Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie album) explained

Groovin' High
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	Groovin'_High_Savoy.jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	1945 – December 11, 1947
Genre:	Jazz, bebop
Length:	36:38
Label:	Savoy

Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album as "some of the key bebop small-group and big band recordings."^[1]

Reception

Jazz critic Scott Yanow concedes that the music included is classic, but dismisses the compilation over-all as "so-so" because of its brevity, because of the outdated and lightweight liner notes and because the material presented does not represent the complete sessions at which the material was played.^[2] The compilation features Gillespie with a number of combinations and other musicians, including his 1946 big band, Charlie Parker, a sextet with Dexter Gordon and a combo featuring Sonny Stitt.

Track listing

1. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 3:00
2. "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) – 2:40
3. "Dizzy Atmosphere" (Gillespie) – 2:45
4. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:52
5. "Hot House" (Tadd Dameron) – 2:27
6. "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 2:20
7. "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:06
8. "That's Earl, Brother" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:55
9. "Things to Come" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:47
10. "One Bass Hit, Pt. 2" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:46
11. "Ray's Idea" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:09
12. "Our Delight" (Dameron) – 2:40
13. "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) – 3:11

Personnel

• Ray Abrams – tenor saxophone
• Taswell Baird – trombone
• John Brown – alto saxophone
• Ray Brown – bass
• Slam Stewart – bass
• Dave Burns – trumpet
• Scoops Carey – alto saxophone
• Big Sid Catlett – drums
• Kenny Clarke – drums
• Cozy Cole – drums
• Leon Cormenge – trombone
• Talib Dawud – trumpet
• Kenny Dorham – trumpet
• Bill Frazier – saxophone
• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, leader
• Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
• Al Haig – piano
• Joe Harris – drums
• Clyde Hart – piano
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Howard E. Johnson – alto saxophone
• Yujiro Kasai – remastering
• John Lewis – piano
• Warren Lucky – tenor saxophone
• John Lynch – trumpet
• Shelly Manne – drums
• Matthew McKay – trumpet
• Alton Moore – trombone
• Raymond Orr – trumpet
• Remo Palmieri – guitar
• Frank Paparelli – piano
• Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
• Leo Parker – baritone saxophone
• Curly Russell – bass
• Murray Shipinski – bass
• Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
• Gordon Thomas – trombone
• Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone
• Rudy Van Gelder – remastering
• Chuck Wayne – guitar
• Elmon Wright – trumpet

Notes and References

1. Book: Carr, Ian . Brian Fairweather . Charles Alexander Priestley . The Rough Guide to Jazz . Rough Guides . 2004 . 293 . 1-84353-256-5 . registration .
2. Web site: Groovin' High [Savoy] - Dizzy Gillespie | Release Info]. AllMusic.