An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1961
Recorded	February 9, 1961, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:41
Label	Verve
Producer	Charles Shwartz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Gillespiana (1960) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)

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An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet is a 1961 live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Kush" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:01
2. "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 7:08
3. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 6:46
4. "The Mooche" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 11:43
5. Interview with Dizzy Gillespie by Charles Shwartz – 18:03

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Lalo Schifrin - piano
• Chuck Lampkin - drums
• Bob Cunningham - double bass
• Leo Wright - alto saxophone, flute
• Candido Camero - conga

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