The Alternate Blues

The Alternate Blues
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedMarch 10, 1980
StudioGroup IV Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length40:01
LabelPablo Today
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
(1980)
The Alternate Blues
(1980)
Digital at Montreux, 1980
(1980)
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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.