Max Roach and Dizzy Gillespie - Paris 1989. - sound recording reviews

Ebony, June, 1990 by Lynn Norment

Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie--Paris 1989

To listen to Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie--Paris 1989 (A&M) is to take a mostly improvisational journey with two of the century's jazz giants. When they came together in Paris in March 1989 for a one-night performance, there had not been a single rehearsal, though the two virtuosos had not worked together in years. Their 44 years of mutual admiration and even more of individual accomplishments came into focus as the two performed and entertained in what was to become a stunning recording. The two-album set includes personal recollections of both Gillespie and Roach, who recall events, personalities and creative high notes in their respective careers.