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Dizzy Gillespie - Afro VMP *AAA Sterling Sound* Audiophile Vinyl Out of Print
Sold Date:
January 16, 2025
Start Date:
December 5, 2024
Final Price:
$42.00
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Played once, sealed back in original VMP packaging, like new, near mint condition, Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra - Afro. Pressed on 180G black audiophile vinyl at RTI, no longer in print. AAA lacquers cut from the original tapes by Ryan Smith of Sterling Sound with listening notes booklet by Dean Van Nguyen. Ships from US in cardboard mailer with tracking. *I have other records for sale and will combine shipping if you purchase more than one, please send me a message before completing the purchase.*
“‘Afro’ is one of Gillespie’s most swaggering indulgences into the Afro-Cuban genre. It’s there in the title: not Afro-Cuban jazz, just ‘Afro,’ a genre refined. Rarely again would American jazz and Afro-Cuban music be amalgamated so gloriously as on ‘Afro.’ It’s the offspring of multiple geniuses and their love of collaboration. A sharp piece of legacy-building that examined how deep a single great composition can go. Drop the needle today and it feels lasting and timeless. A musical revolution.”
