The Gifted Ones

1977 studio album by Count Basie

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
| Kansas City 5
(1977)  | The Gifted Ones
(1977)  | Basie Jam: Montreux '77
(1977)

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Dizzy Gillespie chronology
| Free Ride
(1977)  | The Gifted Ones
(1977)  | Dizzy Gillespie Jam
(1977)

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

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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

## Personnel

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* Count Basie \- piano
* Dizzy Gillespie \- trumpet
* Joe Pass \- guitar
* Ray Brown \- double bass
* Mickey Roker \- drums

## References

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1. ^ a b c 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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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"

Related articles|

* Count Basie Orchestra
* Count Basie Theatre
* Paul Robeson Home
* A Classy Pair
* Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
* Digital III at Montreux
* Ella and Basie!
* A Perfect Match
* Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
* Sinatra at the Sands

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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)

Related articles|

* List of works
* Bird (1988 film)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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