NOTE: jacket has a creased corner but VINYL IS MINT & SEALED - 2023 reissue as part of the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series - n the 1950s and '60s, there were two jazz trumpeters named Dizzy. One was famous. This is the other guy.
Dizzy Reece is a pretty obscure name, even among Blue Note fans. He was a young hard bop trumpeter from Jamaica who spent most of the 1950s playing in Europe, recorded four very good records as a leader from 1958 to 1962, mostly in America, then vanished for 20 years.
Fortunately, some of Reece's best work was preserved on three Blue Note records: Blues in Trinity in 1958, Star Bright in 1959 and Comin' On in 1960.
The middle album, Star Bright, shows incredible promise. This is a trumpeter who could have been a star. Though he was no innovator, unlike that other Dizzy guy, Reece was still a really good bopster.
Star Bright features six songs: three standard bop numbers, two blues pieces and one tune with a swing feel. The band, other than Reece, is full of well-known names, so it's no surprise the music rocks. There's Hank Mobley on tenor, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums.
| A1 | The Rake |
| A2 | I'll Close My Eyes |
| A3 | Groovesville |
| B1 | The Rebound |
| B2 | I Wished On The Moon |
| B3 | A Variation On Monk |
