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Don't miss your chance to own the
World's Rarest Bebop LP! Dizzy Gillespie
"Paramount Presents Dizzy Meets Kern"
Sessions December 1945 - February 1946
Jacket: Paramount PAR. A-1
2x 12" Discs: 101-A/B, 102-A/B Listed titles only as "Part One - Four"
(withdrawn prior to sale, due to Kern Estate refusing to grant license for their release)
Near Mint Top Copy!
Only a handful of these ever existed. Stunning! - Spine fully intact, sharp spine and corners (only a minute amount of color flaking on front corners), 12" records appear not to have been played! Fantastic gloss, minty clean!

   This recording date stems from Dizzy´s trailblazing trip to California in 1945/1946. His presence on the coast promoted the Paramount Label to set up a date with some of the Hollywood session musicians – strings, woodwinds, brass and even a harp.
    Dizzy brought along his own pianist Al Haig, bassist Ray Brown and a drummer who (despite what some discographies say) was probably Roy Porter and not Roy Haynes.
   The idea was to perform some of Jerome Kern´s most attractive melodies which were already in favor with the 'boppers and allow the master trumpeter to improvise over a lush backing. Dizzy’s total confidence & control is evident throughout — there are lots of times where it seems like the rhythm section lights up as soon as he starts soloing.
   It was a bold experiment in 1946. Although the recording sound was not optimal, the pioneering session turned out very well with magical moments supplied by Dizzy who did a wonderful job of elaborating on the Kern tunes.
   The four tracks were withdrawn in the face of vehement objections by the Kern estate. They felt the performances were disrespectful to the original music!
   The Paramount title became the rarest in Dizzy´s discography and in Bebop, with very few copies known.
NOTE: Reissues of these tracks have unfortunately been in totally wrong pitches! Please do not use samples of them as indicative of the musical quality of this session.
Tracks: Side 1.   The Way You Look Tonight (listed as Part One)
Side 2.   Why Do I Love You? (listed as Part Two) Side 3.   Who (listed as Part Three) Side 4.   All The Things You Are (listed as Part Four)

Composed by Jerome Kern, arranged and conducted by Johnny Richards.
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; 
Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; prob. Roy Porter, drums; unknown woodwinds, brass, strings, harp; Los Angeles; Dec. 1945.-Feb. 1946;