Morgenstern, Dan. [Record Review: Dizzy Gillespie: My Way] Down
'I • Records arf revie-.yed by Chris Albertson, Don DeMicheal, Gilbert M. Erskine, Ira Giller, Alan Heineman, .Wayne Jones, Lawrence ·Kart, John Litweiler, Jehn McDonough, Dan Morgenstern, Irvin Moskowitz, Don Nelsen, Harvey Pekar, Harvey Siders, Carol Sloane, and Pete Welding. 1,. Reviews are signed by the writers. 'I1 Ratings are: * * * * * excellent, * * * * very good, * * * good, * * fair, * poor. /J When two catalog numbers are listed, the first is mono, and the second is stereo. '![ . I Chicago Traisit Authority i iii! clear that hf,! likes Jorma Kaukonen (in My Way is slightly better, only because THE CHIC 'Go TRANSIT AUTHORITY the early building) and loves Eric Clapton, the repertoire is more varied and the trum Columbia GP 8: Introduction; Does Anybody Really Know I :,bat Time It is? Beginnings; Ques• emulating his tone as well as his way of pet soloist less frequently obstructed. On lions 67 and 8; Listen; Poem 58; Pree Form getting to a climax via hard chording. the other hand, Salvation, as a whole, is Guilar,· South ,california Purples: I'm a Man; Prologue, Aug ,'st 29, 1968/Someday, August 29, Derivative as hell, but pretty enjoyable more lively. nonetheless. I have no quarrel with the idea of mak 1968;Personnel: Liberalio cc·• Loughnane, trumpet, vocals; Jim Pankow, t : mbone; Walter Parazaider, wood The two best pieces arc Purples and ing a great jazz artist "commercial", giving winds, vocals; /Terry Kath, guitar, lead vocals; August. Purples is a real fooler: sounds., him "contemporary" material, and devising Robert Lamm, jp_iano, organ, lead vocals; Peter like a regular blues, then gets progressively settings for him that arc sufficiently fash Cetera, electri I bass, lead vocals; Daniel Sera phine, drums.
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