Dizzy Gillespie at Newport
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review states "This brilliant CD captures one of the high points of Dizzy Gillespie's remarkable career and is highly recommended".[2]
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Track listing
- "Dizzy's Blues" (Ahmad Kharab Salim) – 11:51
- "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47
- "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 7:56
- "Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:48
- "Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33
- "Zodiac Suite: Virgo/Libra/Aries" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
Background
- In "Manteca", the big band chants, "I'll never go back to Georgia", in reference to the racial prejudice Dizzy's band experienced on a stop there during its 1945 tour.
Personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals, arranger (track 4)
- Talib Dawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick - trumpet
- Chuck Conners, Al Grey, Melba Liston - trombone
- Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone
- Benny Golson - tenor saxophone, arranger (track 5)
- Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
- Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone
- Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-6 & 9), Mary Lou Williams (tracks 7 & 8) - piano
- Paul E. West - double bass
- Charlie Persip - drums
- Ahmad Kharab Salim (track 1), Tadd Dameron (track 6), Quincy Jones (track 2), Ernie Wilkins (track 3) - arranger
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