Title: Diz and Stitt Duets: Part II
Review: This 1975 session belongs to Diz, and it's the best he's sounded to me on record since the mid-fifties Duets with Stitt, Rollins, Getz on Verve. In fact, listening to him closely is enough to convince me he was still the very best (the times I caught him live during the '60s and '70s he rarely played more than a single chorus and spent excessive time clowning around and joking (in a way, appropriate, because he was always, above all else, a "player"). Stitt's sound is glorious, especially on a memorable version of "Confirmation" and a stirring resurrection of the only ballad that most of the original beboppers knew: "Lover Man."The session was made by Swedes on their Sonet label (they also came to the rescue with some fine Art Blakey in the 70s). It's still commercially available from an overseas distributer at a very reasonable price with cheap postage and fast delivery. Try: Grooves-inc dot com.
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