In 1975, record and concert producer Norman Granz assembled a sizable ensemble of jazz legends and took them off to Europe. The players on this Jazz at the Philharmonic tour were trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge and Clark Terry; tenor saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin and Zoot Sims; alto saxophonist Benny Carter; guitarist Joe Pass; pianists Oscar Peterson and Tommy Flanagan; bassists Keter Betts and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; and drummers Bobby Durham and Mickey Roker, among others.
In July, the traveling all-star festival played for three nights in Montreux, Switzerland. Gillespie's group was called The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 and featured Gillespie (tp), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin (ts); Milt Jackson (vib), Tommy Flanagan (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) and Mickey Roker (d).
Three days ago, the septet's set from July 16, 1975 was uploaded to YouTube. Here's The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 playing Lover Come Back to Me, I'll Remember April, What's New? and Cherokee...