More Diz, actually playing this time, with Thelonious himself, and the rest of the "Giants of Jazz," including Sonny Stitt, sax, Kai Winding, trombone, Al McKibbon, bass, and Art Blakey, drums. The Giants were not happy campers, because only a few years before, they'd all been headliners, and now they were a nostalgia act. Remarkably, they all played well, though Monk, largely relegated to the role of house pianist on most of the numbers (the group's repetoire was essentially a collection of "greatest hits"), reportedly spoke not a single word the whole tour. Posted by Funkenfryd
Here's the way Dizzy did it with his own big band back in 1948 (in an excellent live, "extended" version, posted by Okmusix:
And here's the way Dizzy did it with Charlie Parker in 1951 (ragged, live recording. Skip a minute to avoid announcer's inane patter). Also posted by Okmusix:
Uh, sorry, but I'm afraid it's Fats Navarro on trumpet here. Well, don't believe everything you read on the internet. Bud Powell or Walter Bishop in the piano, Curly Russell on bass, and either Art Blakey or someone else on drums.
