It's My Way (Dizzy Gillespie album) explained

It's My Way
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	It's My Way (Dizzy Gillespie album).jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	1969
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:29
Label:	Solid State SS 18054
Producer:	Richard Carpenter
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Cornucopia
Next Year:	1969

It's My Way (also released as My Way) 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]

Track listing

1. "Galveston" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:38
2. "This Girl's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:00
3. "Games People Play" (Joe South) - 2:58
4. "Magic Tree" (Richard Carpenter, Gladys Bruce, Gerald Ginsberg) - 3:06
5. "Whatever Possess'd Me" (Tadd Dameron, Bernie Hanighen) - 3:47
6. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot) - 3:10
7. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 4:03
8. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) - 3:03
9. "Exotica" (L. Gillespie) - 4:17
10. "Birk's Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:27

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Joe De Angelis, Don Corrado, Paul Ingraham - French horn
• Billy Butler - electric guitar
• Paul Griffin - piano
• Bob Bushnell - electric bass
• Joe Marshall - drums
• Paul Fein - tympani
• Unnamed string section arranged and conducted by Jimmy Mundy

Notes and References

1. http://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/gillespie_dizzy/discography.html University of Idaho Dizzy Gillespie discography