The Alternate Blues

The Alternate Blues is a 1980 album featuring the trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. It was recorded at Group IV Studios, Los Angeles on March 10, 1980.[3] With one exception, the tracks were previously unissued recordings from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4.[2]

The Alternate Blues
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard
Released1980
RecordedMarch 10, 1980
StudioGroup IV Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length40:01
LabelPablo Today[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
(1980)		 The Alternate Blues
(1980)		 Digital at Montreux, 1980
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Track listing
  1. "Alternate Blues": Alternate One – 5:33
  2. "Alternate Blues": Alternate Two – 8:04
  3. "Alternate Blues": Alternate Three – 9:05
  4. "Alternate Blues": Alternate Four – 9:36
  5. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 8:55
  6. Ballad Medley: "Here's That Rainy Day"/"The Gypsy"/"If I Should Lose You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)/(Billy Reid)/(Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 7:37

Personnel

Source:[3]

References
  1. McRae, Barry (April 11, 2012). Dizzy Gillespie: His Life and Times. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857128287 – via Google Books.
  2. Yanow, Scott. "Dizzy Gillespie: The Alternate Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  3. "Fantasy Records Catalog: OJC 700 Series". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved April 10, 2020.


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