Dizzy Goes Hollywood Explained

Dizzy Goes Hollywood
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	dizzyhollywood.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	September 11–14, 1963
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	51:59
Label:	Philips (Verve reissue)
Producer:	Hal Mooney
Prev Title:	Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	The Cool World
Next Year:	1964

Dizzy Goes Hollywood is a 1964 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie and his quintet, featuring the saxophonist James Moody.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and said that "On first glance this LP looks like a dud...However, because the trumpeter was near the peak of his powers and his band does play such songs as "Moon River," "Days of Wine and Roses," and "Carioca" with spirit, the results are quite worthwhile, if not essential".^[1] The Los Angeles Times described the contents as "a strikingly atypical program of tunes from movies".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Main Theme from Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 2:46
2. "Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's) (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:54
3. "Caesar and Cleopatra Theme" (from Cleopatra) (Alex North) – 3:13
4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (from Days of Wine and Roses) (Mancini, Mercer) – 2:20
5. "Walk on the Wild Side" (from Walk on the Wild Side) (Mack David, Elmer Bernstein) – 7:19
6. "More" (from Mondo cane) (Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) – 2:47
7. "Love Theme from Lolita" (Bob Harris) – 2:50
8. "Picnic Theme" (from Picnic) (George Duning) – 2:26
9. "Never on Sunday" (from Never on Sunday) (Manos Hatzidakis) – 3:09
10. "Theme from Lawrence of Arabia" (Maurice Jarre) – 3:10
11. ""Carioca" (from Flying Down to Rio) (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:02

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• James Moody - saxophone
• Kenny Barron – piano
• Billy Byers – arranger

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=dizzy-gillespie-goes-hollywood-r139353|pure_url=yes}} Dizzy Gillespie Goes Hollywood]. Allmusic. September 24, 2011.
2. News: Heckman . Don . September 8, 1996 . Quincy Jones, 'The Pawnbroker' and 'The Deadly Affair,', Verve; Johnny Mandel, 'The Sandpiper', Verve; Dizzy Gillsepie, 'The Cool World' and 'Dizzy Goes Hollywood', Verve . . March 14, 2020.