The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip - The Modern Jazz Sextet mp3 flac

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1	Tour De Force Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie	11:42
2	Dizzy Meets Sonny Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie	8:00
Ballad Medley	(7:12)
3.1	Old Folks Written-By – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
3.2	What's New Written-By – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
3.3	How Deep Is The Ocean Written-By – Irving Berlin
4	Mean To Me Written-By – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	6:32
5	Blues For Bird Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt	9:10

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt (tracks: 1 to 3.1, 4, 5)
• Art Direction – Hollis King
• Artwork [Original Lp Cover] – David Stone Martin
• Coordinator [Art Production Coordination] – Sherniece Smith
• Design – Edward ODowd
• Double Bass – Percy Heath
• Drums – Charli Persip*
• Guitar – Skeeter Best
• Liner Notes – Chris Vandercook
• Liner Notes [Notes Editing] – Peter Keepnews
• Photography By – Herman Leonard, Paul J. Hoeffler*, Ray Avery
• Piano – John Lewis
• Producer [Original Recording] – Norman Granz
• Producer [Production Assistance] – Carlos Kase, Tom Greenwood
• Producer [Production Coordination] – Bryan Koniarz
• Reissue Producer [Supervision, Research, Restoration] – Ben Young
• Remastered By – Kevin "whatchamacallit" Reeves*
• Research [Photograph Research] – Cynthia Sesso
• Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1 to 2, 3.3 to 5)

Notes

Originally released by Norgran Records as "The Modern Jazz Sextet" (catalog number MGN 1076) in 1956. The recording was made on January 12th, 1956 at Fine Sound, New York City.

The reissue recording is part of the series "Verve Master Edition", claiming "Meticulous restoration, high resolution, 96 KHz, 24-bit digital transfer, new liner notes, photographs, original cover art, and more". The reissue was mastered at Universal Music Studios-East. The notes contain the facsimile of the original cover, original and new liner notes.

Copyright notices:
(P) 1956 PolyGram Records Inc. (C) 1999 PolyGram Records Inc. A Universal Music Company
Photographs: (C) 1999 Ray Avery's Jazz Archives, Paul J. Hoeffler, or Herman Leonard

Additional track information:
Track 1: (Master number-take) 2652-6 / JATAP BMI
Track 2: (Master number-take) 2653-1 / JATAP BMI
Track 3.1: (Master number-take) 2654-1 / Remiek Music ASCAP
Track 3.2: (Master number-take) 2654-1 / M. Witmark & Sons ASCAP
Track 3.3: (Master number-take) 2654-1 / Irving Berlin Music ASCAP
Track 4: (Master number-take) 2656-1 / DeSylva, Brown and Henderson ASCAP
Track 5: (Master number-take) 2655-1 / JATAP BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31455 98342 5

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG N-1076	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Sil)	Norgran Records	MG N-1076	US	1956
MG N-1076	The Modern Jazz Sextet	The Modern Jazz Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Norgran Records	MG N-1076	US	1956
823 091-1	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip - The Modern Jazz Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Verve Records	823 091-1	France	Unknown
MG N-1076	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip - The Modern Jazz Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Clef Records, Norgran Records	MG N-1076	Denmark	Unknown
R09395	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip	The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip - Dizzy Meets Sonny ‎(LP, Album)	World Record Club	R09395	Australia	Unknown