Search - Dizzy Gillespie :: Dizzy Atmosphere

Skip this one, buy something more expensive...

William E. Adams | Midland, Texas USA | 03/05/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This is a bargain-priced sampler of Dizzy, but the sound quality is poor. There is no static, as if the tunes were transferred from old 78-RPM discs, but the man's horn is unpleasantly shrill and the volume varies from cut to cut, a flaw that drives me nuts. There are moments in a couple of songs in which it sounds as if the original record or tape was heat-damaged. The tunes are not memorable, either. I found this at quite a bargain price, but still it didn't pay off. Stick to a remastered reissue on RCA Bluebird or some other major label for your Dizzy collection. I'm actually going to throw my CD away, so no one else gets to hear how poor this compilation sounds."