John D. Watkins and his band Notes + Sounds performs live at the 2020 Martini Cafe & Lounge located in Cleveland, OH. – Take 3

Again, total club jazz here – you can almost hear the martini glasses clinking toasts. 😉 One thing to keep in mind when looking at the personnel of this recording: Besides thinking “WOW!!!!!”, remember that Dizzy’s actual full name is John Birks Gillespie. 🙂 I don’t know the exact recording date here, but, looking at the matrix #’s, I’m guessing this was cut somewhere around May-July, 1945 – the personnel for this session are: Sarah Vaughan – vocal John Birks – trumpet Charlie Parker – alto sax Joe “Flip” Phillips – tenor sax Bill DeArango – guitar Tad Dameron – piano Curley Russell – bass Max Roach – drums Dig…..
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