unorthadox way of playing. its really bad. he shouldn't really be able to play like that lol!

[zeeksgarage]

Why?

[dave3ooo]

study some of his solo's...it seems as though he plays any note and it seems to fit perfectly into the the progression. there's always some relatively good harmonic merit to everything he plays..although he doesn't always stay in the chord progression

[z2d2]

traditionally it's bad form to puff out your cheeks while playing and is supposed to effect your tone quality, but if it works for Dizzy, i don't see why HE should stop, same with Louis Armstrong, his embouchure is so screwed up he had to stop playing... but his tone....

[tehqin]

its sad when you have to stop playing your instrument entirely because bad technique. I beat it really hurt armstrong not never be able to play his horn again...

[GATisdale]

Thanks for sharing great Jazz history with us! I'll buy you a beer in Kansas City!

[comira]

oh, ouaw, sublime , formidable le maestro dizzy , around midnight reussi , merci pour ce morceau appetillant.

[marcoferraz]

F A N T A S T I C  ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[cuzigothighh]

i like his face when he plays his instrument

[plainwain]

What face? It disappears when he blows! lol. j/k.

[EQTrax]

actually it does quite the opposite, expanding to uncharted territory!

[dennispcoltrane]

beautiful

[jonorulz]

wow! thats dizzy for ya :)

great. thanx for the vid

[jkillu]

the god of bop, transcribe this solo and ur good for a bunch of songs.