The Gifted Ones

The Gifted Ones
The Gifted Ones
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:41
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Dizzy Gillespie chronology

The Gifted Ones is a 1977 studio album by Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	^[5]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: " The music is generally quite rewarding... but never reaches the great heights one might have expected."^[1]

Track listing

"Back to the Land" ( Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:20
"Constantinople" (Gillespie) – 8:28
"You Got It" ( Frank Foster) – 5:21
" St. James Infirmary Blues" ( Irving Mills, Traditional) – 6:54
"Follow the Leader" (Basie, Gillespie) – 6:24
"Ow!" (Gillespie) – 6:14

Personnel

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Yanow, Scott. "Count Basie / Dizzy Gillespie: The Gifted Ones". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
^ "Count Basie: The Gifted Ones". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
^ "Dizzy Gillespie Catalog". JazzDisco. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 84.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 67.

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[allmusic-1] Yanow, Scott. "Count Basie / Dizzy Gillespie: The Gifted Ones". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

[2] "Count Basie: The Gifted Ones". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

[3] "Dizzy Gillespie Catalog". JazzDisco. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

[4] Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 84.

[5] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 67.

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v t e Count Basie
Albums	The Original American Decca Recordings The Count! Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' Loose Walk Basie Jam The Bosses For the First Time Satch and Josh Basie & Zoot For the Second Time Basie Jam 2 Basie Jam 3 Kansas City 5 The Gifted Ones Basie Jam: Montreux '77 Satch and Josh...Again Night Rider Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers Yessir, That's My Baby Kansas City 8: Get Together Kansas City 7 Kansas City 6 Mostly Blues...and Some Others
Songs	" April in Paris" " Corner Pocket" " Duet" " Every Day I Have the Blues" " Hey! Jealous Lover" " Jumpin' at the Woodside" " Lester Leaps In" " Li'l Darlin'" " One O'Clock Jump"
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v t e Dizzy Gillespie
Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1959) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1965) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1983) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Endlessly (1988) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)
Compilation albums	Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951) Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
Soundtracks	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
Compositions	" Anthropology" " Birks' Works" " Blue 'n' Boogie" " Con Alma" " Dizzy Atmosphere" " Groovin' High" " Manteca" " A Night in Tunisia" " Oop Bop Sh'Bam" " Salt Peanuts" " Woody 'n' You"
Books	To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
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