The title given this LP may very well be true, but this particular session is surprisingly restrained.
Dizzy Gillespie
is heard in an octet with tenor saxophonist
Benny Golson
, altoist
Gigi Gryce
, trombonist
Henry Coker
and baritonist
Pee Wee Moore
, but the
Golson
arrangements seem to inhibit the trumpeter and the repertoire (mostly by
and
Gryce
) fails to inspire
Gillespie
. For many other jazz musicians this would be a "good" or even "fine" effort, but
has recorded too much classic music for this disappointment to rate very high. ~ Scott Yanow