Dizzy Gillespie Jam Explained

Dizzy Gillespie Jam
Type:Live album
Artist:Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:Dizzy Gillespie Jam.jpg
Released:1977
Recorded:July 14, 1977
Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre:Jazz
Length:44:24
Label:Pablo Live
2308-211
Producer:Norman Granz
Chronology:Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:The Gifted Ones
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
Next Year:1979

Dizzy Gillespie Jam is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977 and released on the Pablo label.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review stated that "few fireworks occur in what should have been an explosive encounter".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 13:56
  2. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:51
  3. "Medley: Once in a While/But Beautiful/Here's That Rainy Day" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green/Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen/Burke, Van Huesen) - 13:03
  4. "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:34

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#pablo-live-2308-211 Dizzy Gillespie discography
  2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 18, 2012.