What's This 1953 Dizzy Item?

[JSngry]

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Gillespie, tp; Sahib Shihab, bs; Wade Legge, p; Lou Hackney, b; Al Jones, dr

NY June 1953

Showcase 4401

Chris and Diz

Purple Sounds

What was the Showcase label? Has this ever been reissued anywhere?

Also, I know this group w/Bill Graham, but not w/Sahib. Any other recordings w/this line up?

As always, thanks in advance!

Edited August 7, 2010 by JSngry

[marcello]

Look Here

[JSngry]

Perhaps that's what triggered the question?

[JSngry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStliEngiFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HM4bjbeICk

Manufactured by Roost? So this would now be BN/EMI property? Or not?

Who set up this label "dedicated to the jazz experiments of Dizzy Gillespie" & how many - if any - more releases were there?

I don't recall ever hearing of this label before & I've read both the autobiography & the Shipton bio. Guess I just forgot?

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[Swinging Swede]

It was reissued on this CD:

[JSngry]

It was reissued on this CD:

Thank you, sir!

Anything else from that label on this CD, or has this item been reissued anywhere else?

Seems like an extreme rarity.

[jeffcrom]

According to the Lord discography, it was reissued on IARJC, the label of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. I don't see any other Gillespie recordings on the Showcase label, although I just gave a quick look.

[JSngry]

Right, the IAJRC this is "referenced" in Marcello's post & was the source of the original inquiry.

Roost was Teddy Reig, right? So, Did Diz have a deal w/Reig, or what? I mean " A label dedicated to the jazz experiments of Dizzy Gillespie", that's got "business venture" written all over it, so...who's business was it?

Also...Sahib Shihab!!!!

[Swinging Swede]

This seems to have been it. Next time Gillespie recorded, it was for Norman Granz, and the Verve association would then last into the 60s.

Releasing a 78 on a small label must have been particularly difficult in 1953 when the market quickly was switching to LPs. Probably an extreme rarity even in its time, yes.

[jeffcrom]

Right, the IAJRC this is "referenced" in Marcello's post & was the source of the original inquiry.

Which I obviously didn't read very carefully....

[Swinging Swede]

There is a Birdland broadcast also given as c. June 1953, which has this group plus Charlie Parker and Joe Carroll. Lord says about the Birdland date "Sahib Shihab (bar) or poss Bill Graham (bar)" but also "Other possible recording dates are c. January, 1953 or late March, 1953", in which case it would be Graham.

[medjuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStliEngiFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HM4bjbeICk

Manufactured by Roost? So this would now be BN/EMI property? Or not?

Who set up this label "dedicated to the jazz experiments of Dizzy Gillespie" & how many - if any - more releases were there?

I don't recall ever hearing of this label before & I've read both the autobiography & the Shipton bio. Guess I just forgot?

?

Why does the camera pan over to a Savoy album? Were these sides included in it?

[JSngry]

Only of that's how the guy bought it in the thrift store...

[JohnS]

Thanks for posting Jim. The post reminded me that I have the IAJRC album. Pulled out now for a play.