Jazz Recital
Jazz Recital | ||||
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Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | May 25 & June 8, 1954, and September 12 & November 8, 1955 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Norgran MGN 1083[1] | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Dizzy Gillespie chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
DownBeat | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Jazz Recital (also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra) is an album by the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Norgran label. It consists of quintet, sextet and jazz orchestra tracks.[5]
Release and reception
Jazz Recital was released by Norgran Records in 1956 and by Verve Records the following year.[5] Two of the tracks from the album were also released as singles.[6]
Billboard wrote that: "Diz is the whole show instrumentally, and he's in great form, musically and commercially".[6] In his DownBeat review, Ralph J. Gleason's summary was: "Despite the magnificence of Dizzy's trumpet on several of these tracks, notably the beautifully moody 'Blue Mood', this is an uneven album."[3] He praised the playing of trombonist Jimmy Cleveland on 'Rails' and saxophonist Hank Mobley in the small-group recordings, but asserted that vocalist Toni Harper "simply does not make it in this league".[3] In his 1950s review of Gillespie's recordings, John S. Wilson described two Verve releases – Jazz Recital and Birks' Works – as "leftover odds and ends which makes a spotty program".[7]
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie and Buster Harding except as indicated
- "Sugar Hips" (Dizzy Gillespie, Wade Legge) – 5:16
- "Hey Pete" (Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) – 5:07
- "Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) – 2:30
- "Blue Mood" – 3:29
- "Rails" – 3:30
- "Devil and the Flesh" – 3:21
- "Rumbola" – 3:25
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 3:26
- "Play Me The Blues" –
- "(Seems Like) You Just Don't Care" (Kitty Noble, Rose Marie McCoy) –
Personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
- Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–7)
- Jimmy Cleveland – trombone (tracks 4–6 & 10)
- Harry Edison (tracks 8 & 9), Taft Jordan (track 10), Ermit V. Perry (track 10), Ernie Royal (track 10) – trumpet (tracks 5–8)
- Matthew Gee (track 10), Melba Liston (tracks 8 & 9), Jimmy Wilkins (track 10) – trombone
- Gigi Grice (track 10), Hilton Jefferson (track 10), Willie Smith (tracks 8 & 9) – alto saxophone
- Curtis Amy (tracks 8 & 9), Ed Beel (tracks 8 & 9), Ernie Wilkins (track 10), Budd Johnson (track 10) – tenor saxophone
- Clyde Dunn (tracks 8 & 9), Sahib Shihab (track 10) – baritone saxophone
- Wade Legge (tracks 1–7 & 10), Carl Perkins (tracks 8 & 9) – piano
- George Bledsoe (tracks 8 & 9), Nelson Boyd (track 10), Lou Hackney (tracks 1–7) – double bass
- Al Bartee (tracks 8 & 9), Charlie Persip (tracks 1–7 & 10) – drums
- Toni Harper (tracks 8 & 9), Herb Lance (track 10) – vocals
References
- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra – Dizzy Gillespie, AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ a b c Gleason, Ralph J. (October 31, 1956). "Dizzy Gillespie". DownBeat. Vol. 23, no. 22. p. 25.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Dizzy Gillespie discography. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ a b "Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Recital". The Billboard. Vol. 63, no. 38. September 22, 1956. pp. 44, 68.
- ^ Wilson, John S. (1959). The Collector's Jazz: Modern. J. B. Lippincott. p. 114.
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- 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 (1959)
- 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)
- I/We Had a Ball (1965)
- 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 (1983)
- Closer to the Source (1984)
- New Faces (1985)
- Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
- Endlessly (1988)
- Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
- 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)
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- Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951)
- 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)
- The Cool World (1964)
- The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
- "Anthropology"
- "Birks' Works"
- "Blue 'n' Boogie"
- "Con Alma"
- "Dizzy Atmosphere"
- "Groovin' High"
- "Manteca"
- "A Night in Tunisia"
- "Oop Bop Sh'Bam"
- "Salt Peanuts"
- "Woody 'n' You"
- To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
- List of works
- Bird (1988 film)