Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: Dizzy's Blues
2. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: School Days
3. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: Dizzy Speaks
4. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: Doodlin'
5. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: Manteca
6. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: I Remember Clifford
7. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: Cool Breeze
8. Dizzy Gillespie At Newport: Sign Off
9. Dizzy And Strings: Roses Of Picardy
10. Dizzy And Strings: Silhouette
11. Dizzy And Strings: Can You Recall?
12. Dizzy And Strings: O Solow
13. Dizzy And Strings: Cool Eyes
14. Dizzy And Strings: Confusion
15. Dizzy And Strings: Pile Driver
16. Dizzy And Strings: Hob Nail Special

Disc 2:

1. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Dizzy's Business
2. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Jessica's Day
3. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Tour De Force
4. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: I Can't Get Started
5. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Doodlin'
6. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Night In Tunisia
7. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Stella By Starlight
8. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: The Champ
9. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: My Reverie
10. Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman: Dizzy's Blues
11. Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra: Emanon
12. Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra: Ool-Ya-Koo
13. Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra: Stay On It
14. Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra: Good Bait
15. Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra: One Bass Hit
16. Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra: Manteca

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2973 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-13
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Great Value
Good intro to Dizzy and his band, however there is not a lot from his more chilled and cool stuff

Dizzy overview
I have yet to hear an Avid release that did not warrant 5 stars and this is yet another. CD 1 opens with the Gillespie band at the Newport Jazz festival in July 1957. As with all Gillespie live recordings there is a certain amount of goofing about but plenty of good meaty performances. Apart from the leader, we also get to hear plenty of other soloists, all of whom are identified. Next up is an album called Dizzy and Strings but only four of the eight tunes have violins attached and are never less than interesting. The remaining four tracks are by what is clearly a studio band performing titles co-written by Gillespie and Buster Harding. Lucky Thompson appears on two tracks and J.J.Johnson on one. I'm not too happy about the given recording dates which are listed as 15th September 1954 and the following day (with strings) as the line ups are vastly different. CD 2 opens with the album "World Statesman". Although not given I can advise the recording date as being June 1956. Despite some of the comments this was recorded in a studio. Plenty of good stuff here featuring such people as Phil Woods, Billy Mitchell and Joe Gordon. Finally we have a straight copy of the original 10" LP of the famous Pasadena concert presented by Gene Norman. No recording date is given but I would guess it to be early 1948. To my mind the two stand out tracks are "Good Bait" and "Manteca". The latter featuring Chano Pozo in what is described as his very last recorded performance. This issue serves as a reminder of just how many tunes Gillespie either wrote or co-wrote. Highly recommended.