The Modern Jazz Sextet

The Modern Jazz Sextet is a jazz album featuring the combined talents of Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best and Charlie Persip.[2] The album was conceived by producer Norman Granz for his own label, Norgran Records.[3] Although no single album artist is credited as a bandleader for this album, Verve Records - which owns the Norgran catalogue - files it as a Dizzy Gillespie album.

The Modern Jazz Sextet
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best, Charlie Persip
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 12, 1956 at Fine Sound Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length42:26
LabelNorgran Records MGN 1076[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
One Night in Washington
(1955)		 The Modern Jazz Sextet
(1956)		 World Statesman
(1956)

Two of the album's rhythm section, Lewis and Heath, also feature in the 1952-founded Modern Jazz Quartet.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

AllMusic gives the album four stars, stating that "it did not take too much insight to realize that putting trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and altoist Sonny Stitt together with a strong rhythm section would result in some explosive music. ...Bebop at its best."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Tour De Force" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 11:39
  2. "Dizzy Meets Sonny" (Gillespie) - 7:59
  3. "Ballad Medley: Old Folks/What's New?/How Deep is the Ocean?" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke/Irving Berlin) - 7:10
  4. "Mean to Me" (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) - 6:30
  5. "Blues for Bird" (Sonny Stitt, Gillespie) - 9:08

Credits

References
  1. Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440248917 – via Google Books.
  2. MCNALLY, OWEN. "THE MODERN JAZZ SEXTET - SONNY STITT & DIZZY GILLESPIE". courant.com.
  3. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 29, 2016
  4. Yanow, Scott. The Modern Jazz Sextet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2016.



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