The Alternate Blues Explained

The Alternate Blues
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard
Cover:	altoscar.jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	March 10, 1980
Studio:	Group IV Studios, Los Angeles
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:01
Label:	Pablo Today^[1]
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Digital at Montreux, 1980
Next Year:	1980

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. With one exception, the tracks were previously unissued recordings from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4.^[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

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Joe Pass – guitar
• Ray Brown – bass
• Bobby Durham – drums

Source:^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: McRae, Barry. Dizzy Gillespie: His Life and Times. April 11, 2012. Omnibus Press. 9780857128287. Google Books.
2. Web site: Yanow . Scott . Dizzy Gillespie: The Alternate Blues . . April 10, 2020.
3. Web site: Fantasy Records Catalog: OJC 700 Series . jazzdisco.org . April 10, 2020.