#1271 Dizzy Gillespie - School Days

Funky, ragged bop, with charm to spare from the strained, gravely, rumbling, shoutin' vocals. Those vocals, formed into verses, molded into sub-3-minute tracktimes, make this read as more traditional than most any jazz that came after, sounding in 2014 more like pop songs with jazzy backing and horn solos. As that goes, it's hooky, inventive, strange, and brimming with character and clash 3/5