Cornucopia (album) explained

Cornucopia
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	Cornucopia (album).jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	August 18 & 19, 1969 A&R Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	28:15
Label:	Solid State SS 18061
Producer:	Richard Carpenter
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	It's My Way
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	The Real Thing
Next Year:	1970

Cornucopia is an album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances of popular songs recorded in 1969 and originally released on the Solid State label.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

1. "Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) - 3:07
2. "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) - 3:23
3. "Get Back" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:36
4. "Yesterday's Dream" (Don Sebesky) - 3:55
5. "Lorraine" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:10
6. "Ann, Wonderful One" (Charles Carpenter, Earl Hines) - 2:57
7. "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (Nino Rota) - 3:35
8. "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) - 4:32
9. "Tango-Rine" (Gillespie) - 3:20
10. "Both Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell) - 3:16

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie, Lew Soloff - trumpet
• Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise - trombone
• Don Corrado, Earl Chapin - French horn
• Jerome Richardson, Sol Schlinger, Stan Webb - woodwinds
• Billy Butler, Carl Lynch, Bucky Pizzarelli - electric guitar
• Mike Abene, Paul Griffin, Richard Tee - keyboards
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Richard Davis - bass
• Jack Jennings, Bill LaVorgna, Bernard Purdie, Ed Shaughnessy - drums, percussion
• Unnamed string section arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky

Notes and References

1. Payne, D. Solid State discography accessed April 4, 2012
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cornucopia-r701355 Allmusic Album Entry