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At the beginning of the 70s the producer George Wein had the opportunity to put together some of the main stars of the Bebop era: Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Kay Winding, Thelonious Monk, Al McKibbon and Art Blakey. The group was named The Giants of Jazz  and for about one year had a successful tournée around the world. 

On 1971, october 20, played at Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milano. 

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Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie (tr)

Kay Winding (tbn)

Sonny Stitt (sax a)

Thelonious Monk (piano)

Al McKibbon (bs)

Art Blakey (drm)

tracks

01. I Mean You (T. Monk)  11'48

02. 'Round Midnight (T. Monk) 08'05

03. Tour de Force (D. Gillespie) 13'22

04. Tin Tin Teo (Chano Pozo-Gil Fuller) 09'58

05. Lover Man (Ramirez-Davis-Sherman) 04'29

06. Woody'n You (D. Gillespie) 9'36

07. Don't Blame Me (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) 03'39

08. Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) 7'47

He was coming from Paris (France) and the band was essentially french save for Don Byas (sax t) and Bill Tamper (tbn). The french musicians are: Hubert Fol (sax a), Raymond Fol (p), Pierre Michelot (bs), Pierre Lamarchand (drm).

The concert in Milan on april 8 of Teatro Nuovo, the only recorded, was issued more than 30 years after and never reissued.

I parte [flac]
II parte [flac]

1. Good Bait
2. Perdido
3. I Can't Get Started
4. Oo-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee
5. Yesterdays
6. School Days
7. Groovin' High
8. Birk's Works
9. Oh Lady Be Good
10. Oo-Pop-a-Da