Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge & Oscar Peterson - Jazz Maturity (1975) [Jazz][mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge & Oscar Peterson - Jazz Maturity
Year: 1975 (Pablo)
Label: OJC (1995)
Total time: 49:31
Bitrate: 320 kbps

Teaming together Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge should result in some classic music, but by 1975, Eldridge (although still a fierce competitor) was past his prime and Gillespie was starting to fade.  The material performed for this CD reissue is just not all that inspiring -- a few overly played standards and blues.  Despite some good efforts by Gillespie and Eldridge, pianist Oscar Peterson easily emerges as the most impressive soloist; better to acquire the magnificent collaborations of the 1950s instead. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

Personnel:
Roy Eldridge (Trumpet) 
Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet) 
Oscar Peterson (Piano) 
Ray Brown (Double Bass) 
Mickey Roker (Drums)

Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge & Oscar Peterson - Jazz Maturity Tracks:
01  Quasi-Boogaloo (Roy Eldridge/Dizziy Gillespie/Oscar Peterson) 9:03 
02  Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn) 8:08 
03  I Cried for You (Now it's Your Turn to Cry Over Me) (Gus Arnheim/Arthur Freed/Abe Lyman) 7:56 
04  Drebirks (Roy Eldridge/Dizziy Gillespie/Oscar Peterson) 11:21 
05  When It's Happy Time Down South (Clarence Muse/Leon René/Otis Rene) 6:20 
06  Indiana (James F. Hanley/Ballard MacDonald) 6:40