The Gifted Ones
{{Infobox album
| name = The Gifted Ones
| type = studio
| artist = Count Basie
| cover = giftedones.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:41
| label = Pablo
| producer = Norman Granz
| prev_title = Kansas City 5
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Basie Jam: Montreux '77
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dizzy Gillespie
| type = studio
| prev_title = Free Ride
| prev_year = 1977
| title = The Gifted Ones
| year = 1977
| next_title = Dizzy Gillespie Jam
| next_year = 1977
}}
}}
The Gifted Ones is a 1977 studio album by Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gifted-ones-mw0000183603 |title=Count Basie / Dizzy Gillespie: The Gifted Ones |first=Scott |last=Yanow |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 3, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/count-basie/the-gifted-ones |title=Count Basie: The Gifted Ones |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=October 3, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog |title=Dizzy Gillespie Catalog |website=JazzDisco |access-date=October 3, 2022}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=John |title=The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |publisher=Random House |year=1985 |pages=84 }}
|rev3 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz |publisher=Virgin |year=2004 |pages=67 }}
}}
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: " The music is generally quite rewarding... but never reaches the great heights one might have expected."
Track listing
- "Back to the Land" (Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:20
- "Constantinople" (Gillespie) – 8:28
- "You Got It" (Frank Foster) – 5:21
- "St. James Infirmary Blues" (Irving Mills, Traditional) – 6:54
- "Follow the Leader" (Basie, Gillespie) – 6:24
- "Ow!" (Gillespie) – 6:14
Personnel
References
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Category:1977 collaborative albums
Category:Dizzy Gillespie albums
Category:Albums produced by Norman Granz
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