The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band Explained

The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	November 7, 1968
Venue:	Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Jazz Festival, Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:34
Producer:	Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	Live at the Village Vanguard
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	It's My Way
Next Year:	1969

The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (subtitled 20th and 30th Anniversary) is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that was recorded at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1968 and released by MPS.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This little-known LP actually contains one of Dizzy Gillespie's greatest performances of the 1960s... Although already 51, the trumpeter is heard at his best on this hard-to-find but essential LP".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Things to Come" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) - 5:29
2. "One Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 6:35
3. "Frisco" (Mike Longo) - 7:55
4. "Con Alma" (Gillespie) - 10:15
5. "The Things Are Here" (Gillespie) - 7:40
6. "Theme - Birks' Works" (Gillespie, Barney Kessel) - 1:40

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Stu Hamer – trumpet
• Jimmy Owens – trumpet
• Victor Paz – trumpet
• Dizzy Reece – trumpet
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Ted Kelly – trombone
• Tom McIntosh – trombone
• James Moody – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Chris Woods – alto saxophone
• Paul Jeffrey – tenor saxophone
• Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
• Mike Longo – piano
• Paul West – double bass
• Otis Finch – drums

Notes and References

1. http://discog.piezoelektric.org/saba/saba-mps.html MPS Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 12, 2012