The Gifted Ones in Bloomington, MN

Norman Granz
got this one backwards. Instead of featuring
Dizzy Gillespie
with the
Count Basie Orchestra
, he put
Gillespie
and
Basie
together in a quartet which the trumpeter naturally dominates. The music is generally quite rewarding, including an unusual version of
"St. James Infirmary,"
but never reaches the great heights one might have expected. ~ Scott Yanow