Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith

Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith

Released

1957

Recorded

April 17, 1957
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:11

Label

Verve
MGV 8214

Producer

Norman Granz

Dizzy Gillespie chronology

Birks' Works
(1957)

Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith
(1957)

Sittin' In
(1957)

Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and violinist Stuff Smith recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

"Rio Pakistan" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 11:31
"It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) - 8:28
"Purple Sounds" (Gillespie, Stuff Smith) - 10:08
"Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 7:57
"Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:11

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Stuff Smith - violin
Wynton Kelly - piano
Paul West - bass
J. C. Heard - drums
The Gordon Family: George Gordon, George Gordon Jr., Richard Gordon, Honey Gordon - vocal group (track 5)

References

↑ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 23, 2012
1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012

Dizzy Gillespie
Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1957) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1981) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)
Compilation albums	Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
Soundtrack albums	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
Books	To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
Related	List of works

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